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QB Apologizes After Losing Florida Scholarship For Rapping “N” Word In Video

By Cynstaxx / 11/21/2022
A football player, considered to be one of the best out of Florida had his scholarship offer yanked this past weekend after he was caught on video rapping the “N” word.Marcus Stokes posted a two-second clip on his social media page last week. In the video, you could see the QB rapping
“Welcome back, n***a.”

Soon after the video was posted, the football player began to receive backlash and by Sunday, the University of Florida made the decision to pull his scholarship offer from the table.
Stokes tweeted an apology on Twitter, which read “I was in my car listening to rap music, rapping along to the words and posted a video of it on social media,” he explained on Sunday.He added ” I deeply apologize for the words in the song that I chose to say. It was hurtful and offensive to many people, and I regret that.”

“I fully accept the consequences for my actions, and I respect the University of Florida’s decision to withdraw my scholarship offer to play football.”

Stokes, 190-pound, 6-Foot, was rated a 4-star recruit by 247Sports and the 14th-ranked signal-caller in the nation.

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