Victory For Georgia Football Player Kolton Houston

Kolton Houston (75) takes the field at G-Day, UGA?s annual spring game, in 2012.

Earlier this week, I wrote about the plight of University of Georgia football player Kolton Houston, whom the NCAA declared ineligible for play for three years because of a steroid that a doctor injected into his body when he was in high school.

On Thursday, Houston received the news he has been awaiting since 2010: he can play between the hedges for the Bulldogs this fall.

Kolton Houston?s three-year struggle to regain NCAA eligibility is finally over.

The Georgia offensive lineman passed his most recent NCAA drug screening, allowing him to join the Bulldogs? active roster for the first time in his college career.

He learned of his reinstatement in a call from UGA director of sports medicine Ron Courson on Thursday.

?I took the test last Thursday,? Houston told ESPN?s DawgNation. ?I was moving out of my house when Ron called me with the news. I was stunned. I didn?t know what to think. All the past years? emotions hit me at once.?

The icing on the cake (literally)? Thursday was Houston?s birthday.

?This is the best birthday present I?ve ever had,? Houston said about his reinstatement. ?I had almost reached the point where I thought this situation would never end. When I got the call, I broke down and cried for about 30 minutes. I had that much emotion stored up and it felt good to get it out. I?m ready now to show what I can do.?

Source: http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/07/27/victory-for-georgia-football-player-kolton-houston/

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