Trae Young says the NCAA required him to retake the ACT after accusing him of cheating until he scored 42 points against Oregon
“I almost didn’t get to play my freshman year in college. I took my ACT my freshman year of high school, got a 29 on it, and hadn’t taken it since. Did I cheat… we’ll talk about that another day”
“I get that email that I got to redo it, and I got to get within three points. So, I got to get a 26. I got to redo it or I can’t play my freshman year. We’re appealing it, and a month goes by. Obviously, I had to get a tutor. I had to get another ACT tutor to help me redo it and get ready. But he made me do these little practice tests. I had to get a certain score to go back to practice, just to practice with the team”
“Nobody knows about this. The team, nobody know. Just me, Coach Kruger, NCAA. So, my people, they gave me all my elective classes my freshman year. I’m taking beginning guitar and jazz listening classes and things like that so I could study for this ACT a lot”
“I’ll never forget. We get to the third game of the year. We played in the PK80 Phil Knight tournament on Thanksgiving. I played really well. I get 42 against Oregon in Oregon. I’ll never forget, we land back in Oklahoma, and the next day the NCAA said I don’t have to take it no more”