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Wide receiver Mike Williams, who played two seasons for USC before trying to go to the NFL, has re-enrolled at school.

USC has sent the NCAA a request to reinstate wide receiver Mike Williams in the star's latest step toward regaining his eligibility after not being allowed into the NFL draft in April, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

NCAA spokepserson Erik Christianson said the application will be reviewed at the organization's headquarters in Indianapolis, the Times said.

Christianson also said there is no timetable for a decision on Williams' request, the Times said. USC would be able to appeal to a five-member committee if the request is denied.

Earlier this year, Williams is enrolled at Southern California for summer school. He said the classes were more important than football.

“I really would hate to go out there and just be gung-ho football and then the NCAA comes knocking two or three weeks later, and the next thing you know they bagged the whole deal,” Williams said in a radio interview on KMPC.

The All-America sophomore left USC shortly after the spring semester began.

He hired an agent and followed Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett in declaring his eligibility for the NFL draft after a federal judge ruled that younger players could turn pro.

But that ruling was stayed, and the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City decided May 24 that the NFL has the right to determine when players can enter the league.

The NFL bars players from turning pro until they are three years out of high school, and Clarett and Williams each have been out of high school for just two years.

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