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VIDEO: Jameis Winston tells Jim Harbaugh crab legs incident was a hook-up

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One of the most talked-about stories in college football this past season was the infamous crab legs incident involving Florida State's Jameis Winston.

Based on what Winston told Michigan's Jim Harbaugh in this clip from ESPN's "Draft Academy," we may not have had the whole story on that one.

While going through interview practice with Harbaugh and Michigan quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch, Winston explained his version of what went down at that Publix in Tallahassee.

Interestingly enough, Winston's version sounds like a pretty clear NCAA violation, but that's no longer something he'll have to worry about.

Seems like it's not something Jimbo Fisher will have to worry about either.

Fisher added that the event in question is believed to be an isolated incident.

Winston's words gained so much traction in the media that the situation prompted a statement from Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox, which contradicted Fisher's claim that the school knew these details.

We have become aware of statements made by Jameis Winston during a recent interview with Jim Harbaugh describing the circumstances of his alleged receipt of food from a local grocery store. The details disclosed by Winston in that interview were not previously known to the University. As is the case with all matters of this type, we will work in partnership with the NCAA to determine whether a violation occurred.

Publix also denied that Winston's crab legs were a hook up from an employee.

"When we conducted the original investigation with the store associates and management both, we found no information that would corroborate the story that there was any arrangement for Jameis or any other FSU athlete to get any product for free,"  Maria Brous, Publix's director of media and community relations, told USA Today.

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