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Syracuse's Terrel Hunt walks off the field after his ejection from the Orange's game against Villanova. Aug. 29, 2014. Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt will not receive additional punishment after he was ejected for punching Villanova linebacker Dillon Lucas in the second quarter of SU's 27-26 double-overtime win on Friday night, an Atlantic Coast Conference spokesperson said on Tuesday.

With the Orange leading 10-7 and 3:24 left before halftime, Hunt took a draw play up the middle and was initially tackled by linebacker Joey Harmon. Harmon drove Hunt backward into the diving Lucas, who made helmet-to-helmet contact with Hunt from behind.

As he followed through on the tackle, Lucas grazed his right hand across Hunt's face mask. Hunt then rolled over and punched Lucas across the face mask with his left fist.

Section 6.1 of the NCAA rule book states: "When a player is disqualified from the game due to a flagrant personal foul, that team's conference shall automatically initiate a video review for possible additional sanctions before the next scheduled game."

The ACC spokesperson said that following the review, it was decided that the officials made the correct call on the field, the process taken by SU was appropriate and no additional punishment was merited,

Hunt left the game having completed 10-of-17 passes for 94 yards. He was not made available by SU Athletics during postgame interviews.

After the game, head coach Scott Shafer addressed the incident, saying that the team would not punish Hunt and that competitive football players are bound to react like that sometimes.

"It's an emotional game and if you've never played it, you don't know what it's like to get frickin' pummeled," Shafer said. "There are people on your back and people talking to you and you react. We've all done it."

On Saturday. SU Athletics released a written statement from Shafer: "Terrel and I have talked regarding his flagrant penalty (vs. Villanova) and he fully understands the behavior is not condoned and regrets his action."

Hunt and the Orange next play at Central Michigan on Sept. 13.

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