Michael Floyd Still Not Reinstated To Notre Dame Football, Says Brian Kelly

Kelly also worried about Floyd’s future as a former football player. The coach has been consistent for two months now in his message regarding Floyd, but it’ll be once the season starts that we’ll really start to see what this suspension ultimately amounted to.

Brian Kelly, discussing the disciplinary actions being taken in the case of Michael Floyd, tips his hat to the popular notion of how college football suspensions are generated -- which is to say, by counting the number of assumed cakewalk games a team is scheduled to play in a row in September:

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Kelly talked about “hurdles” Floyd must clear for reinstatement but declined to specify what the rising senior must do to earn his way back. Floyd’s suspension from team activities has included him working out on his own and seeking counseling following his third alcohol-related incident during his Notre Dame career.Our Notre Dame blog, Rakes of Mallow, takes a cursory glance at other college football DUI arrests and thinks a one-game suspension is a good place to start:

Combining a one game suspension with community service, rehab programs and checking anything else off of Brian Kelly’s list to prove he’s on the right track is a punishment that is not over-the-top but also prevents anyone from legitimately saying that Notre Dame took it easy on him because he’s a star athlete.Floyd’s court date is set for early May.

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Floyd shocked pundits with his choice to return to South Bend for his senior year rather than enter the NFL draft as a junior. If he’s still on the team when the Irish take the field in September, he’ll be the centerpiece of an offense that looks to improve on last season’s 34th-ranked passing unit. Floyd himself was the nation’s 15th-ranked player in receptions per game, and hovered just outside the national top ten in average receiving yardage.