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Fordham Player Takes Leave Of Absence

By Gerald Tracy

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Jon Severe was Fordham’s only three-star men’s basketball recruit in the class of 2013, but is now taking a leave of absence from the team according to they New York Post. 

The Fordham Rams basketball team admitted to the New York Posts’ Zach Braziller Saturday that their sophomore guard Jon Severe will be taking a leave of absence with the team.

The team has it listed as personal reasons for why he will be gone.

Tom Pecora, Fordham coach, said that Severe has the teams support.

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"“We will continue to support Jon as he addresses some personal issues off the court,” Pecora said in a statement. “We wish him and his family all the best during this process and hope that everyone will respect their"

Severe had plenty of offers coming out of high school, including some from teams like Kansas State, West Virginia and Creighton but instead chose Fordham in hopes to lead them back to prominence.

After an impressive freshman year where he averaged more than 17 points per game, many thought he would do so. Instead he was suspended for the first game due to an unspecified team rule that he broke and only averaged 1.7 points off the bench this year in three games.

Severe left in the middle of practice Wednesday and didn’t return for Fridays practice either. There is no timetable for the return of the sophomore.

The Rams are now 1-4 and will have to try to get to their first winning season in eight years without on of their top players.

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