Florida State football player released from hospital weeks after being shot in head

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Florida State Seminoles football player Ethan Pritchard has been released from a hospital after being shot in the head in August. 

Pritchard was released from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and the university said he has been transferred to a rehabilitation center in Jacksonville to continue his recovery. 

"This remarkable milestone has been achieved under the supervision of medical staff from TMH, Tallahassee Neurological Clinic, Southern Medical Group and Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic in consultation with Florida State’s Sports Medicine staff," FSU said in a statement. 

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Linebacker Ethan Pritchard of the Florida State Seminoles during the first day of practice at the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility on the campus of Florida State University in July 2025 in Tallahassee, Fla.  (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

"Ethan is alert, responsive and able to communicate. We are thankful for the efforts, thoughts and prayers of so many people and ask that you continue to support Ethan and his family as this process continues."

Tommy Castellanos, Florida State’s quarterback, also posted a video to his Instagram of Pritchard’s teammates supporting him as he left the hospital. 

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Pritchard, a freshman, was shot in the back of the head while driving in Havana, Florida. 

"He was actually in the car taking my sister around the corner to her daughter’s house to drop her off," Earl Pritchard, Ethan’s father, told WFTV last month. "They turned the corner, and as soon as they turned the