Florida’s State Attorney’s office offered Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins a deferred prosecution for resisting arrest during a fight in May… and Jenkins has taken it.

Jenkins will receive six months of probation, have to pay about $200 in costs, and will have to do 15 hours of community service.

You might recall that Jenkins was arrested and tasered when he refused to back down in a fight with five other people.  He was charged with resisting arrest and “affray.”  The affray charge was dropped as part of the deferred prosecution agreement.

If Jenkins minds his p’s and q’s, he’ll face no further charges for the incident.

Jenkins attorney had this to say of the agreement: “The truth is, I feel as though he didn’t really do anything wrong here.  I don’t want to get into a big contest with (the Gainesville Police Department).  Let’s just say this is a compromise as far as I’m concerned.  This is being inside the 20-yard line and settling for three.”

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