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Jermaine Edmondson, Mark Meyers leave Michigan State football team

On the heels of an altercation with Draymond Green, the senior defensive back is looking to play elsewhere

Kirkland Crawford
Detroit Free Press
Sep 12, 2015; Michigan State Spartans cornerback Jermaine Edmondson (39) celebrates a win over the Oregon Ducks after a game at Spartan Stadium.

Michigan State senior defensive back Jermaine Edmondson has requested and has been given full release from his scholarship to play his final year of eligibility elsewhere, according to the school.

Police reports say Edmondson is the man whom former Michigan State basketball star and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green struck in an altercation early Sunday morning, resulting in Green's arrest. Edmondson told police that Green punched him and "I would like to take further action on this situation and I am willing to fully cooperate."

Edmondson, who redshirted his freshman season (2012), played in all 14 games last season, recording a career-high 25 tackles and two fumble recoveries. But he seemingly had been leapfrogged on the depth chart at cornerback.

“In discussions with Jermaine Edmondson following spring practice and in the weeks thereafter, it became clear that Jermaine wanted to play a larger role on the team," coach Mark Dantonio said in a released statement. "After consulting with him in the summer, he felt it was in his best interest to finish his playing career elsewhere. We have granted his immediate release to transfer to another institution to have that opportunity.”

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MSU also announced that safety Mark Meyers will be a grad transfer to Miami (Ohio). He was to enter his senior season with the Spartans after graduating in May.

Meyers had 17 tackles in 27 games in his three seasons in East Lansing. He played just six games in 2015. He was arrested for an OWI in September and was suspended for six games.

“Mark Meyers has done everything we asked of him during this process,” Dantonio said in a released statement. “He graduated this year and has done a good job in the classroom during his time here in East Lansing, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors (in 2014). He was looking for a new opportunity on the football field in his final season and, by earning his degree, he’ll have that opportunity this year as a graduate transfer.”