New York- A former Columbia University football player is likely to be kicked out of the country after pleading guilty yesterday to licking the toes and feet of a sleeping coed.

Aaron Percival, 21, escaped a jail term by copping to a reduced sexual abuse charge in exchange for a sentence of 10 years’ probation.

But the conviction means probable deportation for the Lions football ex-cornerback to his native Great Britain, his lawyer said.

His plea came on the eve of jury selection, with the 20-year-old victim poised to testify.

The woman, who since has left Columbia, was not in the court. But Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Atlas said she signed off on the deal.

“Before we took this plea, I went out of my way to ask if the complaining witness was in accord,” Atlas said.

The judge also ordered Percival to register as a “level one” sex offender and issued an order of protection barring him from contacting the victim.

Defense lawyer Brian Waller said immigration officials already have lifted Percival’s green card and have scheduled a deportation hearing.

According to a criminal complaint, Percival slipped into the coed’s room about 3:15 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2003, when the sleeping victim “awoke to find defendant licking her feet and toes without her consent.”

When she yelled for the slightly built cornerback to get out, he held her down and “sexually abused her … causing her pain and several injuries,” the complaint said.

The girl had left her door unlocked because her roommate had lost her key.

After the attack, the student went to a university medical clinic and told her roommate and friends about the incident. But she did not notify authorities until February because police said “she was scared to come forward.”

Prosecutor Martha Stolley said the victim has left Columbia because “she is getting a lot of ridicule” from classmates, particularly Percival’s friends.

Waller said his client decided to plead because he risked the “uncertainty of trial,” where he could have faced a minimum jail term of 3-1/2 years, if convicted.

Percival, who lived in Fort Lauderdale, and his mother left court yesterday without comment.

He will be sentenced March 16.