Suspended QB Marcus Vick rejoins Hokies

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA - Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick was cleared Monday to rejoin the team after being suspended this season because of a night of drinking with underage girls.<br> <br> The younger brother of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick joined his teammates for a meeting, re-enrolled at the university and started classes. The university and head coach Frank Beamer cleared the 20-year-old to return to all football-related activities after being suspended for the fall semester.<br> <br> Marcus Vick was arrested in February 2004, along with teammates Mike Imoh and Brenden Hill, after an encounter with 14- and 15-year-old girls at the quarterback&#39;s apartment in Blacksburg. Vick avoided jail by pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge.<br> <br> Vick also pleaded guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession after a traffic stop last summer.<br> <br> ``I&#39;m excited to be back I missed this place,&#39;&#39; Vick said in a statement. ``I know that I hurt a lot of people who only want to see me succeed. I&#39;d like to try to make that up to them. I&#39;m appreciative to the university and Coach Beamer for giving me this opportunity. Now I&#39;m ready to put the past behind me and concentrate on the future.&#39;&#39;

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