Former NBA star JR Smith has enrolled at North Carolina A&T and plans to join the historically Black university’s men’s golf team if the NCAA clears him, according to the university.

Smith has officially enrolled at North Carolina A&T and has petitioned the NCAA to be allowed to play, according to North Carolina A&T athletics spokesman Brian Holloway. Because he went to the NBA after high school, Smith’s clock to compete as a collegiate athlete has not yet started. In most circumstances, athletes are given five years to complete four years of eligibility.

“We’re just going through the normal process we would go through with any prospective student-athlete,” Holloway said. “But this one is just a little different.”

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