Defensive tackle DeMonte Capehart has been reinstated to the Clemson football team after multiple charges were dropped from his record, according to the Associated Press. Capehart was arrested on Feb. 6 and charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm on campus and failure to exercise due care while operating a motor vehicle. The charges were dropped through a “pretrial intervention programme for first-time offenders charged with nonviolence.”
According to a Clemson official, the erased charges and completion of the pretrial programme mean he will be reinstated to the football team in time for spring workouts, which begin on Wednesday.
Capehart was a four-star 2020 prospect according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
His greatest season with the Tigers came in 2023, when he recorded 15 tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, and one pass defence.
He returns to a Clemson team looking to rebound from a 9-4 season in 2023, its first without double-digit wins since the 2010 season. The Tigers begin the 2017 season with a high-profile game against Georgia on August 31.
