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College Football Player Quits Team With Emotional Letter

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Top University of Minnesota wide receiver A.J. Barker announced he was leaving the team and transferring with a brutal screed against coach Jerry Kill.

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Despite being a walk-on, A.J. Barker was the University of Minnesota's leading wide receiver this season before he announced he was leaving the team yesterday.

Along with this tweet came a letter Barker posted on Tumblr, and it's a doozy: It includes some 4,000 words and numerous sanction-worthy allegations against Minnesota coach Jerry Kill. Even if you've never watched a down of college football in your life, Barker's letter is worth reading — it renders, with nuance and complexity, the feelings that come from believing you've been manipulated by an authority figure and how devastating it is when you come to that realization.


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