GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ryan Joseph Ejhinger and Toby Michael Frazier, both 21 and from Toledo, Ohio, have been arrested after an investigation into a YouTube video showing them talking their way into a University of Florida football game and later accessing the Ole Miss team bus. Investigators also allege the pair disrupted an unrelated campus event the night before the game.
Disruption of September 25 event
At approximately 6:25 p.m. Friday, September 25, a University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) officer responded to Antevy Hall after receiving a report that two people were disrupting a meeting. The individuals were gone by the time officers arrived.
Entering the Ole Miss game and team buses by claiming to work for the school’s social media team
The following day, a UFPD officer assigned to the Gate 12 area of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was approached by an employee of the security contractor responsible for bag checks. The employee reported that two men had bypassed her line while carrying a backpack prohibited under stadium policies. The man with the backpack, later identified as Frazier, also had a camera mounted on a gimbal and was filming the second man, who wore a wireless microphone and was later identified as Ejhinger.
The pair told officers they were members of the Ole Miss social media team and had briefly stepped beyond the bag-check area to record video. Although they had no visible media credentials, the officer said their explanation did not initially seem unusual because they claimed to represent the visiting team and appeared to be college-aged social media workers. Ejhinger called his supposed “boss,” whose name appeared on the phone as “Tanner,” while Frazier recorded the interaction. Ejhinger then handed the phone to the officer, and “Tanner” claimed he was inside the stadium with their media credentials but had not yet had a chance to give them to the men.
After reviewing the YouTube video, the officer concluded that “Tanner” was likely an unidentified associate of Ejhinger and Frazier who impersonated their supervisor and misled stadium and law enforcement officials to support their social media content.
The men were allowed into the stadium without tickets because officials believed they worked for Ole Miss and were going to retrieve their media credentials.
According to the officer, the video shows the pair approaching the Gate 12 ticket checkpoint and again claiming to be part of the Ole Miss media team. They said they had just spoken with security, and the contractor stationed at the gate let them enter. The video then shows them going to Section 29. After leaving the stadium, they allegedly gained access to the Ole Miss team buses by misleading a bus driver.
Other universities report similar incidents
Following the incident, UFPD issued a public bulletin and distributed it to universities included on the pair’s reported “tour schedule.”
On October 17, the Indiana University Police Department informed UFPD that the same men had attempted to enter an IU football stadium. Security personnel recognized Ejhinger, addressed him by name and contacted police. The pair left before officers arrived. In social media posts about the incident, Frazier wrote, “Apparently we can’t go near the stadium because of Florida,” “they been watching the videos,” and “Banned from Indiana for 2 years for my videos.”
On October 21, UFPD learned that Ejhinger faced criminal charges for trespassing and theft by deception after the pair entered the Penn State-USC game. They allegedly claimed that their boss had their media credentials inside the stadium and entered without scanning tickets. Ejhinger later reportedly acknowledged during a phone call with an officer that they did not have media credentials. He said he had lied to stadium staff to see how far he could get, describing the effort as being for “security/awareness” purposes.
The UFPD officer said the men’s social media videos do not indicate that they entered football games to raise awareness about security. In the video involving the UF game, Ejhinger reportedly confirms that he had neither a ticket nor media credentials.
The pair was also allegedly involved in the Friday night incident
After reviewing the football game video, which included footage from the meeting held the previous night, an officer interviewed a staff member from the UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning. The staff member said the September 25 meeting was intended to help students and faculty prepare for an upcoming study-abroad trip to Italy, including discussions about visa requirements.
The staff member said an unidentified man, later identified as Frazier, entered the room 15 to 20 minutes late while wearing an Ole Miss shirt. Students attending the meeting were expected to take chairs from a nearby rack, but Frazier was allegedly “extremely loud” when he arrived. When asked why he was causing a disturbance, he said he was looking for a chair, despite reportedly walking past a large stack of chairs several times. After someone directed him to the rack, he took a chair, sat down and allegedly continued disrupting the meeting. He also sat behind the faculty members rather than with the students.
When Frazier began shouting “Boring!”, staff asked him to leave. He then reportedly yelled about Ole Miss and proclaimed that the team would win the football game.
Frazier left the room but returned roughly 15 minutes later wearing a Gators shirt and accompanied by Ejhinger, who was recording the encounter. Staff members blocked Frazier from reentering, and he reportedly argued that he could not be removed because he was wearing Gators gear.
Frazier continued arguing with staff as they directed him away from the meeting room. During the confrontation, a staff member called UFPD. The two men then left and walked toward Little Hall.
Charges and bail
On October 23, Judge Denise Ferrero signed arrest warrants charging both men with unauthorized entry into a ticketed event attended by more than 5,000 people, a felony, and disruption of a school function. Bail was set at $5,500 each. Both men were booked into the Alachua County Jail that day.