Marquis Rankin has played this season due to personal reasons and the school has announced Rankin has decided to leave the team.
“I completely support Marquis on his decision, “ Johnson said. “He is an outstanding young man who had to make a difficult choice and I know that he took the time to make sure it was the correct decision. While we will miss not having him on the team, I am very happy that he has decided to stay at Virginia Tech and work towards his ultimate goal of a degree from our University.”
You can read the official release here.
Here's more from TechHoops.com.
Rankin had not suited up for a game this year and this does not come as a surprise. What did come as a surprise to many is his decision to stay at Virginia Tech and not transfer to another school. While I have no inside information, what this tells me is he’s just doesn’t have it in him to play college basketball anymore. I don’t mean that in a critical way, quite the contrary, I mean that in a compassionate way. Clearly he is dealing with some things that just take priority and we should respect that and move on, and wish him the best as he works towards his VT degree.
Career
| Year | Games | MPG | PPG | APG | RPG | SPG | BPG | TPG | FG% | FT% | 3P% | FPsPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 - 2012 | 24 | 13.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 33.8 | 61.5 | 39.1 | 4.1 |
| 2012 - 2013 | 29 | 19.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 39.3 | 58.3 | 32.6 | 4.7 |
| Career | 53 | N/A | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 37.0 | 59.5 | 34.8 | 4.4 |
