After being ruled ineligible for the rest of his junior season on Sept. 25, Lewisville (TX) quarterback Laykon Brassfield received much better news Thursday in a shocking move by the University Interscholastic League.
Brassfield's eligibility was granted by a unanimous 6-0 vote from the UIL executive committee, according to a report from Greg Riddle of The Dallas Morning News.
The 5-6A district executive committee originally voted 7-0 against Brassfield in September, at a meeting held over a dual-residency issue.
That committee then ruled that Brassfield's residence did not meet the UIL's residency criteria for Lewisville High School or Lewisville ISD. The report noted that the original DEC meeting was held because Brassfield's parents had been
associated with an apartment in Lewisville and a lease in Argyle.
Brassfield's grandfather, Richard Brassfield, resides at the Argyle home, and his parents helped with the lease so he would qualify. That address was used to enroll his younger siblings in Argyle ISD, but it is not the main residence they have lived at since moving to Texas.
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On the Argyle lease, Laykon's name had been removed as an occupant, but DEC did not have that documentation at the time of the original ruling.
The UIL confirmed on Thursday that the family's established residence was in the Lewisville zone.
“At the time, based on the information the DEC had, it was a very reasonable decision that they reached,” UIL executive director Jamey Harrison said during the Thursday hearing. “Since they made that decision, the facts of the situation have changed. There is not a 3 or 4,000-square foot home with one grandparent living in it and a family of five living in a less than 600-square foot apartment. That was the case at the time of the DEC hearing. That is not the case now."
Harrison continued: "That lease has been terminated. They no longer have any sort of rented, leased or other ownership or access to that property [in Argyle] is my understanding. They only have the one property [in Lewisville]. I think the facts are different now. As far as I know, from all of the evidence I’ve read and all of the testimony I’ve heard today, the family only has access to one home. So if they are living there, they are living there.”
According to The Dallas Morning News, Brassfield's dad moved the family to Texas for a job. The family of five first lived a 600-square foot apartment but have since moved to one double in size that is in Lewisville's zone.
Several house checks from Lewisville coaches and Lewisville ISD athletic director Christie Liles confirmed that the Brassfields lived there, along with driver's licenses and utility bills.
Laykon won the quarterback job for the Fighting Farmers going into the year and went 3-0 in their first three games, passing for 742 yards and 13 touchdowns. However, they had to forfeit those games under the original ruling.
With Laykon out, Lewisville turned to senior Aiden Evans. He led them to four straight blowout wins, completing 55% of his passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for 338 yards and four more touchdowns.
Laykon will be eligible to play in Lewisville's game on Friday, Oct. 23, as they travel to Flower Mound (TX) for another district game.
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