Despite suffering a season ending knee injury before the start of the regular season, 6-6, 310-pound Nick Acree decided to stay at Fork Union Military Academy to focus on his academics. Fork Union prep coach Micky Sullivan provided the latest on the massive senior, who committed to Tech in June of 2008.

“He’s here, going to school and rehabbing his leg,” Sullivan said.

“He seems to be doing very well. If you saw him walking around, you’d never know anything was wrong. He does his rehab every day. He is lifting some. He is getting better all the time. The knee brace is off. I don’t see him having any residual effects.

“[Academically] he is doing pretty well. We’ll know a little bit better soon. His first class ends on Friday.”

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