CHICAGO - An 18-year-old football player said racist comments from teammates made him quit Aurora University.

Brook Williams said the harassment began only a few weeks after the semester started.

What we know:

"They called me the N-word," Brook said. "Then one of them said, ‘Don’t you guys sleep in trees?’"

He said another player made a joke about George Floyd, which was when he began to feel scared. Brook was the only Black player on the team.

He said he chose Aurora because it felt safe and was close to home. His family lives in Plainfield, about 30 minutes away.

When he told his mother what was happening, she said she couldn’t stay quiet.

"I emailed the president, the vice president, the coach—every day. They didn’t answer me," said his mother, Aisha Williams.

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