COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - South Carolina wide receiver Matthew Thomas has been reinstated, five months after he was suspended following his arrest on a simple assault charge. <br>
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Thomas, a junior from Pearson, Ga., was cleared Monday to resume team-related activities. <br>
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He had been suspended in March after a female student accused him of grabbing her in a dormitory in February. <br>
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Thomas successfully completed the Pre-Trial Intervention Program that will remove the misdemeanor from his record, South Carolina coaches said. <br>
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Thomas still will face some disciplinary measures within the South Carolina program, coach Lou Holtz said. <br>
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Thomas appeared in nine games last year at receiver and cornerback. <br>
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``He came over the other day and took the (strength and conditioning) test and passed it in a breeze and is bigger and stronger than he's ever been,'' Holtz said.
