After being ejected in Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Quinton Jefferson tried to climb into the stands to fight fans who were yelling and throwing trash at him.
The 6-foot-4, 291 pound defensive end out of Maryland was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
Jefferson was eventually restrained by security and escorted off the field.
"Folks in the stands was throwing beer and throwing soda, whatever. I mean, I don't know what I'm supposed to do," Jefferson said after the game, according to ESPN. "I'm a human just like anybody else. I'm a man just like the other man in the stands. I'm not going to let somebody disrespect me, throw a beer on me.
"Just because I'm playing football, I'm still a human being. I'm still a man. I'm out there playing a game, and at the end of the day, it's a game, and I'm a man. I'm not going to let somebody disrespect me like that."
The Seahawks lost to the Jaguars, 30-24.
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