MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio announced Wednesday that the eight of the 12 suspended players involved in the Nov. 22 assault at Rather Hall have been reinstated, while four of them have decided to leave the program.
The reinstated players are: Freshman defensive back Donald Spencer, freshman wide receiver Myles White, sophomore wide receiver Fred Smith, sophomore wide receiver B.J. Cunningham, sophomore wide receiver Chris D. Rucker, junior wide receiver Mark Dell, junior offensive lineman J’Michael Deane and junior cornerback Chris L. Rucker.
As for the players leaving, sophomore running back Ashton Leggett will transfer to Illinois State, redshirt freshman defensive end Jamiihr Williams will transfer to Northeast Missouri Community College and redshirt freshman linebacker Brynden Trawick will transfer, although Dantonio did not say where.
Redshirt sophomore nose tackle Ishmyl Johnson is no longer on the team, but Dantonio would not specify as to why.
Seven of the involved players are scheduled to attend a pretrial conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
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