Trae Jefferson suspended indefinitely from Texas Southern

Trae Jefferson, the leading scorer for Texas Southern University has been suspended indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of team rules. HBCU Gameday confirmed this information during an email exchange with the Texas Southern Sports Information Department.

Jefferson is averaging 23.2 points per game and has played and started in 14 of the 19 games played by the Tigers this season.  He last played one week ago against Grambling State, where he logged a season-low 13 minutes of action and nine points.

Tough season

It has been a rough year for the sophomore from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He had to deal with the death of his father earlier in the season and missed two games after being involved in a dust-up in a game versus Southern.

A couple years ago I imagined what would've happened if AI played college ball at an HBCU. Trae Jefferson, a 5-7 guard for Texas Southern, gave us AI vibes with a 25-7-7 game that ended with an ejection. pic.twitter.com/vyYZI1xzTM

— Steven J. Gaither (@stevenjgaither) January 2, 2018

Jefferson subsequently acknowledged his own fault in the situation in a statement on his Twitter account.

I apologize to my university, my @HBCUGameday, my coaches and to my teammates for letting southern get me out my character won’t never happen again #GoSWAC

— Trae Jefferson (@Traejefferson) January 2, 2018

Subtweets

Jefferson has not directly addressed the suspension on social media. He has, as of Monday morning, made subtle tweets acknowledging that he is going through trying times at the moment.

They tryna knock me off the map after I put them on 🙏🏾🙇🏾‍♂️#God’sPlan

— Trae Jefferson (@Traejefferson) January 22, 2018

Brainstorming🙇🏾‍♂️ & Praying 🙏🏾💯

— Trae Jefferson (@Traejefferson) January 22, 2018

Devil thought he caught me with my head down intel I looked up and said Amen🙇🏾‍♂️🙏🏾💯

— Trae Jefferson (@Traejefferson) January 22, 2018

First Pops & Now This And I’m Still Smiling #walkbyfaithnotbysight🙏🏾

— Trae Jefferson (@Traejefferson) January 21, 2018

Moving forward for now

Texas Southern is coming off a win versus Mississippi Valley State that saw Donte Clark explode for 41 points for the Tigers.  They are back in action tonight against UAPB, who is 6-0 in the SWAC after a 0-13 start to the season.  Texas Southern is currently 4-15 overall and 4-2 in the SWAC.