For those that follow JMU football closely, you may have heard about Peter Rose. He was a standout football star from Amherst County High School who was given an offer by VT which was later withdrawn when he was arrested on May 16, 2008, and convicted of two felony counts of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school and two misdemeanor charges of selling marijuana. A judge "set aside" the two felony convictions, which allowed JMU football coach Mickey Matthews to start recruiting Rose. After a year at prep school it was finally time for Peter Rose to get his chance to get into real college football.
Now, some readers may be asking why we would bother with him if a school like VT wouldn't take him. Look at it this way, if you're VT, you're already walking a pretty thin line as far as their athletes' extracurriculars go. JMU on the other hand has a great track record at keeping all but a bad egg here or there out of trouble. In addition, we have the X-factor that will help make sure Peter keeps his nose clean. That would be Peter's older brother Jonathon, who is a tailback turned strong safety at JMU. I think with his older brother here he will be much more likely to keep out of trouble. I also have full faith in Coach Matthews to take care of business if he doesn't keep in line. So on Wednesday, he finally got admitted to JMU and cleared to start practicing with the team. We'll have to wait and see what position he will be playing (somewhere in the secondary) and if he'll be making an immediate impact, but with a rather thin depth chart at safety and linebacker, it definitely couldn't hurt having him on the team. Good luck to Peter on and off the field.
DNR: JMU Football Blog
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