A top player in SEC and nation kicked off LSU squad

Friday, August 10, 2012 | 6:46 p.m. CDT; updated 7:21 p.m. CDT, Friday, August 10, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. — Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off LSU's football team Friday for breaking an athletic department rule, a blow to the Tigers' national championship hopes three weeks before their season opener.

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