The Journal Sentinel reported in July that Clay had failed to meet the NCAA's initial eligibility requirements to play as a freshman.
However, in order to become eligible Clay attended summer school in Racine and then had to be cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse.
"It actually happened a lot faster than I thought," Bielema said. "For the first time I'll give kudos to the Clearinghouse."
In order for Clay to join the team before the first day of classes at UW (Sept. 4), it was necessary for a player to voluntarily leave the program.
That player, according to Bielema, was freshman defensive back Tony Megna, a walk-on from Oak Creek High School.
"A year ago, Tony suffered a knee injury," Bielema said. "He is going to take some time away from the program, start school and hopefully at some point come back."
With a scrimmage set for today, the players worked out in shoulder pads, helmets and shorts Friday night.
Clay participated in individual work with the other running backs at the beginning of practice, worked on his footwork with staring tailback P.J. Hill and got in briefly against the scout-team defense.
Awesome. Bringing a guy like Clay off the bench as a 3rd option and as depth is only going to help the team.
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