After missing the entire 2021 season due to academic issues, LSU RB John Emery Jr. will reportedly sit an additional two games to begin the ’22 campaign
After missing the entire 2021 season due to academic issues, LSU running back John Emery Jr. will reportedly sit an additional two games to begin the ’22 campaign.that Emery, LSU’s expected starter entering the fall, received a two-game suspension for lingering issues related to last year’s full-season punishment.
Emery, a former five-star prospect from Destrehan, La., has struggled to find his way on and off the field since arriving to LSU in 2019. According to, Emery also tried appealing in 2021, with his case focusing on the hardship he faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During that year, Emery fell behind in his classes as his stepfather battled COVID complications for much of the year; Emery also dealt with the death of his grandmother, as well as two personal bouts with COVID.