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Father Florida Defender Ethan Pritchard provides detailed details about the shooting that injured his son after the team beat Alabama.
The freshman football player was shot in the back of his head while driving and remained stable at a hospital in Tallahassee, Florida, his father, Earl, Tell WFTV Wednesday in Florida.
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Florida Seminoles guard Ethan Pritchard #35 was held in July 2025 at the Albert J. Dunlap Sports Training Agency on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
“He actually took my sister around the corner to his daughter’s house and sent her down,” Earl Pritchard told the station. “They turned the corner and once they turned, they heard gunshots.”
The shooting happened when Ethan Pritchard drove from a family gathering in Havana, Florida. Go to ESPN. Officials are still reporting to investigate the incident.
Pritchard played Seminole High School High School Football in Sanford, Florida, is a four-star recruit. He was named No. 437 in the 247Sports Comprehensive and No. 507 nationwide in the ON3 industry ranking. ESPN ranked Pritchard as the 39th guard in the country and 64th in Florida.
Florida guard Ethan Pritchard is located at the Albert J. Dunlap sports training facility on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
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As a senior, he helped lead Seminole High School to a 10-2 record and won the second straight regional final in 2024, recording 39 tackles and 7 tackles in nine games.
As a junior, Pritchard had 75 tackles and 11 tackles, and Seminole High School recovered its failure with a score of 10-3. He began his high school career as he was a sophomore and then transitioned to defender.
Florida defender and former Seminole senior star Ethan Pritchard was shot dead at a party in Havana on Sunday night, just 30 minutes outside Tallahassee, Florida. (Chris Hays/Orlando Outpost/Tribune News Service (Getty Images))
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Pritchard worked in Florida in October 2023 In Miami, Florida and UCF etc.
Fox News’s Ryan Canfield contributed to the report.
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