For the second time this season, Derek Mason has whittled down his depth in the offensive backfield due to a non-football issue.
Wednesday evening, the first-year head coach announced that Jerron Seymour has been dismissed from the football program. As expected, the only reason given was the ever-present “unspecified violation of team rules.”
Seymour had been listed on the depth chart released ahead of the Mississippi State game this Saturday. He didn’t, however, practice Wednesday, ahead of the announcement of his forced departure from the team.
The dismissal punctuated a season rife with turmoil for the senior.
He was suspended for a mid-October non-conference game, and missed two games early on in the season because of injury. Since carrying the ball nine times in an early-October loss to Georgia, Seymour totaled just two carries the past four games.
Last season, Seymour led the Commodores in rushing yards (716) and rushing touchdowns (14). This season, he was third in the former (123) and had none of the latter.
Seymour remains in school and is on track to graduate in May.
In mid-October, fellow running back Brian Kimbrow was tossed from the squad. He was the team’s third-leading rushing in 2013.