This reminds me of one of my dad's stories from back in the day. He did play college football at a smaller school.
Him and 3 of his buds went to a Jerry Lee Lewis concert with their dates. All in one car. After the concert they were driving back from the city through random small towns. Well of course my dad was focused on talking to his date and friends while he was driving back and not paying attention. Well, he hits this car and takes off. They go a little ways and he had to pull over bc the front finder was against the tire. So, him and one of his buds, jumps out, starts pulling on the finder. Four cop cars pull up fast as they are working on the finder. My dad says, "How the heck did you get here so fast!"
One of the cops says, "You hit the county judge buddy!"
So of course, he was put in jail for a couple of days prior to his coach getting him out.
One of my dad's friends told him he saw the car in the road but didn't say anything bc he thought my dad was playing a joke. Oops!