A motion to continue the sentencing of former Iowa Hawkeye football player Abe Satterfield has been granted, according to court officials.

No new sentencing date has been established.

The motion, filed by assistant Johnson County prosecutor Anne Lahey, asked the court to postpone the sentencing because of a plea agreement made by Satterfield in April. His original sentencing date was set for 9 a.m. today.

Satterfield is expected to be a key witness in the state’s case against fellow former Hawkeye, Cedric Everson — also allegedly involved in the incident in October 2007, when a female Hawkeye athlete accused both Everson and Satterfield of sexually assaulting her in a Hillcrest dorm room.

The 21-year-old Satterfield was previously charged with second- and third-degree sexual abuse; he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, assault with intent to inflict serious injury, an aggravated misdemeanor. Satterfield may also be subject to a five-year no-contact agreement with the accuser.

If found guilty of the original charges, Satterfield could have faced up to 25 years in prison. Under the plea, he faces up to two years in jail.

Everson’s trial was set for earlier this month, but the health concerns of his attorney, Leon Spies, pushed the trial back.

He is now scheduled for a status conference today to establish new pretrial conference and trial dates.