Two months after leaving Rutgers, Marcus Applefield officially has a new college football home.
The offensive lineman took to his personal Twitter account Wednesday to reveal that he has “decided to play my last year at the University of Virginia in the ACC and work on a masters.” Applefield left the Scarlet Knights as a graduate transfer and can use his final season of eligibility this year with the Cavaliers.
After having an amazing four years at Rutgers university, meeting brothers for life , getting my degree and playing Big ten ball. I have decided to play my last year at the University of Virginia in the ACC and work on a masters. pic.twitter.com/Wf3DPlT9Hf
— Marcus Applefield (@Applefield_) February 7, 2018
This past season, Applefield started 10 of 12 games at right guard for the Scarlet Knights. All told, he played in 27 games the past three seasons after taking a redshirt as a true freshman in 2014.
Each of the last three years, Applefield, a three-star recruit coming out of high school in Florida, was an Academic All-Big Ten selection.