Ex-Purdue WR Lymon sentenced to house arrest

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By Beth Boehne

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Former Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon pleaded guilty Friday to charges stemming from a fight outside a nightclub and a drunken driving arrest.

A Tippecanoe Superior Court judge suspended a one-year prison sentence and ordered Lymon to spend 90 days on house arrest and 15 months on probation. Lymon was given credit for 66 days served.

"I'm very disappointed in myself for what I did," Lymon told Judge Michael Morrissey. "I apologize to the court."

Coach Joe Tiller dismissed Lymon from the team in November, two days after police arrested Lymon on the drunken driving charge hours after Purdue's season-ending loss to Indiana. Police said he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 percent, nearly double the state's legal limit for driving.

Lymon pleaded guilty to that charge, along with counts of disorderly conduct, false informing and minor consumption of alcohol he faced from a March 2007 fight during which he was stabbed in the chest outside Nick's Nightclub in West Lafayette.

Prosecutors did not charge the woman who stabbed Lymon because investigators believed she acted in self-defense.

Lymon, who was recruited from Fort Wayne Harding, had 40 catches for 450 yards and two touchdowns last season as a junior. He has filed for early entry in this year's NFL draft.

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Information from: Journal and Courier, http://www.jconline.com

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