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Florida retracts QB commit offer…
Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:16 am
Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:16 am
Florida withdrew the scholarship of committed 2023 quarterback Marcus Stokes on Sunday after a controversial video of Stokes stating a racial slur surfaced via social media on Friday.
In the video, Stokes can be seen in a car and heard saying "welcome back," followed by the slur.
Per NCAA rules, universities are not allowed to publicly comment about a recruiting prospect until they have signed with the school.
"I fully accept the consequences for my actions and respect the University of Florida's decision to withdraw my scholarship offer to play football," Stokes said in a note he posted to Twitter.
Florida began to pursue Stokes during the summer after missing out on their top quarterback option in the class Jaden Rashada. The Gators were able to pull Stokes away from his previous pledge to James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions during the offseason.
Stokes has accounted for 1,127 passing yards, seven touchdowns and eight interceptions on 50% completion during his senior campaign, according to MaxPreps. The Ponte Vedra (Fla.) Nease quarterback was expected to be a project piece for the Gators in the early stages of his career with hopes of developing into a contributor down the line.
He stood as the lone quarterback in the Gators' class this cycle until recently, when Rashada shockingly flipped his commitment from Miami to Florida on November 11. At that time, Stokes vocalized his desire to remain committed and offer UF a second passer for head coach Billy Napier's first full recruiting class in Gainesville.
In the video, Stokes can be seen in a car and heard saying "welcome back," followed by the slur.
Per NCAA rules, universities are not allowed to publicly comment about a recruiting prospect until they have signed with the school.
"I fully accept the consequences for my actions and respect the University of Florida's decision to withdraw my scholarship offer to play football," Stokes said in a note he posted to Twitter.
Florida began to pursue Stokes during the summer after missing out on their top quarterback option in the class Jaden Rashada. The Gators were able to pull Stokes away from his previous pledge to James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions during the offseason.
Stokes has accounted for 1,127 passing yards, seven touchdowns and eight interceptions on 50% completion during his senior campaign, according to MaxPreps. The Ponte Vedra (Fla.) Nease quarterback was expected to be a project piece for the Gators in the early stages of his career with hopes of developing into a contributor down the line.
He stood as the lone quarterback in the Gators' class this cycle until recently, when Rashada shockingly flipped his commitment from Miami to Florida on November 11. At that time, Stokes vocalized his desire to remain committed and offer UF a second passer for head coach Billy Napier's first full recruiting class in Gainesville.
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Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:18 am to doya2
It's a lot easier to do when they flipped Rashada from Miami 
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. Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:20 am to doya2
His senior year stats alone made that an easy decision lol. Especially after having a way better QB prospect committed as well.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:54 am to Captain Crown
Lol think this was an easy excuse to just get rid of him Crown? That’s my thought process. Should’ve kept that Penn State commitment lol.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 8:57 am to NJLSU
It just happens to have worked out for them in this case. I mean you get caught saying a slur and you're gone from anywhere.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:04 am to Captain Crown
Yeah that it did lol, Billy boy has actually done a solid job, to even have two of the top 15 QBs in the class. Wonder if he gets consideration elsewhere or has to seek other means of playing football in a considerably lesser program
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:08 am to Captain Crown
Some say tbat they like stokes better as a prospect.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:11 am to Chalkywhite84
Damn if true gotta get these kids to learn how to snapchat correctly
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:45 am to Captain Crown
From my understanding from what I have heard he was singing along to rap lyrics in the video. If that’s the case then our country has zero hope. That is nowhere near the same thing as calling someone a racial slur not even in the same ball park and doesn’t make you a racist to sing along to a song
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:49 am to doya2
Everyone knows this is because Rashada flipped to them and he's had a bad senior year. He was getting dropped either way, this is basically just a way for UF to show they support all this not actually racist but 'we dont support racist things' movement.
This post was edited on 11/21/22 at 9:50 am
Posted on 11/21/22 at 11:30 am to thunderbird1100
They could have just dropped him without ruining his life
Posted on 11/21/22 at 11:52 am to lsupicker
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They could have just dropped him without ruining his life
I doubt it ruins his life, but its a shite move by Florida with their feign virtual signaling which this is nothing more than reverse discrimination...
Posted on 11/21/22 at 11:55 am to lsupicker
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They could have just dropped him without ruining his life
UF isn't the ones that surfaced the video though... they were just reacting to it, the same way that the rest of social media did.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 3:56 pm to lsupicker
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They could have just dropped him without ruining his life
Read the OP again:
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Per NCAA rules, universities are not allowed to publicly comment about a recruiting prospect until they have signed with the school.
As far as I can tell, UF didn’t make any public statement at all. It seems like the kid’s Twitter apology is the only reason anyone even knows his offer got pulled. Usually you find out about this kind of thing when a kid “decommits” or “flips.”
I get that he’s trying to be mature, take responsibility for his actions, etc. and I respect that. But man.. I think he’s going to regret that tweet. Once he went public and told everyone UF dropped his offer because of the video, he turned it into a much bigger story that (IMO) will stick with him a lot longer.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 5:07 pm to lostinbr
That’s true. He shouldn’t of said anything most people had no clue before he posted that tweet
Posted on 11/22/22 at 3:31 pm to doya2
Linguistic apartheid. One segment of a population can use a word freely and the other is condemned to hell for it. Such a thing cannot be sustained for long.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 3:54 pm to doya2
He's only guilty of singing along to shitty music.
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