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N.C. State Gets First Penn State Football Transfer

WUNC | By Gurnal Scott

Published July 31, 2012 at 5:00 AM EDT

North Carolina State University is the destination for the first football player to transfer from Penn State.

Gurnal Scott: Nittany Lions' reserve safety Tim Buckley is seeking a fresh start in the shadow of the severe NCAA sanctions against Penn State. NC State athletic officials confirmed the transfer in a statement yesterday. Buckley is from North Carolina. He is expected to join the Wolfpack for the team's first practice today. 2011 was a redshirt year for Buckley so he'll have four years of eligibility in Raleigh. NCAA rules normally require athletic transfers to sit out for one season. The NCAA is letting Penn State players become immediately eligible should they decide to switch schools after the sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. It does appear though, that a majority of Penn State players will honor their commitment to that school.

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Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.

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