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Jordan Jefferson reinstated to LSU football team

Published: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 7:42 PM     Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 8:07 PM

By The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune
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LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson arrives at a Baton Rouge courthouse Wednesday. A grand jury reduced charges against him in an Aug. 19 bar fight to simple battery, a misdemeanor. He was reinstated to the team this evening.

Jordan Jefferson and Josh Johns have been reinstated to the LSU football team, LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced Wednesday.

Jefferson and Johns were suspended from the team Aug. 26 when they were arrested on felony charges associated with an off-campus incident. On Wednesday, a grand jury reduced the charges against Jefferson to a misdemeanor and did not charge against Johns.

"We certainly don't condone participation in the incident, but the legal system has determined that their actions did not rise to the level originally charged, and their punishment to date related to football has already been considerable," Alleva said. "They will rejoin the team and begin practice immediately."

>>>Let's hope much good can come from this; including a realization by young people that drinking, fighting, looking for happiness in bars not necessary for real happiness or doing God's will.  And yes, I'm serious!