Maurice Clarett has been through a turbulent ride in the past eight years. He helped the OSU Buckeyes with an unbeaten 2002 championship season, but then was sentenced to prison in 2006 on armed robbery charges, which also included a tabloid-like story involving his arrest in August 2006 where his vehicle was found containing a katana sword, a loaded AK-47, a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka, and Clarett himself was wearing a kevlar vest.
But Maurice probably wants everyone to forget about that stuff as he heads back to school this summer at OSU.
“Maurice Clarett has been granted reentry into The Ohio State University, following a review by the College of Education and Human Ecology, where he was originally enrolled,” said Jim Lynch, Director of Media Relations in a statement issued earlier today. “Maurice resumed his academic career on July 26 for the start of the second half of the university’s summer quarter.”
“This is a surreal feeling to be back at Ohio State in such a supportive environment,” said Maurice Clarett in a statement. “I have looked forward to being back in school and I’m doing my best to fit in with other students. I don’t want to be a distraction or nuisance to the football team or to students on campus.”
Maurice maintained a personal blog during a portion of his three and a half year prison sentence at mauriceclarett.wordpress.com/. It hasn’t been updated since August 2009, but perhaps we’ll see some new posts as he heads back to school.