The Louisville Cardinals have lost a four-star class of 2022 signee, football head coach Scott Satterfield stated throughout an look on 93.9 The Ville.
Wide receiver Devaughn Mortimer will not take the field for the Cardinals this season, the coach stated Friday earlymorning on the radio program.
“It’s out of our hands a little bit,” the fourth-year head coach continued. “(Mortimer’s) going to relocation on, mostlikely to a various school. We hadn’t heard where he’s going to go, however desire him absolutelynothing however the finest.”
Satterfield first dealtwith Mortimer’s lack on Aug. 2, stating the Florida native’s status with the group was still uncertain and the Cardinals “should get perhaps some clearness over the next couple of weeks.”
Louisville HC Scott Satterfield validates on @939TheVille that inbound freshman WR Devaughn Mortimer will not be signingupwith the program.
— Matt McGavic (@Matt_McGavic) August 19, 2022
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According to files gotten by The Courier Journal, Mortimer hadactually been apprehended earlier this year on a third-degree felony battery charge on Feb. 9 in his Fort Lauderdale, his hometown.
The arrest citation from regional authorities declared he elbowed a female, who is a small, in the face the day priorto his arrest while they were sitting in a vehicle at Dillard High School, where he played football and was a member of the track and field group. The blow apparently triggered “a laceration to her bottom lip that needed anumberof stiches to close” and broke 2 of the woman’s front teeth.
Mortimer pleaded not guilty however changed his plea to no contest on June10 That verysame day, the 18-year-old was sentenced to a year of probation and the third-degree felony charge was minimized to a first-degree misdemeanor battery charge, according to court files, with the possibility of moving his probation to Kentucky.
His probation, which needs conclusion of a 13-week anger management c