Brothers Jon and Ot Elmore of Charleston, WV originally signed with VMI and then-coach Duggar Baucom (UNCC '95), following in the footsteps of the their father, who starred for the Keydets in the 1980s. Both left school and returned home to help with ailing relative, with neither having played a game for their dad’s alma mater. Jon ended up staying “home” and enrolling at Marshall but so far, VMI isn’t budging on releasing the siblings almost a year since they departed Lexington, VA.
ESPN.com: Nearly year later, VMI won’t release Elmores, who left to care for grandfather