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Eli Carter to transfer from Florida, will be eligible immediately

A star-crossed Florida career ends.

Florida guard Eli Carter, who would have been a redshirt senior in 2015-16, will instead transfer from the school, and be eligible immediately, reports CBS Sports's Jon Rothstein.

Carter was the leading scorer at Rutgers in both 2011-12 and 2012-13, and transferred from Rutgers to Florida in 2013, then got an NCAA waiver allowing him to play immediately in the 2013-14 season, likely thanks in part to the firing of former Rutgers coach Mike Rice for abuse of his players.

But Carter's Florida career got off to a false start that fall: He played in just the first seven games for the Gators in November 2013, while trying to come back from a broken fibula suffered in a February 2013 game with Rutgers.