Royce Hooks hasn’t played football for Iowa State since 2001, and ISU head coach Dan McCarney says he won’t wear a Cyclone uniform again.

“Royce Hooks and Brent Nash are not members of our football program,” McCarney said in a statement July 31, the day Hooks was acquitted of second degree sexual abuse charges.

“With respect to Thursday’s decision, we would assist Royce in finding an opportunity at another school,” he said.

But Hooks said earlier in the day he would like to return to the Cyclone team.

He may be exploring his legal options to do that.

Des Moines attorney Alfredo Parrish, who represented University of Iowa men’s basketball player Pierre Pierce after he was charged with third degree sexual abuse in 2002, said Aug. 14 he has been in contact with Hooks and considering the case.

“We’re just reviewing the case right now and trying to find out what happened,” Parrish said.

Hooks, senior in exercise and sport science, and former ISU linebacker Brent Nash, junior in exercise and sport science, were both suspended from the football program after being charged with sexually assaulting former ISU student Ashley Howard at a party in January 2002.

They remained suspended but on athletic scholarships through the 2002—2003 school year. Their scholarships were not renewed for next year.

Parrish said he has also talked to ISU officials and they are “discussing some type of resolution.”

In the Pierce case, Parrish and other attorneys negotiated a plea bargain in which Pierce pleaded guilty to assault causing injury to a fellow Iowa student-athlete.

A deferred judgment in the case means the charge will be dropped if Pierce completes (in November) one year of supervised probation, undergoes counseling and completes 200 hours of community service.

He redshirted the 2002—2003 season.

Parrish said he is not currently representing Nash and that the two have had no contact.

Charges against Nash were dropped Aug. 8.

At press time, Hooks had not initiated any litigation.