Three NCSU football players won't play this season
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Posted 12:27PM on Saturday, August 16, 2003
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - Three North Carolina State players will not play this season for various reasons, coach Chuck Amato said. <br>
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Defensive end Terrance Chapman, cornerback Marcus Hudson and linebacker Corrie Dawson will not play this year, Amato said Friday. <br>
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Chapman, a senior, will miss the season for ``academic and personal issues,'' Amato said in a release. Hudson and Dawson, both juniors, will remain on the team but will ``concentrate on academics this fall,'' Amato said. <br>
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There was some good news senior running back Cotra Jackson, who was academically ineligible last year, has been cleared to play. <br>
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Hudson and Dawson were charged last winter with the unauthorized use of an NCSU student's debit card. The two pleaded guilty and were ordered to perform community service. <br>
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Another Wolfpack player, linebacker Travis Singletary, also was charged in connection with the debit-card incident. Amato announced this week that Singletary had left the football program. <br>
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The three players were suspended from all team activities pending the outcome of the legal charges. Amato said they later went before the NCSU student judicial board for review. <br>
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Hudson and Dawson, who had been participating in preseason workouts, will remain on scholarship and practice with the team this year.