Former Penn State wide receiver Maurice Humphrey will serve nine months in prison after a judge ruled yesterday that he violated the terms of his parole.

After he is released, his lawyer said Humphrey does not plan on returning to the university.

Centre County District Judge David Grine made his ruling after Humphrey pleaded guilty to using a fake identification card at The All American Rathskeller, 108 S. Pugh St., on Oct.1.

Humphrey had been on parole since November 2003 after being convicted of three misdemeanor counts of simple assault following an incident in which he assaulted his former girlfriend and her male friend.

Anyone who violates municipal or state law while on parole or probation is subject to having their parole or probation revoked.

Tony DeBoef, Humphrey's defense attorney, said he was not surprised with the ruling.

"We were disappointed. But, yes, it was a fair ruling," he said.

After his nine-month sentence, Humphrey will be on probation for two years and is planning on going back to college as soon as he can, DeBoef said.

But he added that the defensive back turned wide receiver probably wouldn't play for Penn State again.

"At this point, Penn State is not a consideration," DeBoef said. "Right now his intent is to go to Bloomsburg [University]."

Penn State Sports Information Director Jeff Nelson said because Humphrey is not a University Park student, he had no comment about the case.

Humphrey also has not paid restitution to the assault victims and court bills totaling $15,626, Tom Young, Centre County Parole and Probation director, said.

DeBoef told the court Humphrey was not able to pay the bills because he had an 18-hour credit overload at Penn State Altoona, where he was taking classes after being dismissed from University Park campus while trying to "make his parole officers happy."

Because Humphrey was housed in Centre County and Clinton County prisons for 24 days, Grine granted Humphrey 24 days' credit toward his nine-month sentence.

Humphrey will be attending a batterers' intervention program for domestic violence during the remainder of his sentence and could be released early for good behavior, Young said.

Grine allowed Humphrey to have a work release while in prison if he finds a job the probation office approves of.

But because Humphrey will be at Clinton County Prison in Lock Haven, it will be harder for him to get a job and find transportation, DeBoef said.

"If he was in Centre County [Prison], he knows people there so it would be easier to do," he said. "Lock Haven ... is not legalistically feasible, but we'll look into it."