By DOUG IRELAND, Journal Sports

BATON ROUGE – With his legal dilemma cleared, former ASH football and track star J.T. Lindsey has been reinstated to the LSU football team but may be entering the NCAA transfer portal looking for a new football opportunity.

On3.com, which tracks recruiting and transfer portal developments, reported Saturday Lindsey is headed for the portal.

Louisiana Sports Net’s Matt Moscona reported Sunday that all legal charges against Lindsey have been dropped as of Dec. 31, clearing the way for him to return to competition at LSU or elsewhere. Moscona’s report said according to Lindsey’s attorney, Kris Perret, Lindsey has been “reinstated” and is “welcome to return to the team.”

Despite his immediate suspension from the LSU team in August per university policy regarding felony arrests of student-athletes, Lindsey was allowed to attend classes and use athletic facilities. He made the Dean’s List for the fall semester.

Lindsey was arrested in August as an accessory after the fact to second-degree murder after he allegedly allowed two murder suspects to stay in his LSU dorm room for nearly two weeks, authorities said.

Perret said then that the true freshman running back was not aware “the individuals (subsequently) arrested had committed any crimes, or that they were wanted by the police for questioning” when he housed them in his room.

East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney Hillar Moore recently declined to prosecute and removed Lindsey from his bond obligation, and Perret was notified last Wednesday, said Moscona’s report.

At ASH, Lindsey was a state track champion and an All-State running back who helped lead the 2024 Trojans to an unbeaten run to the state championship game. He was the nation’s No. 7-rated running back recruit, according to Rivals.com.

He took a redshirt season this fall and has four seasons of eligibility.