--- description: An FSU football star who left the scene of a car crash received tickets for what normally qualifies as a crime. title: FSU Football: P. J. Williams Accused of Hit and Run, Better Treatment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Report: Florida State Football Star Got Traffic Tickets After Hit-and-Run  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 14, 2014 8:18 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 14, 2014 8:18 PM CUT A Florida State University football player who allegedly left the scene of a car crash in which he was a driver received traffic tickets for what normally would qualify as a crime, the New York _Times_ [reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/for-an-fsu-football-player-a-hit-and-run-becomes-two-traffic-tickets.html "undefined"). A public police database did not contain any record that the player, starting cornerback P. J. Williams, was involved in the crash. The report is the latest scandal to draw attention to preferential treatment of the school’s athletes by local authorities. The Tallahassee police failed to conduct a thorough investigation of quarterback and Heisman Trophy-winner [Jameis Winston](http://nation.time.com/2013/12/05/florida-state-university-football-star-wont-face-rape-charges-prosecutor-says/ "undefined") after he was accused of rape last year. That story prompted outrage and accusations of bias by local officials. [Read the full story in the New York _Times._](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/for-an-fsu-football-player-a-hit-and-run-becomes-two-traffic-tickets.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3586119/fsu-hit-and-run-pj-williams/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3586119/fsu-hit-and-run-pj-williams/"},"headline":"Report: Florida State Football Star Got Traffic Tickets After Hit-and-Run","datePublished":"2014-11-14T20:18:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:27:22.185Z","description":"A public police database did not contain any record of the crash","url":"https://time.com/3586119/fsu-hit-and-run-pj-williams/","keywords":["Crime","Football","College football"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3586119/fsu-hit-and-run-pj-williams/","name":"Report: Florida State Football Star Got Traffic Tickets After Hit-and-Run"}}]}] ```