TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State has lifted the suspension of running back Dalvin Cook after a jury found him not guilty of punching a woman in the face outside a bar.
The school immediately reinstated Cook on Monday night after the jury verdict.
Cook can start practicing with the team and will be able to play in the season opener Sept. 5 against Texas State.
A jury reached the verdict Monday after a one day trial.
The alleged victim testified that Cook became angry after she shoved a teammate and after she told him and the group he was with that she wasn't impressed that they were football players.
Three of Cook's teammates and a Florida State graduate student who stopped to watch Madison Geohegan and her friend argue with a group of players all said Cook never hit the woman during the June 23 incident.
Cook led the team in rushing with 1,008 yards as a freshman last year and was second on the team with eight touchdowns.
