Posted on27 September 2007.
We heard it through the grapevine and now it is official. According to the Roanoke Times, Hokie signee Darrion Pellum will not be in an orange and maroon uniform this year, or any following year. He also cannot ever play for another ACC school. Darrion was declared a nonqualifier by the NCAA and the ACC will not allow its schools to take athletes that are nonqualifiers. Pellum must now look at going the JUCO route, as expected, and find another school and conference after that.
The big blow here was the fact he had enrolled at VT. It means Darrion must now pay for this semester. Also, had he not enrolled, he would have potentially had the chance to come to VT, or another ACC school, later on. That is out the window now. [That's a weird loophole.]
In other news, VT is still waiting to hear about J.T. Thompson.
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