'I regret that I used flawed judgment': HBCU football coach apologizes for recruiting Florida prospect who lost scholarship over racial slur
The head football coach at Albany State University, a historically black university, issued an apology Friday for
Stokes quickly responded to the controversy once the video came to light."I was in my car listening to rap music, rapping along to the words, and posted a video of it to social media," Stokes said in a statement, according to As he continued looking for a school where he could play after graduating high school, StokesThree days later, Gray released aon the school's website, in which he said that"the consequences of my actions brought pain to our university.
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