Russ Yeast is back with the Louisville football team, according to a team source, rejoining the Cardinals after the school fired head coach Bobby Petrino on Sunday.

Yeast announced last week his intention to transfer, according to two sources, and he left the team and did not travel to Friday's game at Syracuse.

But the sophomore cornerback was back with the Cards for team meetings on Sunday night and is expected to practice this week.

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Player attrition was one of the signs of the program's problems, when Yeast announced last week he would transfer and freshman quarterback Jordan Travis obtained his paperwork the week before that.

Yeast played in 12 games, starting seven. He appeared in the first nine games of this season, mostly on special teams as a returner.

A former four-star recruit, Yeast was the 30th-highest rated prospect Louisville has signed according to 247sports.com's historical database. He was a star running back and receiver at Center Grove High School outside Indianapolis before Louisville's coaches moved him to cornerback.

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