UNM tailback Demond Dennis was kicked off the team for academic reaasons, Lobo head football coach Mike Locksley announced at his weekly news conference Tuesday.
Because of inattention to academics, Dennis, a sophomore from Atlanta, played in just one play against UTEP on Oct. 2, and he didn’t travel with the team to New Mexico State.
He was inactive until Locksley reinstated him Oct. 18.
“I’m proud of Demond and the way he’s taken care of the things we require our student-athletes to take care, which is the academic part,” Locksley said at his Oct. 19 news conference. “He’s really come a long way in a short period of time in the two weeks he’s been away.”
Dennis didn’t start Saturday against San Diego State, but he did spot work, carrying the ball four times for nine yards.
