There’s a stunner, eh?
Earlier this offseason, Markel Valdez was dismissed by North Carolina State for your standard unspecified violations of team rules. On Twitter late last week, the cornerback announced that he has “decided to transfer from the program and explore my options.”
Despite the dismissal, and per a letter posted by the defensive back in the same Twitter pronouncement, Valdez will be barred from transferring to any ACC school as well as the four schools on NCSU’s 2018 non-conference schedule -- Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall and West Virginia.
Thanks WPN! Looking forward to a new opportunity and what god has in store for me 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/3jX4RbC4fE
— PUFF (@A1kPuff) May 4, 2018
Valdez, who came to NCSU as a three-star signee named James Valdez, took a redshirt as a true freshman in 2016. He played in the first two games of 2017 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury in the Week 2 win over Marshall.