Five months after pleading guilty to a lessened charge of misdemeanor assault, former Rutgers quarterback Philip Nelson is again trying to restart his college football career.
East Carolina announced the addition of Nelson as a walk-on, according to multiple reports Thursday night.
Nelson transferred from Minnesota to Rutgers in January 2014 and took part in the following spring camp, with a long-term plan that he would redshirt for one season as mandated NCAA rules and compete to be the starter for the 2015 season.
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