LSU coach Les Miles said he was not aware of 2013 signee Rickey Jefferson’s pending legal troubles when Jefferson signed his National Letter of Intent last month.
Multiple outlets reported Tuesday night that Jefferson, brother of former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson, was charged with resisting arrest by force or violence.
“This is new information to me,” Miles said at a news conference Wednesday. “Obviously, we did not know. We’ll have to trail behind and find out what is going on. I’m without information at this point.”
Jefferson and another teen allegedly attacked a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy Feb. 2 at the Krewe of Caesar parade in Metairie when the deputy got into a scuffle with a friend of Jefferson’s.
Miles said he has not spoken to Jefferson about the incident.