DeVonte Fields not yet academically cleared to play at Louisville

Defensive end DeVonte Fields is still working to become academically eligible at Louisville.

Coach Bobby Petrino said Fields, along with high school signees James Allen and Chandler Jones, have been taking summer classes, but still aren’t academically cleared to participate in fall camp, which begins on Aug. 6. Classes begin on Aug. 24.

“That’s an ongoing process, and we’ve got two more weeks (before camp),” Petrino said. “You find out something new every day.”

Fields was dismissed from TCU prior to the 2014 season after he was involved in a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend. The alleged victim claimed Fields pointed a gun at her and puncher her in the face. He was charged with misdemeanor assault.

However, the assault charge was dismissed with the completion of an anger management course.

Fields, who was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2012 and the Big 12’s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year prior to his dismissal, spent last season at Trinity Valley College in Texas.

Louisville was counting on Fields to replace its top pass rusher Lorenzo Mauldin, who left for the draft.

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