{"id":1749145,"date":"2022-11-23T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749145"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:33:52","slug":"4-star-qb-marcus-stokes-loses-florida-scholarship-offer-after-rapping-n-word-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-star-qb-marcus-stokes-loses-florida-scholarship-offer-after-rapping-n-word-in-video\/","title":{"rendered":"4-Star QB Marcus Stokes Loses Florida Scholarship Offer After Rapping N-Word in Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F4-star-qb-marcus-stokes-loses-florida-scholarship-offer-after-rapping-n-word-in-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/28\/u-of-florida-faculty-revolt-over-sen-ben-sasse-pick-as-school-prez\/\">The University of Florida<\/a> has rescinded a football scholarship offer to a high school prospect for using the n-word while rapping along with a song.<\/p>\n<p>Standout quarterback Marcus Stokes, of Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, posted a video of himself mimicking the lyric as he rode in a car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome back, n\u2014-,\u201d he can be heard saying in the since-deleted two-second clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in my car listening to rap music, rapping along to the words and posted video of it to social media,\u201d Stokes wrote in a statement Sunday. \u201cI deeply apologize for the words in the song which I chose to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stokes, who played at the same high school as University of Florida legend Tim Tebow, confirmed that his offer had been revoked after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy intent was never to hurt anybody and I recognize that even going along with a song, my words still carry a lot of weight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes had received more than a dozen offers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/florida-pulls-nease-qb-marcus-stokes-football-scholarship-after-video-him-rapping-racial-slur\/3WZ2AUI2FBHVFJAEOCENJKFMUU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Division 1 college programs,<\/a> and flipped his commitment from Penn State to Florida in July.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg\" alt=\"The University of Florida yanked a scholarship offer to Marcus Stokes for using a racial slur while rapping with a song.\" class=\"wp-image-24733366\" width=\"618\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-03-1.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Florida high school quarterback Marcus Stokes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter \/ @marcusstokes06<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-06.jpg\" alt=\"Nease High School quarterback Marcus Stokes.\" class=\"wp-image-24733373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stokes starred at Nease High School, from which Tim Tebow also graduated.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PETER WILLOTT\/THE ST. AUGUSTINE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fellow Florida prep star Roderick Kearney, who is heading to the University of Florida, offered some solace to Stokes amid the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayers out to Marcus Stokes and his family on the rest of his education and college football decision,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGreat kid with a lot of heart. As young men in this society, we must be careful with the things we do, say or post. Everything is under a microscope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also wrote that he understands the reversal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Stokes tweeted an apology for using a racial slur while rapping to a song Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-24733377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1582 1582w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1187 1186w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=791 791w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=396 395w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/florida-gators-quarterback-nword-scholarship-05-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stokes apologized for this language in a Twitter post.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter \/ @marcusstokes06<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI fully accept the consequences of my actions,\u201d Stokes wrote. \u201cAnd I respect the University of Florida\u2019s decision to withdraw my scholarship offer to play football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retraction came soon after Florida landed another top national prep quarterback recruit, California\u2019s Jaden Rashada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Florida has rescinded a football scholarship offer to a high school prospect for using the n-word while rapping along with a song. 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