Advocate file photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU safety Eric Reid (1) runs the ball while LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) keeps University of Alabama wide receiver Darius Hanks (15) back in the first half of the BCS Championship game Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) and Tiger fans are ecstatic after the win in the LSU-Alabama football game at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. LSU won 9-6 in overtime.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) was one of four LSU players named to the Bednarik Award watch list on Monday. Mathieu won the award, given to the nation's best defender, last season.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu smiles at a reporter's question about team members posting on Twitter, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at LSU's football Media Day.

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Advocate file photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) tries to stop University of Alabama wide receiver Darius Hanks (15) in the first half of the BCS Championship game Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) looks back while outrunning pursuers, as he runs back a punt return for a touchdown in the first half between LSU and Arkansas, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 in Baton Rouge, La. LSU was ahead 21-14 at halftime.

Advocate file photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU safety Eric Reid (1) runs the ball while LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) keeps University of Alabama wide receiver Darius Hanks (15) back in the first half of the BCS Championship game Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON -- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7), left, pauses as he is asked whether he has contact with his father who is in prison during a press conference in New Orleans Thursday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Tyrann Mathieu gets a hug before boarding a BCS-bound bus to New Orleans with fellow LSU football players on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Louisiana State University cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, left, chats with head football coach Les Miles at LSU's Football Facility in Baton Rouge on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, after No. 1-ranked LSU was named to play against No. 2-ranked Alabama in the upcoming Jan. 9 BCS championship game.

Advocate file photo by BILL FEIGFormer LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu outraces Georgia's Connor Norman while returning a punt for a touchdown in the SEC Championship Game in 2011.

Photo by Stephen B Franz Heisman Trophy finalists, from left, Trent Richardson of Alabama, Robert Griffin III of Baylor, Monte Ball of Wisconsin and Tyrann Mathieu of LSU joke while admiring the trophy in New York on Friday. Not pictured is Stanford's Andrew Luck, also a finalist

Advocate file photo by BILL FEIGLSU coach Les Miles talks with cornerback Tyrann Mathieu during LSU's 42-10 win over Georgia in the SEC Championship game on Dec. 3 in Atlanta. Mathieu, dismissed from the team earlier this summer, will enroll at LSU on Tuesday.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU safety Eric Reid (1) congratulates LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) after his fumble recovery Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in the early part of the second half of the SEC Championship game between LSU and Georgia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. LSU won 42-10.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- LSU Georgia SEC Championship game --- LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) holds up the MVP trophy after the second half Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga..

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG LSU -- University of Tennessee fullback Ben Bartholomew (39) is taken down by the honey badger LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) during the first half Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.

LSU safety Eric Reid (1) runs the ball while LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) keeps University of Alabama wide receiver Darius Hanks (15) back in the first half of the BCS Championship game Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- LSU head football coach Les Miles pauses while speaking at a press conference, announcing the removal from his team of star cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, Friday, August 10, 2012, in Baton Rouge, La. Nicknamed the 'Honey Badger,' Mathieu was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy last year, and was expected to be a standout defender again this year.