FIU tight end Jonnu Smith out for season after girlfriend pours boiling water on him

With two games to go in his college career, Florida International tight end Jonnu Smith will now miss the rest of the season.

The FlU Panthers are playing out the string of the 2016 season with a 3-7 record heading into a bye week this weekend. But they’ll play their final two games without one of their best players, as senior tight end Jonnu Smith will miss the rest of the season.

According to the Miami Herald, Smith’s girlfriend poured boiling water over his head, causing burns to his head, neck, back, shoulder and arm. Mary Gaspar is five months pregnant with Smith’s child, and she has been charged with aggravated battery stemming from the incident on Halloween. According to the arrest affidavit, Smith and Gaspar were arguing over how much attention he was giving her.

Smith became an NFL prospect over the course of his college career with at least 36 catches in all four of his seasons at FIU. His best season came as a sophomore in 2014, when he was the national leader among tight ends in receptions (61), receiving yards (710) and touchdowns (eight). In nine games this season, Smith will finish with 39 receptions for 441 yards and three touchdowns.

CBS Sports.com currently has Smith ranked No. 22 among tight end prospects for the 2017 NFL Draft. That’s undrafted territory, surely due in part to playing in Conference USA, but former FIU head coach Ron Turner ran a pro-style offense, and that should work in Smith’s favor.

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Smith will have to heal from his burns before beginning to seriously workout for next spring’s draft, but long term there shouldn’t be too much concern about any fallout in terms of his health. This incident with the mother of his child will obviously draw questions from NFL teams now, but if he is proven to be an innocent victim, whatever draft stock Smith has should not be impacted.