Cleveland Cop Called Ohio State Football Players the N-Word in Texts to Officer

A police officer in Cleveland used the N-word in reference to Ohio State Buckeyes football players, Cleveland.com's Adam Ferrise reported Friday.

According to Ferrise, Det. John Kraynik was ordered to complete sensitivity training and "issued a written letter of re-instruction."

The text messages were discovered during an unrelated internal affairs investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a now-retired officer.

Investigators found racist texts from Kraynik during two Ohio State games in 2016: the Buckeyes' 30-23 overtime win over the Wisconsin Badgers and 30-27 double-overtime victory over the Michigan Wolverines.

Regarding the Wisconsin game, Kraynik wrote, "All that 'n----r flash', once again, losing out to good old-fashioned hard-nosed football."

He added, "f-----g n-----s can't play qb," during the Michigan game. Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, who is black, finished 15-of-32 for 124 yards and an interception.

Barrett left the Buckeyes as the school's all-time leader in passing yards (9,434) and passing touchdowns (104).

During the investigation, Kraynik admitted to sending the text messages and did so "because he was upset Ohio State was losing."