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NC State's Braxton Beverly gets lawyer as push to play continues

NC State freshman Braxton Beverly has retained an attorney, and the school will resubmit the guard's waiver to play basketball this season.

Beverly attended summer school at Ohio State this past summer and then transferred to NC State after Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta was fired in early June. The NCAA has twice denied his request for a waiver.

"Braxton is a young man who has been severely penalized through no fault of his own," Beverly's lawyer, Scott Tompsett, wrote in a letter obtained by ESPN. "He did what he was told to do and enrolled briefly at Ohio State last summer, then made an understandable decision to transfer to NC State after Coach Matta was let go.