KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- An administrative law judge has dismissed a University of Tennessee conduct case against former Volunteers football player A.J. Johnson, which has no bearing on his upcoming criminal trial on aggravated rape charges.
Katrice Jones Morgan, who serves as the university's assistant dean of student affairs and director of diversity and inclusion, ruled Monday the school no longer has jurisdiction in the student conduct case because Johnson graduated in December 2014. The university could've played a "disciplinary hold on Johnson's record, preventing him from graduating but instead granted Johnson his degree and allowed him to graduate in a commencement ceremony for football players.