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Originally Posted by Nconroe

Wonder if they'd take a chance somewhere in draft on


Ray Ray Armstrong, S, Faulkner University
Height: 6-4. Weight: 220.
Projected 40 Time: 4.59.
Projected Round (2013): 4-6.

He was doing well at Miami then decided to be a dunce and meet with marketers.

He is not on the team at Faulkner from what I can see. Not sure how the Texans would view him.

Ray-Ray Armstrong declared ineligible by NAIA

By Michael Casagrande Sun Sentinel

5:15 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2012

Update 5:14 p.m. Wednesday: The next move for Ray-Ray Armstrong is still unknown at this point.

Faulkner University spokesman Doug Amos said he "gets the impression" Armstrong will stay at the small school in Montgomery, Ala. after spending the last month there.

He would still be eligible to practice with the team. The NAIA's ruling only barred him from competition. About five or six NFL scouts had already been to town to watch him practice.

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Original story:

The college football career of former Miami safety Ray-Ray Armstrong appears to be over.

The NAIA officially declared the Sanford, Fla., product ineligible Tuesday after nearly a month's wait. Armstrong had been attending Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., after being kicked off the Miami team in late July.

According to a news release from Faulkner, the NAIA did not grant Armstrong his senior season because UM had declared him ineligible for NCAA competition.

The NAIA rule book has a stated policy on the matter:

“Any student who has completed eligibility or who has been permanently banned in a given sport at any four-year institution, either NAIA-affiliated or other, shall have no eligibility remaining in that sport within the NAIA," the rule book reads. "Such a student cannot regain eligibility in that sport at an NAIA institution.”

According to Faulkner, Miami tried to get Armstrong reinstated so he could play at the new school, but the NCAA ruled UM did not have that authority.

“We’re disappointed in the ruling, obviously,” Faulkner athletics director and head football coach Brent Barker said in the news release. “We respect the great job the NAIA Eligibility Center does for our student-athletes, but we thought Ray Ray’s situation was unique and unprecedented, and deserved a positive ruling.

"I most of all hate it for him, because he has fit in so well on our campus with our student body and has really been a leader in our locker room with a lot of our younger players."

Armstrong was dismissed from the Hurricanes on July 18 after a suspension-plagued junior season. Armstrong was allegedly dishonest with the school during an internal investigation.

Lawyers representing Armstrong threatened to sue Miami for reinstatement to the program before deciding to enroll at Faulkner.