BATON ROUGE, La. -- It was a bombshell that Denham Springs, La., head coach Dru Nettles wasn't expecting.
LSU informed one of Nettles' players, ESPN 300 defensive tackle Tevin Lawson, on Monday that he no longer had a regular scholarship offer from LSU. Instead, the Tigers were asking him to grayshirt and join the program for the 2014 spring semester.
The issue, Nettles said, was a summer school class Lawson took at Denham Springs, a course LSU contends will not pass NCAA clearinghouse muster.
LSU informed one of Nettles' players, ESPN 300 defensive tackle Tevin Lawson, on Monday that he no longer had a regular scholarship offer from LSU. Instead, the Tigers were asking him to grayshirt and join the program for the 2014 spring semester.
The issue, Nettles said, was a summer school class Lawson took at Denham Springs, a course LSU contends will not pass NCAA clearinghouse muster.
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Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com