Nolen Named in UT Recruiting Scandal
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00:00 As Texas A&M prepares for another football season under Jimbo Fisher, but with new offensive
00:06 coordinator Bobby Petrino, an A&M player finds himself in the news.
00:11 The Tennessee Volunteers football program is in the middle of one of the largest recruiting
00:15 scandals in recent memory.
00:17 Former head coach Jeremy Pruitt is accused of supplying over $60,000 of impermissible
00:22 benefits to a number of recruits.
00:25 This week, the Knoxville News-Senatel identified one of the previously named recruits that
00:30 was the recipient of said benefits as current Aggies linebacker Walter Nolan.
00:36 It is reported that Nolan and his family received at least $3,000 from Pruitt during a recruiting
00:42 visit in October 2020.
00:45 While the Knoxville News-Senatel did note that Nolan isn't named by the NCAA in any
00:49 documents pertaining to the scandal that were obtained by a public records request, Travis
00:55 Brown with the Bryan College Station Eagle reached out to the Nolan family and published
00:59 a quote from Nolan saying, "Short and simple, it never happened.
01:03 Go Aggies!"
01:05 The Aggies kick off their 2023 season on September 2nd by hosting the New Mexico Lobos at Kyle
01:11 Field.
01:12 From all Aggies, I'm Alexandra Cox.
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