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Guard Jerome Seagears, who left Rutgers after the season and signed to play for Auburn, has reversed course by announcing today that he will return to the Scarlet Knights.

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Rutgers' fragile point guard situation for next basketball season became a little more stable today when Jerome Seagears announced he was returning to the program after originally transferring out and signing a letter of intent to play for Auburn.

The 6-1, 175-pound junior-to-be is eligible to play immediately, the school said in a release.

Seagears left Rutgers in the aftermath of the Mike Rice scandal and signed a letter of intent with Auburn. But the Silver Spring, Md. native had second thoughts about being that far away from home. The school's hiring of Eddie Jordan — a former NBA guard — was an influencing factor as well.

Seagears started 19 games and averaged 27.2 minutes per game last year. He averaged 6.5 points and shot 38.1 percent from 3-point range.

With junior college recruit D'Von Campbell and Seagears' return, Rutgers firmed up an uncertain point guard situation that otherwise would have meant having Myles Mack logging excessive minutes as the lead guard while being pulled away from being the off guard spot, where he is more effective.

“I believe everything happens for a reason and God has a plan for everybody,” Seagears said in a statement. “I believe this is his plan for me, to return home to my Scarlet Knights. I have experienced a lot of uncertainty over the last several months and I look forward to continuing my college career where it started.”

Jordan embraced Seagears' return.

“We are very excited to welcome Jerome back into the program,” Jordan said in a statement. “He is a very talented young man from a wonderful family. I look forward to providing Jerome and his teammates an extremely positive Rutgers experience. We are going to work together and build a program that will be a source of pride for the Rutgers community.”