HOOVER, Ala. — Just minutes after Alabama coach Nick Saban reiterated that he doesn’t regret giving Jonathan Taylor an opportunity, the defensive lineman told ESPN he didn’t get due process at Alabama.

The former Georgia player was arrested for felony aggravated assault and family violence while playing for the Bulldogs, which dismissed him from the team. After a season at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Taylor transferred to Tuscaloosa.

Accused of (and arrested for) domestic violence again in April, Alabama dismissed him from the team. Saban endured a flurry of criticism for accepting Taylor in the first place, due to his history. The woman who accused Taylor eventually rescinded her accusations, but the door back to Alabama long since was bolted shut.

Saban said Wednesday he still does not regret giving Taylor an opportunity and feels that Taylor didn’t get due process, suggesting it may have been unfair.

“He was in zero tolerance, and therefore, we’ve moved on,” Saban said. “We do not condone that kind of behavior in our program.”

Said Taylor, according to ESPN: “Coach Saban is a great person who does believe in due process, who does believe in second chances. He’s not a guy who worries about what people think. I wish Alabama would have waited, because it was shown I did nothing wrong.”

Now cleared, Taylor may enroll at FCS school Southeastern Louisiana within the next few weeks and resume his football career.

“My story is going to end well because I’m going to give my all to my education and to my team,” Taylor said. “People who have never met me may think they know me, but I don’t think they do know what I have and have not done and who I am.”