Jacksonville State football has been given permission to hire former Alabama defensive coordinator and Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt as a "limited, non-coaching analyst role within the football program."

Jacksonville State football announced that they were given permission by the NCAA to hire Pruitt on Friday. The committee only modified the show cause for Pruitt's employment at Jacksonville State.

“We appreciate the Committee’s thorough and thoughtful review of our proposal and its acknowledgment of Jacksonville State’s commitment to compliance and institutional control. Our goal from the beginning was to operate with transparency and integrity, and we’re pleased that the NCAA recognized the strength of our monitoring plan. Coach Pruitt understands the expectations that

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