BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -LSU offensive lineman Jarvis Jones was kicked off the Tigers' football squad for an unspecified violation of team rules.

LSU coach Les Miles announced the decision Thursday.

``The issues we had with Jarvis were internal and ones that we dealt with within the framework of our team,'' Miles said in a statement. ``However, we just felt like it was time to go in a different direction. We wish him well in any of his future endeavors.''

The 6-foot-7 Jones played in seven games last year as a freshman for the Tigers.