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Tech withdraws scholarship offer to top recruit after arrest

Chris Graham

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Amherst High School star quarterback Peter Rose will not be playing football at Virginia Tech.

Tech football coach Frank Beamer announced today that the school was withdrawing its scholarship offer to Rose, the 2007 Group AA player of the year.

Rose, 18, was charged along with six other students following a 10-month investigation at Amherst High School uncovered an alleged drug operation.

Rose faces two felony counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts of distribution of drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

“Each scholarship offer we make is contingent upon a number of requirements, one of which is maintaining the high standards required of each recruit in their community, school and on the football field,” Beamer said. “I am disappointed that this action was necessary.”

Beamer said that there would be no further comment on the matter.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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