South Carolina safety reinstated to team

A South Carolina safety has been reinstated to the team following a suspension, coach Will Muschamp said Tuesday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll play Saturday against No. 3 Georgia.

The player, who was listed as a starter leaving spring practice, was arrested in June and charged with assault and battery and burglary after an incident involving a former girlfriend. Last week, he entered into a pretrial intervention program that will allow the charges to be dropped if he completes the program, the player’s attorney, Neal Lourie, told The State.

The charge was dropped and his record expunged, according to documents provided in August 2022 to The State Media Co.

“I met with him on Sunday and discussed his situation at length. After those meetings, I decided to reinstate him to the team,” Muschamp said. “As long as he enters the PTI, handles his business and handles some things I (want him to) do as well, then we’ll decide on playing time. We’ll decide that at the appropriate time, and that’s not right now.”

South Carolina safety Nick Harvey will miss the first half against Georgia after being ejected for targeting last week against Coastal Carolina.

This story was originally published September 4, 2018 at 12:38 PM.