Ex-Big Ten WR Julian Fleming involved in fatal ATV crash
May 25 - Former Penn State and Ohio State receiver Julian Fleming was injured in an ATV accident that killed a woman, police said.
The woman, 23-year-old Alyssa Boyd, was identified as his girlfriend by multiple sources.
Pennsylvania State Police said the accident occurred Friday night in Columbia Township when the ATV on which the two were riding hit a deer that had jumped into the roadway.
Fleming, 24, was driving the ATV, and Boyd was the passenger. She was pronounced dead at the scene from "extensive injuries," while Fleming was transported to the hospital, police said. Neither had on safety equipment, according to the police report.
A deceased deer was found at the site. The accident investigation is continuing.
Lions247 reported Fleming has been released from the hospital.
In high school, Fleming was ranked by the 247Sports composite as the No. 1 receiver and No. 3 overall player in the Class of 2020 while playing at
Southern Columbia High School in Catawissa, Pa. He was Gatorade's Pennsylvania Player of the Year in 2019.
He spent his first four seasons at Ohio State, where he caught 79 passes for 963 yards and seven touchdowns.
Given the strength of the Buckeyes' wide receiver room, he spent his final season at Penn State as a graduate transfer. He appeared in 16 games and caught 14 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown, but injuries limited his opportunities.
Fleming was not selected in the 2025 NFL Draft. Reports Sunday said he had been expected to sign as an undrafted free agent with the Green Bay Packers but failed a physical because of hip and back injuries.
According to Boyd's Instagram account, she graduated from Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pa., in 2020 and went on to study at Alabama. Her most recent post was a photo of her with Fleming, dressed in his Nittany Lions uniform, that she captioned, "Proud of you 3," followed by a white heart.
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