North Carolina junior guard P.J. Hairston has earned the opportunity to practice with the team, coach Roy Williams said in a release Thursday.
Hairston, who was indefinitely suspended July 28 following a reckless driving charge, will begin practicing with the team when practice opens tomorrow.
“In 26 years as a head coach, I’ve never made the demands on a young man that I have made of P.J.,” Williams said. “To his credit, he accepted them without question. This is just the first step towards permanently earning his place back on the roster.”
“He will have to sit out some games, but we haven’t yet determined how many that will be.”
In the release, Hairston apologized for his actions.
“I am so sorry for the mistakes I made that brought such negative attention to the team, the University of North Carolina and my family,” Hairston said. “That’s not how I was brought up and it’s certainly not how coach Williams expects us to represent this program.”
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