A major college football recruiting pipeline has been shut down with the

Friday that Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., will discontinue its postgraduate program.

Hargrave has sent dozens of players to four-year schools and eventually the NFL in the last two decades, including Torry Holt, Brandon Albert and Carlos Rogers. Former Ole Miss standouts Bobby Massie, Peria Jerry and Jerrell Powe all prepped at Hargrave, as did current Mississippi State players Justin Senior, Kivon Coman and Artimus Samuel.

Players with academic issues often chose a year at Hargrave over junior college because they would not lose any future college eligibility. Hargrave graduates would still have five years to play four at Division I schools, as opposed to three to play two following junior college.

In an announcement made on its website, Hargrave officials explained their motivation thusly:

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The landscape for postgraduate athletes and football programs has changed. This includes: college's

(sic)

desire to have their student-athletes on campus by spring semester; NCAA changes and restrictions on colleges hosting postgraduate football teams on their campuses; and eliminating competition with the college junior varsity teams."





Hargrave will continue to field a basketball team.

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