Louisville football freshman Jairus Brents no longer on team roster

Jairus Brents is no longer on the Louisville football team's roster.

Brents was academically ineligible during his freshman season in 2018, as he was on academic probation from the NCAA. The NCAA's rules dictate that a player has to maintain a 2.0 grade-point average in order to earn eligibility.

According to Brents' godfather, Chris Vaughn, Louisville coach Scott Satterfield has told Brents that he cannot participate in team activities until he satisfies those eligibility standards, and thus he is off the roster.

Vaughn said Brents finished his first semester last fall with a 2.3 GPA. If the former Waggener star makes a 2.0 again this semester, he will be eligible to compete in 2019, and Vaughn said Brents will be able to return to the Cardinals.

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"What he was told is, you meet your academic requirements and you can rejoin the team," Vaughn said.

The NCAA ruled last summer that Brents was ineligible for the 2018 season, but he was on the roster, practiced with the team and attended home games (but did not dress). The change to his status is that he won't be able to practice this spring or work out with the team while he works toward gaining eligibility.

Brents was a four-star prospect in the Class of 2018, the highest-rated player in Louisville's recruiting class and the second-ranked player from Kentucky high schools in 2018. Asked last August to choose a hypothetical 4x100-meter relay team from Louisville's defensive players, wide receiver Seth Dawkins made Brents one of his choices.

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But to get on the field, Brents has work to do. He has also appeared multiple times in Jefferson County Court over the past year for a series of traffic violations. He was cited for shoplifting last winter, but that charge was dropped after Brents performed community service.

He pleaded guilty Jan. 17 to failure to maintain insurance, which carried a $1,000 fine and 30-day jail sentence, both conditionally discharged for two years provided that Brents does not commit any further offenses.

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