The Virginia High School League announced the cancellation of fall sports on Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic, and as a result, Pitt commit Malik Newton, a star running back at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, said that he would forgo his senior season and enroll early at Pitt.
With VHSL canceling all fall sports, and most likely to play football in the spring, I would like to announce that I will not be playing and I will be enrolling into college in Decemberu203cufe0f respect my decisionu2764ufe0f
— Malik Newton (@maliknewton2002) July 16, 2020
“With VHSL canceling all fall sports and most likely to play football in the spring, I would like to announce that I will not be playing, and I will be enrolling into college in December,” Newton said in a Twitter post.