re: LSU Football No. 13 in SI's Post-Spring Top 25

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New LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron inherited plenty of weapons, but one of the most effective ones might never take a snap in Cameron's offense. Tailback Jeremy Hill, who led the Tigers in rushing last year, is suspended in definitely following his arrest late last month on a simple battery charge for his role in a fight at a Baton Rouge bar. LSU coach Les Miles has said he'll wait for the legal process to run its course before making any decision, but the judicial process could make the decision for Miles. Hill is on probation after pleading guilty in 2011 to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor following a 2010 incident with a 14-year-old classmate at Redemptorist High in Baton Rouge. In the most recent incident, police obtained video of Hill punching a man in the head before a second man, since identified by police as 20-year-old Robert Bayardo, knocked the man unconscious with another punch. If Hill is found to have violated his probation, he might have to serve the six-month prison term that was originally suspended in the earlier case. That would make Miles' decision easy.

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