Suspended Vanderbilt football star Chris Boyd admitted Friday to helping cover up an alleged on-campus gang rape , accepted a yearlong probation sentence and agreed to testify against four men accused directly in the crime . After prosecutors laid out the case against him , Boyd pleaded guilty to one count of being an accessory after the fact . As part of his plea deal , Boyd said he will willingly pay court costs , face 11 months and 29 days of unsupervised probation and `` testify truthfully '' against the men he helped last June . Beyond giving some closure to Boyd -- a suburban Atlanta native who had been on the official `` watch list '' for the Biletnikoff Award , which is given annually to college football 's top wide receiver , prior to his suspension from the Commodores -- Friday 's court hearing also revealed information about the prosecutors ' case against the four former Vanderbilt players charged with rape . Chris Boyd indicted in rape case . Early on June 23 , Davidson County Deputy District Attorney Tom Thurman alleged in court , Brandon Vandenburg took an unconscious Vanderbilt student into a building on campus . He was joined in his dorm room by three others also charged with rape -- Corey Batey , Brandon Banks and Jaborian McKenzie -- Thurman said . `` Different individuals '' then sexually assaulted the young woman , the prosecutor said , as captured by CNN affiliate WSMV . Vandenburg texted the 21-year-old Boyd a picture of her , which Boyd promptly erased so his girlfriend would n't see it , Thurman said . Soon after that text , Vandenburg called Boyd `` saying the victim had been messed with in the hall and sexually assaulted in the room , and he needed Mr. Boyd to come over , '' Thurman said . `` Mr. Vandenburg further stated that he wanted to have sex with the victim , but he could not get an erection even though he used cocaine , '' added the prosecutor . Boyd went over and , with two other people , moved the woman -- who was lying in the hall unconscious , partially clothed -- to a room , put her on a bed , then left , Thurman said . Subsequently , Boyd exchanged texts with Vandenburg and Batey , Thurman said . In one , Boyd said , `` Tell the boys to delete that sh** . I 'm looking out for your a** . '' Boyd also texted his girlfiend that he `` got everything cleared up '' and `` deleted everything , '' Thurman said . More texts followed the next day , including one in which Boyd detailed how he had helped move the young woman and said `` she does n't know anything that happened . '' Boyd also talked about it with Vandenburg , Batey , Banks and McKenzie at a Popeye 's restaurant , Thurman said . `` The defendant was not completely truthful with the police or the district attorney 's office in his initial interviews , '' the prosecutor said . `` ... He later came forward and gave additional information . '' Asked later by a judge if Thurman 's presentation was correct , Boyd replied , `` Yes , sir . '' His lawyer , Roger May , after the hearing described Boyd as `` a 21-year-old young man that was forced with making a decision in a situation that he did not fully understand . '' `` He is paying for that decision , '' May added , `` and he will be paying for it the rest of his life . '' Thurman said after the hearing that , if Boyd was convicted , he probably would have gotten a 1-year sentence given his clean criminal record . `` I do n't know how good a deal it is for him , '' the prosecutor told reporters . Vanderbilt spokeswoman Beth Fortune said later Friday that Boyd remains enrolled at the school , though he is still suspended from its football team , `` pending further review by the university . '' The incident came to light when university officials checking the dorm 's hallway surveillance recordings regarding an unrelated situation observed unusual behavior by the defendants , police said . That prompted a notification to campus police on June 26 . That same day , Vanderbilt University Police called Nashville Police into the investigation . Four days later , Vandenburg , Batey , Banks and McKenzie were dismissed from the football team and suspended from the university . The university and city police announced the dismissals but did not identify the players at that time . The four young men now each face five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery . Vandenburg was also charged with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of unlawful photography .
Chris Boyd pleads guilty to being an accessory after the fact in an alleged rape . His plea deal calls for 1 year probation and his testifying against 4 accused of rape . Prosecutor says Boyd exchanged texts with suspects , helped move victim 's body . `` He will be paying for ( his decision ) .