LSU starting safety A.J. Haulcy will be suspended for the first half of Saturday's game at No. 4 Clemson , the NCAA told ESPN on Thursday.

Haulcy, who transferred to LSU in May and was considered one of the top defensive players available in the portal, was suspended for a fight in his final regular-season game last year while playing for Houston .

The news came as a surprise to No. 9 LSU, as team officials were not informed of the suspension until Wednesday, sources told ESPN. The suspension leaves LSU without a key member of its secondary in a road game against Clemson's Cade Klubnik , one of the country's top quarterbacks.

Haulcy was ejected for his role in a fracas late in Houston's 30-18 loss to BYU in November.

A few factors might have led to some of the ambiguity and co

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