A Hokie basketball player is playing defense in a different court.
Virginia Tech freshman swingman Jarell Eddie is charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, according to court records. He was arrested Feb. 15.
Eddie is due to appear in Montgomery County General District Court in Christiansburg on April 21.
Eddie did not play in Saturday’s 61-54 loss at Virginia.
Tech head coach Seth Greenberg declined to comment on Eddie’s situation during Monday’s weekly teleconference.
“If you want to talk about Wake Forest-Duke I’d be glad to talk to you about that,” Greenberg said when asked about Eddie.
A Virginian-Pilot report said Eddie will play at Wake Forest after passing a drug test.
The Hokies, who have been ravaged by injuries this season, entered the season No. 21 in the country.
After the loss of JT Thompson (knee), Dorenzo Hudson (foot), Cadarian Raines (foot), Allan Chaney (heart condition) and Ben Boggs (transfer), Greenberg’s bench was as short as it has been in his time in Blacksburg.
Eddie, a native of Charlotte, N.C., is averaging 10.6 minutes and 2.6 points per game this season.
Before Saturday’s loss at Virginia, Eddie had appeared in every game, giving Greenberg and the Hokies a serviceable reserve in the frontcourt.
A four-star recruit, Eddie was the highest rated prospect recruited to Tech since 2007’s stellar class of Malcolm Delaney, Jeff Allen and Hudson.
He represents a wave in strong recruiting by the Hokies’ staff, continuing next year with the nation’s No. 12 recruiting class.
The Hokies face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Tuesday before hosting the Duke Blue Devils Saturday.
ESPN’s College GameDay will be in Blacksburg for Saturday’s contest.
A version of this article appeared in the Feb 22 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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Marijuana has been repeatedly proven to NOT cause cancer, heart disease, brain damage, liver disease, emphysema, or overdoses, and its addictive potential is about on par with coffee. The DEA is 100% misinformed when it calls marijuana "extremely harmful"!
The marijuana prohibition empowers drug dealers and cartels, and makes our children LESS safe! Because of the failings of the prohibition, our children now have easier access to marijuana than to alcohol! We parents have been patient long enough, we must speak up and demand that marijuana be legally sold to adults in gas stations and supermarkets just as beer and wine are today!
We need laws based on logic, not ideology! We need to put an end to Richard Nixon's marijuana prohibition and Legalize Adult Marijuana Sales!!
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What an intelligent reply!?!
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Aren't NCAA athletes regularly drug tested? What was he thinking? It would show up eventually if they have to take drug tests. Unless they are only tested once a year.
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Update: He apparently passed a drug test today and will play - (Kyle Tucker)
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Update: He apparently passed a drug test today and will play - (Kyle Tucker)
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Update: He apparently passed a drug test today and will play - (Kyle Tucker)
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It's kind of ridiculous that something as harmless as a little herb got this kid in trouble
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Isn't it true that another name for marijuana is " DOPE " ?
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Who cares if it's "a little herb." Whether you are for or against the use of marijuana, we all know that it's illegal and being caught with it can have severe consequences. He took that risk himself. Oh well.
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He knew the rules going into the season, and one of those rules was not to do anything that can get you arrested. I'll be very sad to see him put on a Tech uniform again this season. If he was a different student he would be kicked out of the university for a semester.
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Once again our double standard for athletes as opposed to other students!
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amen ! arrested on 2-15 and goes to court on 4-21-11
right after the roundball season !
what ever happened to swift justice ?
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To have a court date two months later isn't out of the ordinary as you are suggesting it is to avoid the NCAA tournament. I was charged with possession of marijuana once and it took nearly 4 months before my court date.
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To have a court date two months later isn't out of the ordinary as you are suggesting it is to avoid the NCAA tournament. I was charged with possession of marijuana once and it took nearly 4 months before my court date.
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He is another failure on the evil that is marijuana. It is SO UNHEALTHY! He will probably end up as big a FAILURE as Michael Phelphs.
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