Woman tells jury ex-Wisconsin player raped her in his home

The trial of former University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus began Tuesday with a woman testifying that Cephus raped her in his apartment.

Cephus, 21, of Macon, Georgia, is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault after two 18- year-old women reported to police that he had assaulted them on the same night in April 2018. Both women said they were too drunk to consent.

Ce ph us argues the sex was consensual and arranged by one of the women. His attorneys said they will present evidence, including surveillance video from that evening, to show the women were not as intoxicated as they claim and had consented.

The Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday that when one of the women was asked at trial if she had “organized” a threesome with Cephus and the other woman she replied: “Absolutely not.”

Cephus, a wide receiver, was suspended from the Badgers football team in August. He was expelled from the university earlier this year for violating its non-academic misconduct code.

Cephus sued the university in October, claiming his constitutional rights were violated when the school pursued a student disciplinary investigation against him because he could not defend himself during the probe into the original criminal investigation. He dropped the lawsuit in March, but his attorneys said he would likely refile it after the sexual assault trial.

UConn's Thomas won't return to football after stroke

UConn coach Randy Edsall says linebacker Eli Thomas won't return to football after suffering a stroke last season.

The senior had been working on his rehabilitation since having a stroke last October before a weightlifting session. He had returned to the team and been named a captain in the spring, with the hopes of eventually resuming his football career.

Eds all announced Tuesday that Thomas has not been cleared by doctors to play again and has accepted that decision.

Edsall says Thomas will remain a part of the team in some capacity. He says Thomas is not in preseason camp, but rather at home in Elmira, New York, awaiting the birth of his first child.

Reserve RB leaves Clemson for South Carolina

Running back Tavien Feaster is switching sides in the state's biggest rivalry, leaving Clemson to join South Carolina for his final college season.

Feaster posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a Gamecocks jersey, sitting in front a locker with his name on it.

Feaster is a 5-foot-11, 220-pound senior who was part of Clemson's national championship teams in 2016 and last year. Feaster rushed for 1,330 yards and 15 touchdowns in three seasons with the Tigers.