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'Bama Player Who Lost Cool During Title Game Enrolls At TSU
Mekhi Brown, the Alabama player who went after a Tide assistant during the national title game, tweeted he's enrolled at Tennessee State.
NASHVILLE, TN -- Mekhi Brown, the University of Alabama linebacker who attempted to attack a Crimson Tide assistant on the sideline during college football's national championship game, is now a Tennessee State University student.
Brown, a sophomore, tweeted about his matriculation Monday.
I have transferred to Tennessee State University... #TSU
— Khi (@MekhiBrownn) January 15, 2018
Brown received a personal foul penalty after punching Georgia's Wyatt Payne in the third quarter of the Tide's eventual victory and once on the sideline, appeared to lunge threateningly at Kerry Stevenson, Alabama's director of player development. He was then chided by head coach Nick Saban who, after the game, said he never saw Brown's altercation with Stevenson, but was scolding Brown for the penalty. Brown later returned to the game.
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The Tennessean reports that Brown had applied for admission to TSU in the fall, well before the incident in the title game, and that he will have "certain stipulations" to meet if he wants to join the Tigers for spring practice. Brown, who TSU recruited out of high school, will have two years eligibility remaining.
TSU senior defensive end Latrelle Lee was filmed punching the team's strength coach during a game in November and was subsequently kicked off the team, expelled from school and arrested.
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban yells at linebacker Mekhi Brown #48 during the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
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