GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida defensive end Keivonnis Davis was one of five players who was allowed the chance to return to the football team following his involvement in an alleged credit card fraud scam that got nine players suspended for the entire 2017 season.

Davis, though, won't be a part of the program going forward.

Alachua County Court records show that Davis didn't meet the terms agreed to in a pre-trial intervention in the case that would have seen two third-degree felony charges stemming from the incident dropped.

On July 10, his pre-trial intervention contract was revoked for failing to meet four separate terms of the agreement. Among them was being found in possession of marijuana by his case officer and admitting to using it.

That was likely the last straw for Davis within the program, with new coach Dan Mullen announcing Thursday at the team's media day that Davis is no longer with the team.

A redshirt-junior-to-be, Davis played sparingly as a freshman but was promising when forced into action late in the season during the Gators' run to the 2015 SEC Championship Game.

He was much more productive as a sophomore in 2016, when he tallied 27 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks, five quarterbacks hurries and one forced fumble. His five quarterback hurries were good for second on the team that year.

Following his suspension in the fall of 2017, Davis was involved in a serious scooter accident and his football future was in question. However, he participated with the team in the spring and appeared to be on track for a return prior to the revocation of his pre-trial intervention.

His departure leaves Mullen with 80 scholarship players to work with in his first season in Gainesville (including two former walk-ons).

Mullen also confirmed the departure of cornerback Justin Watkins, who was arrested and charged with battery by strangulation.

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*** INJURY NOTES: Mullen isn't a particularly open coach when it comes to injuries, but he said that all players have been at least partially medically cleared to practice when the team opens fall camp on Friday.

Some will begin the fall in non-contact jerseys, with the media able to view an open portion of practice on Friday. We will report then on which players are limited.

Of note, defensive end CeCe Jefferson is returning from a torn labrum and is expected to be one limited to non-contact work early on.

Meanwhile, offensive lineman Brett Heggie is returning from a major knee injury, as is sophomore running back Malik Davis.

"We expect, talking to trainers, everyone is going to participate in practice," Mullen said. "We'll have some guys that might not still be at 100 percent, have maybe some non-contact jerseys on if you come out to practice tomorrow to see that. But everyone is participating. We don't have anybody that's not medically cleared to participate at practice."