Controversial Scholarship Offer Leads to Resignation of Albany State AD

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Public backlash in the wake of a scholarship offer to a controversial recruit has led Albany State athletic director Tony Duckworth to resign.

According to the Albany Herald, citing a report from HBCUgameday.com, social media blowback from an offer to Marcus Stokes — a white quarterback who was released from his commitment to the University of Florida following his use of the N-word in a video — put pressure from alumni on Albany State president Marion Ross Fedrick to remove Duckworth.

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