USC RB Kenan Christon’s university suspension reduced on appeal

USC moving backmost Kenan Christon’s assemblage suspension pursuing a September altercation with a chap pupil has been reduced connected appeal, activistic Najee Ali confirmed connected Tuesday.

Christon volition present beryllium allowed to instrumentality to field connected May 12 and resume his world vocation astatine that time. His archetypal suspension would person kept him distant from field until December of 2022.

The inferior moving backmost has been removed from squad activities for some shot and way since the September altercation arsenic the assemblage went astir its probe and judicial process. He missed the full 2021 shot play pursuing the incident.

Though it remains unclear if oregon erstwhile Christon volition rejoin the shot team, Tuesday’s determination keeps unfastened the anticipation that helium could play for USC successful 2022.

Later Tuesday night, Yahoo! Sports reported that Christon had entered his sanction into the transportation portal, though helium could inactive take to region his sanction and instrumentality to USC if fixed the accidental to play again.

Christon was suspended aft helium got into a combat with a chap student, putting the different idiosyncratic successful a headlock and damaging his property. Campus constabulary declined to record charges, and Christon admitted to his mistakes during the assemblage probe into the incident.

When the assemblage issued its archetypal suspension, totaling 14 months, Christon retained an lawyer and Ali to assistance him done the appeals process. They cited Christon’s deficiency of a erstwhile grounds and the information that helium and the different pupil made amends arsenic reasons for a simplification of the suspension.

They besides took contented with the information that Christon, who is Black, received what they deemed a harsh suspension portion the achromatic pupil progressive was not punished.

“It was a large misunderstanding betwixt maine and the different student. I conscionable privation to accidental again I’m sorry,” Christon said astatine a November property conference. “Overall, it seems similar this is conscionable stopping my future. It doesn’t look fair. It doesn’t look similar this is astir who’s close and who’s wrong, I consciousness similar due to the fact that I americium a idiosyncratic of color.”

In 2 seasons astatine USC, Christon has rushed 78 times for 443 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 further scores connected receptions. If helium returns to the USC shot team, helium volition person 3 years of eligibility remaining.