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Four of the Florida Gators players who were suspended last season due to felony fraud charges are set to rejoin the program this week.ESPN says running back Jordan Scarlett, receiver Rick Wells and linebackers James Houston and Ventrell Miller are enrolled in school and set to rejoin the team for workouts on Wednesday. The players are in a pretrial intervention program and can get the charges dropped if they make restitution and comply with their probation.Getting Scarlett back will be big for Florida. In 2016, he rushed for 889 yards and six touchdowns.Among the other players involved in the alleged crime, wide receiver Antonio Callaway is entering the NFL draft. Three other players are looking to transfer.The scandal got the Gators’ football season off to a terrible start. The Gators spiraled and went 4-7, with Jim McElwain getting fired. McElwain said during the season that the suspensions had hurt the team’s locker room.
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