John Emery's Attorney Is Confident The LSU RB 'Will Be Reinstated Eventually'

Alabama-based attorney Don Jackson is representing John Emery Jr. in his academic ineligibility case and is confident the LSU running back will be reinstated, according to Brody Miller with The Athletic:

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Jackson believes that due to Emery's family hardships over the last 18 months and new information related to the case could result in an NCAA waiver. Per The Advocate:

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Emery’s side believes extenuating circumstances over the past 18 months should result in a waiver, Jackson said. Within that time, Emery lost his grandmother to cancer, his step-father underwent a lengthy battle with COVID-19 that put him in the hospital on a ventilator and his mother tested positive for the virus. At the same time, classes moved online because of the pandemic.

“Our position,” Jackson said, “is that all of these factors would lean toward a waiver.”

Emery tried to regain sufficient academic standing this summer and was an honor student, Jackson said. LSU tried to get Emery a waiver because of his family's hardships. The NCAA denied the request.

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