COLUMBUS, OHIO ? Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett, accused of lying to NCAA and school investigators, will be suspended for the entire season.

“This is a sad day,” Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger said Wednesday as he announced the penalty.

Scott Schiff, Clarett’s attorney, said Ohio State would not take away Clarett’s scholarship. Schiff said he couldn’t speculate if Clarett’s Ohio State career was over.

“He’s considering his options right now,” Schiff said.

Clarett, his mother and Schiff met earlier Wednesday with Geiger.

Clarett had been suspended from the team while the NCAA and Ohio State investigated his finances. Ohio State has been working for more than two weeks on a response to “several pages” of allegations sent by the NCAA to the university.

Geiger said Clarett was guilty of 14 violations of the ethical-conduct bylaw and two violations of receiving preferential treatment or benefits because he was an athlete.