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'The Punch' wasn't a knockout after all.Oregon reinstated running back LeGarrette Blount Monday afternoon, just more than two months after he was suspended for punching Boise State defensive end Byron Hout following the Ducks' Week 1 loss to the Broncos in Idaho.
"I'm grateful to Coach Kelly that he cares enough to offer me this second chance," Blount said in a statement released by the school. "Now it is up to me to prove to people that their lasting impressions of me are not what they saw in Boise."
Blount's suspension was originally announced to be for the season, but on Oct. 2, roughly a month after the Sept. 3 incident, Oregon head coach Chip Kelly said that the running back might returning, pending the senior meeting several conditions.
The Pac-10 also signed off on Blount's suspension. Commissioner Larry Scott said he believed Blount learned a lesson during his punishment.
"After a thorough review of the situation, I am convinced LeGarrette Blount paid a significant and appropriate price for the mistakes he made on the field, and that he has learned important life-long lessons," Scott said.
Blount will be available for the Ducks' Saturday contest against Arizona State. The following week, Oregon travels to Arizona in a showdown that could determine the conference championship and a spot in the Rose Bowl.
Blount, a 6-foot-2, 240-pound transfer from East Mississippi Community College, rushed for 1,002 yards and a school-record 17 touchdowns last season. He rushed for minus-five yards in his lone game this season.
Yet without him, the Ducks have thrived.
In his absence, Oregon has won seven straight games, including a 47-20 victory over USC on Halloween, before falling to Stanford Saturday. But little of the blame for the loss to the Cardinal fell on the offense, which still generated 560 total yards.
After rushing for just 31 yards against Boise State, Oregon has since become the nation's ninth-ranked rushing teams, primarily on the legs of LaMichael James.
Blount continued to practice with the team during his absence.
The suspension was Blount's second in his two years at Oregon. In February, he was suspended by former coach Mike Bellotti for "failure to fulfill team obligations," but was re-instated before spring practice.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this story.
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