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Former Star QB Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge

Tra'Von Chapman to serve 3 days in jail

The former star quarterback at Theodore Roosevelt High School pleaded guilty recently to an assault charge.

Tra’Von Chapman, 18, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of assault and unlawful restraint in the Portage County Municipal Court Kent branch, the Record-Courier reported.

Despite being sentenced to three days in jail Chapman is hopeful to next week rejoin his football teammates at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was suspended indefinitely after initially being charged in the assault of a former girlfriend in April, TribLive.com reported.

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