Trayvon Reed not enrolled for 'personal reasons'

AUBURN —Trayvon Reed is not enrolled in school this semester but is still considered a member of the basketball team.

An Auburn spokesperson confirmed to The Montgomery Advertiser Friday that the sophomore center isn’t enrolled in the fall semester for school officials are calling “personal reasons” but is still a member of the basketball team. Reed, a 7-foot-2 center from Mobile, is expected to re-enroll at Auburn in January and re-join the team at that point.

Auburn is not releasing any details as to the reason Reed is not enrolled this semester. According to NCAA rules, all student-athletes are required to pass at least six credit hours each semester in order to be eligible for competition during the following semester. It is unclear at this time whether Reed can meet that standard or the NCAA’s progress-toward-degrees standard for student-athletes as well.

The Auburn spokesperson did say it is “possible” that Reed may be redshirted for the 2015-16 season and then have three years of eligibility remaining at that point but that decision hasn’t been made yet.

Reed joined the team in December 2014 and averaged 8.9 minutes, 1.1 points and 2 rebounds in 23 games last season.

Reed plead guilty to a second-degree misdemeanor assault charge in December and was sentenced the following April to serve a 15-day jail sentence resulting from a 2014 assault charge.

Reed initially signed with Maryland in 2014 but was not denied enrollment there following an in College Park, Md., where he was charged with for theft under $100, second-degree assault of a police officer and second-degree assault stemming from a shoplifting incident. Reed then committed to Auburn after the incident was handled in court and he attended ELEV|8 Sports Institute, a private post-grad academy in Delray Beach, Fla.

Reed was a four-star recruit coming out of his preps career as ESPN.com ranked him as the 68th best prospect in the nation while 247sports ranked him 90th and Rivals.com ranked him 91st in the country.

Auburn is expected to start preseason practices next month and will open the 2015-16 regular season on Nov. 13 when they host 2015 Conference USA Tournament Champion UAB.