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One suspended player back, one still out

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Posted 7:39PM on Saturday 30th July 2005 ( 20 years ago )
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Fullback Shawn Jordan, suspended since May 19, has returned to the LSU football team, coach Les Miles said.<br> <br> Jordan was suspended two days after he was arrested in El Passo, Texas, on charges of possession of a controlled substances.<br> <br> Jordan allegedly was caught by U.S. Customs and Border Inspectors bringing two steroid substances across the border from Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso.<br> <br> A police report said that Jordan was found to with 20 milliliters of a steroid called stanozolol and 10 milliliters of a steroid called dromostanolone. Both are banned by the NCAA.<br> <br> ``He has sustained some discipline from the team and myself,&#39;&#39; Miles said. ``He&#39;s back on board and doing the right things.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> The amount of steroids Jordan is alleged to have had in his possession were only enough for someone&#39;s personal use.<br> <br> ``We reviewed that situation very thoroughly and looked at his background,&#39;&#39; Miles said. ``We feel it&#39;s an isolated incident that won&#39;t repeat itself.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Still suspended is defensive end Chase Pittman, who was suspended indefinitely on July 11 after Pittman was arrested July 7 for his role in a fight at a bar near the LSU campus.<br> <br> Baton Rouge police said Pittman told investigators that he punched a man in the face at Bogie&#39;s Bar and Grill. He was charged with second-degree battery.<br> <br> Pittman is listed in LSU&#39;s football media guide as the Tigers&#39; projected starter at right defensive end.<br> <br> Information from: The Advocate, http://www.theadvocate.com<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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