And the hits just keep on coming for a Virginia Tech football program that staggered through a six-loss 2012 season.
Yesterday, the school announced star cornerback Antone Exum had suffered a torn ACL -- reportedly during a pickup basketball game -- and could miss up to nine months. Today, another off-field issue that’s hit the Hokies has come to light.
According to the Roanoke Times, redshirt freshman linebacker Dahman McKinnon was indefinitely suspended late last year after he was charged with, among other things, fleeing the scene of an accident. As the Times explains, the fact that the damage involved was in excess of $1,000 triggered a felony charge under Virginia state law.
Per university policy, any student-athlete charged with a felony is automatically slapped with an indefinite suspension.
In addition to the felony charge, McKinnon was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without insurance and cited for failure to obtain a registration/title and failure to obey a traffic signal.
“It happened there on South Main St.,” his lawyer, Jimmy Turk, told the paper. “He drove a short distance from where the accident happened, parked his car and called his mother to ask what he should do. Then the police came and charged him with felony hit and run because he apparently did not stop right at the scene of the accident.”
McKinnon used his redshirt as a true freshman last season.