UCF senior kickers Shawn Moffitt and Sean Galvin’s final game at Bright House Networks Stadium may be in jeopardy due to an impending hearing with UCF’s Office of Student Conduct.
Although they are now back in practice, Galvin and Moffitt were suspended from the team during the Tulsa game for violating team rules, the reasons being unclear. On Monday, UCF head coach George O’Leary said that their playing status with the team hinges on a student conduct hearing that he believes is to take place this week.
“I said I didn’t have all the information in yet, they still have to deal with the student conduct at the school. I think that’s this week sometime,” O’Leary said in Monday’s press conference. “I think there is rules on the team and people know the rules, obey them.”
Backup kicker Rodrigo Quirarte replaced Moffitt and Galvin in the 31-7 win against Tulsa. Quirarte is three-for-five on field goal attempts this season.
Student disciplinary actions are FERPA protected, so the details on their suspension and their side of the story are not made available to the public. FERPA is student privacy law that pertains to the release of education records.
“I’m very disappointed that they can’t do things the right way and young kids make immature mistakes, that’s what goes on, but there is a penalty for that,” O’Leary said.
