UPDATED 4/5 @ 3:45 p.m. ET: Florida coach Will Muschamp may have reinstated A.C. Leonard to the team to practice, but the tight end’s status for the fall is a little more iffy.
Muschamp told the Orlando Senitnel‘s Mike Bianchi that Leonard will serve a suspension of some kind this season.
“He will participate in the fall. How much, I don’t know,” Muschamp said. “He’s going to determine that from the standpoint of how he behaves. We all make mistakes, and he obviously made a huge mistake. And he has some things he’s gotta work through for me that have nothing to do with anything else than making good choices and decisions.
“But there’s gonna be a suspension in the fall, and he’s gonna determine how long it’s gonna be by how he acts from here to August.”
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Two days after being partially reinstated to the football team, Florida tight end A.C. Leonard has officially put his legal issue behind him.
Court documents obtained by multiple media outlets show the sophomore pleaded no contest today to a misdemeanor simple battery charge stemming from a February incident where he allegedly attempted to drag his girlfriend out of their apartment by her feet and hair.
Leonard was placed on six months’ probation and ordered to undergo anger management counseling. He also cannot have any contact with the victim and must pay court costs.
Upon appearing in court in February, Leonard said “I never hit her. I just wanted her to leave.”
Apparently.
Although Leonard is back practicing with the team, his status for Saturday’s spring game is not yet decided.