Written by Stephen Hawkins at YourHoustonNews.com
Trevone Boykin was devastated by the mistake he made, getting arrested and then suspended from TCU’s bowl game in what would have been his finale with the Horned Frogs.
“But it’s a mistake that I made in my life that I know I can overcome,” Boykin said Monday night. “Right now, I’m just thinking positive and trying to move forward.”
For TCU’s record-setting, dual-threat quarterback, that is getting ready for the NFL combine later this month in Indianapolis.
Boykin earned his degree from TCU in December, and has since been working out at IMG Academy in Florida. He intends to audition at the combine solely as a quarterback, even though he was a receiver early in his college career.
“I’m looking forward to going to Indy and fully participating in every drill,” Boykin said. “And to show that I can play quarterback and that this one mistake doesn’t define me.”
Boykin attended the black-tie ceremony where Clemson sophomore Deshaun Watson was presented the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback that was revealed in December. Boykin had been a finalist for the award that is named after TCU’s only Heisman Trophy winner.
While trying to convince NFL teams that he can be a pro quarterback, Boykin knows he will also face questions about what happened in San Antonio.
Boykin was charged with felony assault of a police officer two days before TCU won the Alamo Bowl. He was out on the famed River Walk district after the team’s curfew in the early morning hours on Dec. 31 when he was allegedly heckled at a bar and ended up being subdued by authorities who said they had to threaten the quarterback with a Taser.
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