Prince Shembo admits he was the Notre Dame player accused of 2010 sexual assault

Former Notre Dame linebacker Prince Shembo admitted at the NFL Combine on Saturday that he was the player accused in the 2010 sexual assault of a Saint Mary's College student.

Lizzy Seeberg, a 19-year-old freshman at Saint Mary's College, committed suicide in September 2010 after accusing a Notre Dame football player of sexually assaulting her.

Shembo was never charged in the case and no player was ever identified prior to Saturday. 

"I'm innocent," Shembo said, via Michael Rothstein of ESPN.com. "I didn't do anything. I'm, pretty much, I'm the one who ended it and pretty much told the girl that we should stop, that we shouldn't be doing this and that's what happened. So, I don't know."

According to a report by ABC News, Seeberg wrote in her statement to police, "I didn't feel safe in his room ... he proceeded to grab my face and started to kiss me. Tears started rolling down my face because I didn't know what to do ... I felt so scared, I couldn't move."

Shembo told ESPN.com that when he heard Seeberg had committed suicide, he was confused. 

"I was like, 'What's going on?'" he said. "I was a freshman. I don't think games even started, and she was older than me.

"I was like, 'What?' I was confused. They were asking me questions, and I didn't know what they were talking about because I didn't do anything."

Shembo said he wanted to talk about the accusations at the time, but was told by Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly that he couldn't.

"We talked about it and we just wanted to keep everything, I mean, I didn't get in any trouble or anything," Shembo said. "I wasn't in trouble with the law or nothing. No reason to talk about it.

"The reason I wanted to talk was just to clear up my name. My name was in flames, pretty much."