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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Freshman defensive tackle Travonte Valentine tweeted Monday that he has been cleared by the NCAA to play for&amp;nbsp;LSU this season.&amp;nbsp;Valentine's high school coach confirmed the news&amp;nbsp;in a report from&amp;nbsp;&lt;em &gt;The Advocate&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;in Baton Rouge, La.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine, a four-star class of 2014 defensive tackle ranked No. 3 at his position according to Rivals.com, is set to begin practicing on Tuesday or Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Inside Read: Good and bad of playoff, Georgia's&amp;nbsp;Gurley&amp;nbsp;picks up new sport\u200B&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An LSU spokesman told &lt;em&gt;The Advocate&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;that&amp;nbsp;Valentine has not been cleared and is still \u201Cgoing through the final phases of the admission process\u201D.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine won't be allowed to work out in full pads until the fifth day of practice after going through the four-day acclimation period mandated by the NCAA.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Tigers, ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP Poll, open the season Aug. 30 against Wisconsin.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guess what I'm cleared to play college ball at the university of louisanna state !!\r\n\u2014 travonte valentine (@traveeey99) August 18, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Chris Johnson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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