LSU QB Ryan Perrilloux Booted From Team

By Steve

Big news in the sports world: LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux was kicked off the defending national championship team by coach Les Miles. According to Miles, Perrilloux, who had legal and disciplinary problems throughout his college career, “didn’t fulfill his obligation as an LSU student-athlete.”

In 12 games last season, Perrilloux completed 51 of 75 passes for eight touchdowns and two interceptions. He was selected MVP after the SEC Championship win against Tennessee in December.

After the jump we look at Perrilloux’s rap sheet of wrong doing.

Perrilloux, who was suspended by the Tigers last summer, was on the fringe of a counterfeiting investigation and was caught trying to enter a Baton Rouge casino with false identification. He also was involved in a fracas at a nightclub in November, but was cleared of wrongdoing.

Miles suspended Perrilloux, whose father died Feb. 7, in mid-February after he missed a team meeting, skipped some classes and was late for a handful of conditioning workouts.

Perrilloux had to meet academic requirements and do extra conditioning work before he was reinstated April 6, in time to go with the Tigers to meet President Bush at the White House. [AP]