NCAA clears UNC's Devon Ramsay

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    The NCAA has reversed its ruling that North Carolina's Devon Ramsay is permanently ineligible and has cleared the fullback to return next season.

    In a release, the school said Thursday night that the NCAA has determined Ramsay committed no violation of NCAA rules after receiving new information from the school.

    Ramsay played the first four games before he was held out by the school after being caught up in the NCAA's investigation of possible academic misconduct within the football program. Ramsay will have one season of eligibility left.

    "Devon's delighted and his mother is ecstatic," said Robert Orr, a former North Carolina Supreme Court judge who had been advising the Ramsay family. "I have to say UNC has been really good about working with us. I think they recognized from the beginning that something was wrong here."

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