Purdue says player recovering from a shooting off campus

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University says a football player was wounded in an off-campus shooting over the weekend.

West Lafayette police say 20-year-old Andrew Chelf of Southlake, Texas, suffered a single gunshot wound to the torso about 3 a.m. Sunday. The sophomore safety was hospitalized for treatment.

Police Capt. David Van Vactor told the (Lafayette) Journal & Courier investigators believe someone shot Chelf but said no arrests were immediately made.

The Purdue athletic department said in a statement it was grateful Chelf was recovering and assistance has been offered to his family.

Chelf played little during his first two seasons at Purdue but had seven tackles in the Boilermakers’ spring game the day before the shooting.

Ex-Oregon Ducks coach pleads no contest to drunk driving charge

EUGENE, Ore. — A former assistant football coach at the University of Oregon pleaded no contest to a charge of driving while intoxicated.

David Reaves, 38, entered the plea Monday and must complete a court-ordered diversion program in his home state of Florida. The drunken-driving charge will be dismissed if he completes the diversion program.

The Register-Guard reported that Reaves declined comment following his court appearance in Eugene.

City prosecutors agreed to dismiss a charge of recklessly endangering another person.

Reaves came to Oregon this year to serve as the Ducks’ co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. He was arrested Jan. 22 — five days after his hiring was announced.

Reaves resigned as university officials were in the process of terminating his contract.