Downtown Atlanta brawl erupts inside campus hall – FOX 5 Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta brawl erupts inside campus hall  FOX 5 Atlanta

A former Georgia State University football player faces assault charges following a dining hall attack, prompting his family to speak out about his long-standing battle with severe mental health issues and suspected football-related brain trauma. ATLANTA – A former Georgia State University football player faces assault charges following a dining hall attack, prompting his family to speak out about his long-standing battle with severe mental health issues and suspected football-related brain trauma. A dining hall worker mistakenly let former GSU student-athlete Carnell Earnest Hopson inside through an employee entrance at Piedmont Central Dining Hall around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Staff and students realized Hopson did not belong after seeing him eat a plate of food, leading an employee known as "Unc" to ask him to leave.

Chaos broke out as Hopson hit the employee with a metal chair, leaving the worker covered in blood before running from the building. RELATED: Man attacks GSU employee with chair inside campus dining hall GSU police caught Hopson minutes later, and he remains held in the Fulton County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, simple battery, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. Hopson joined Georgia State's football program in 2013 as a freshman defensive lineman, playing four years and graduating from the university. The university's athletics website confirms Hopson was on the team's roster in 2016.