Alabama player who went ballistic on sideline in national championship enrolled at Tennessee State

Alabama linebacker Mekhi Brown, the player who drew attention to himself during the national championship game when he attempted to attack a Crimson Tide assistant coach, has transferred to Tennessee State, according to a university source.

Brown, a 6-foot-5, 240 pound sophomore, had actually applied at TSU and been admitted during the fall, more than a month before the national championship game.

As a result of the incident in the national championship game against Georgia, Brown will have certain stipulations he must meet before being allowed to join the football team at TSU.

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If he meets those stipulations Brown will be allowed to participate in spring practice with the Tigers and be eligible to play this fall with two years of eligibility remaining.

TSU athletics director Teresa Phillips declined to comment.

TSU recruited Brown when he was at Carver High School in Columbus, Ga.

Brown already has moved into his dorm room and is set to start attending classes Tuesday at TSU.

Brown apologized in the Alabama locker room for his behavior right after the national championship game.

“I really felt like a jerk,” he told Yahoo Sports. “That’s not how I am. I wanted to win, that’s what it was. I did something stupid. I could have cost us the game.”

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Brown was scolded by coach Nick Saban for receiving a personal foul penalty after punching Georgia's Wyatt Payne. Brown was then caught on camera trying to get to the assistant coach while a teammate grabbed and held Brown back.

Brown was allowed to return to the game.

TSU dismissed senior defensive end Latrelle Lee in November after Lee punched strength and conditioning coach T.J. Greenstone several times on the sideline during a game.

Lee was later charged with one count of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.

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