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Maurice Clarett's attorney will meet with two NFL officials on Monday in Washington to discuss Clarett's status for next year's NFL draft, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports.

Alan C. Milstein sent a letter last week to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Gene Upshaw, head of the NFL Players' Association, requesting that Clarett be allowed to declare for the next college draft and play next year. The NFL rule prohibits players from joining the league until at least three years after graduation from high school.

Milstein will meet with NFL attorney Jeffrey Pash and Harold Henderson, NFL executive vice president and chairman of the NFL management council.

Milstein said last week that he had hoped to have a meeting with the NFL to present Clarett's case for inclusion in the draft and that his client was "keeping all of his options open."

Clarett was suspended this season from the national champion Buckeyes after Ohio State said he violated NCAA bylaws by receiving improper benefits and lying to investigators.

He has also pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor falsification charge, which has a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

The city attorney and campus police accused Clarett of filing an exaggerated theft report with campus police in April after a car he had borrowed was broken into. The police report said cash and stereo equipment worth thousands of dollars was taken from the car, owned by a used car dealership.

On Thursday, Clarett filed a complaint with the Franklin County Common Pleas Court to allow his attorneys to take sworn statements from university officials about a charge that he lied to police about the value of items stolen from a car. The information will help determine if Clarett should file a lawsuit charging that his rights were violated, according to the complaint.

Clarett has asked Franklin County Common Pleas Court to allow his attorneys to take sworn statements from university officials about a charge that he lied to police about the value of items stolen from a car. The information will help determine if Clarett should file a lawsuit charging that his rights were violated, according to a complaint filed Thursday.

Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger said Saturday that a legal maneuver by Maurice Clarett will not affect the school's effort to reinstate the suspended tailback.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.