University Of Georgia Football Player Arrested For TikTok Challenge: Reports

GEORGIA — A University of Georgia football player faces misdemeanor charges after being accused of participating in a viral and dangerous social media challenge, reported WAGA-TV.

According to the university police report obtained by WAGA-TV, video footage helped police connect Georgia Bulldogs player Warren Brinson to an attack on three students. The students were reported saying they were shot with what they thought was a BB gun while walking on campus, according to WAGA-TV.

The "Orbeez Challenge" is a TikTok trend that police have been warning communities about. It encourages people to shoot strangers with small gel-like beads that expand when placed in water. Orbeez creates the beads and the gun separately, but they're not meant to hurt. Kids have been putting the beads into replica guns.

Brinson was charged on two counts of misdemeanor simple battery and three counts of reckless conduct, reported the news station.

In a message to UGASports, Brinson said that he was in his vehicle when he pulled up to a group of people that he thought he knew. Brinson told UGASports he was mistaken, and charges were filed by the individuals who were hit by the gel beads after they called the UGA police.

On Thursday night, he turned himself in to the Athens Clarke-County jail, reported UGA Sports.

Brinson was later released on bonds totaling $3,000, according to UGA Sports.

In March, a boy was injured in Peachtree City after a group of teens participating in the TikTok challenge targeted him. In photos released by police, the boy had a bloodied nose and bruises near his chest.