STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A former Ohio high school football player found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party two years ago returned to the field Tuesday with his old team.

Ma’Lik Richmond played for Steubenville in a scrimmage against Cambridge, WTOV-TV reported.

Richmond was sentenced to one year in juvenile detention. The school’s football coach, Reno Saccoccia, said Richmond returned to school in January and was suspended from extracurricular activities for the remainder of the year. He told the TV station “it was a horrible crime,” but Richmond completed everything the judicial system asked of him.

“I just feel that he’s earned a second chance,” Saccoccia said.