Safety Junior Petit-Jean of has been suspended from the Wake Forest football team for the season for a violation of team policy, Coach Jim Grobe said today.
Grobe said Petit-Jean, a sophomore from Naples, Fla., will remain in school and on scholarship for this semester.
"I think I'm going to keep him off,'' Grobe said. "I hadn't made up my mind exactly how I was going to deal with it, but he got suspended last year at the start of the season and missed the first couple of games. So I wouldn't see him coming back this season.
"He's a really good kid. Kids just do dumb stuff. They make mistakes. I feel bad for him. But at some point you've got to do what you're supposed to do.''
Junior Alex Frye and sophomore Cyhl Quarles have been starting at safety, with Petit-Jean and sophomore Josh Bush filling backup roles. Grobe said that John Stamper, a sophomore from Winston-Salem, may have an expanded role. He's also mulling the possibility of playing a first-year freshman, with Daniel Mack being the most likely to be pressed into action.
"It hurts us depth wise,'' Grobe said. "We feel pretty comfortable there, but an injury would really put us in a bad spot. And that hurts you on special teams. It's a ripple effect that goes through a lot of areas.''
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