FRISCO -- TCU wide receiver KaVontae Turpin has been cleared to return to football after missing much of spring practices due to academic issues, head coach Gary Patterson said at Big 12 media days Monday.
Patterson believes that Turpin, a rising-junior, was affected by the success he had early in his career at TCU.
"One of the worst things that happens in this day and age is a young player is great as a freshman," Patterson explained, "because I think it's really hard with the media and everything else for them to handle being invisible."
Patterson added, "I think KaVontae is doing the right things, understanding what it is to be a college athlete and a college student.