KNOXVILLE — Von Pearson will be back on the football field today.
The Tennessee wide receiver was reinstated Friday afternoon after a four-month suspension that began in April, when he was named a suspect in a police investigation into an alleged rape.
He was cleared legally on Wednesday when the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office announced it would not pursue charges against the senior due to insufficient evidence, but Pearson then had to be cleared by the university, which had him on an interim suspension that barred him from enrolling in classes during the summer.
“We were informed today, so we reinstated him. Due to privacy laws, that’s pretty much – respecting all that – all I can say,” Vols coach Butch Jones said after Friday’s practice.
“Von’s had a lot of conversations with us. There’s a standard and there’s an expectation. Before tomorrow, we’ll have many more conversations. That’s privileged information between our administration and myself and him.”