Coles County state’s attorney Steve Ferguson said on Thursday that he will be charging freshman student Eric McGee with aggravated battery.

The incident surrounding the potential charges involves the Feb. 26 incident outside the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union that resulted in junior football player Ben Brown being sent to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center with two stab wounds in his abdomen.

The aggravated assault charge could result in two to five years in jail, according to Illinois statutes.

“I haven’t been informed by anyone about being charged,” McGee said when he was contacted. “I have not yet been arrested, and nobody is saying anything to me at this time.”

“Typically, this is not something we call people ahead and tell them about,” Ferguson said.

McGee, who said that he has been under police supervision after being relocated from his residence in Weller Hall, also said he had been in constant contact with authorities and they were unaware of any new information.

“I have spoken with (UPD police chief) Adam Due twice and he said that he hadn’t heard anything,” McGee said. “I don’t understand. You’d think that if I were being charged with a crime, I’d be arrested by now.”

No information was given at this time on how future proceedings of this case by the state’s attorney office will occur.

Brown was pleased after hearing the news on the potential charges against McGee but is still frustrated with the lack of response by university officials.

“I guess that’s great with justice being served here, but I was never mad at the police or the law,” Brown said. “I was upset with the university because I still have to go to school with this kid.”

Ferguson said that Brown will is not being charged with anything at this time.

Associate news editor Kyle Mayhugh contributed to this story.