Former NBA standout JR Smith has enrolled at North Carolina A&T and intends to join the historically black university's men's golf team if he gets cleared by the NCAA, the university confirmed on Wednesday.
North Carolina A&T athletics spokesman Brian Holloway told ESPN that Smith is officially enrolled in the school and has petitioned the NCAA to be eligible to play. Smith's clock to compete as a collegiate athlete has not yet started since he went to the NBA after high school. Athletes, in most cases, get five years to complete four years of eligibility.
At the pro-am at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith told reporters Wednesday he decided to go back to school after a conversation with Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen.