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Junior offensive lineman Tyler Boyett has left the University of New Mexico football team.

Boyett, a transfer from Mississippi Delta Community College, missed practice Monday and today without telling coaches he would be absent. UNM head coach Rocky Long asked the assistant coach who recruited Boyett to investigate his absence and learned from talking with Boyett's mother the player decided to leave the program.

Long said Boyett did not get accepted in UNM's X-ray technician program and opted to pursue certification in the field at home in Mississippi. His mother told the assistant coach who contacted her that she considered two years of football at UNM plus another year of study at home to get certification a waste of her son's time.

Boyett's departure counts against UNM's Academic Progress Rate ranking and could cost the Lobos scholarships next year.