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Football Recruit Expelled for Vulgar Tweets Commits to Colorado

By Bryan Toporek — January 25, 2012 1 min read
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Earlier this week, I told you about the tale of Yuri Wright, the highly rated cornerback from Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) High School who was expelled last week due to vulgar content on his Twitter account.

At the time, Wright had allegedly lost his scholarship offer from his “dream school,” the University of Michigan, according to Rivals.com recruiting analyst Mike Farrell. The University of Notre Dame, which had also offered Wright a scholarship, also backed off its recruitment of him because of the incident, according to

A version of this news article first appeared in the Schooled in Sports blog.