Cornell Football Recruit Kicked Off Team After Video Surfaces Of Him Using N-Word On Snapchat

A promising Ivy league football recruit is no longer a part of the Cornell University program after a video allegedly showing depicting him using a racial slur on exploded on Twitter and Instagram.

Nate Panza, a running back and safety who pledged to join the Big Red, is no longer a part of the program, per the Cornell Daily Sun. Panza was caught on a Snapchat video using the n-word amongst friends, some of whom also chose to use the slur while mocking the death of George Floyd.

Early Sunday morning, a video was shared across Instagram and Twitter in which an incoming student says the N-word. By Monday, he had been removed from the Cornell football team.https://t.co/JY2IkPXTnG
— The Cornell Daily Sun (@cornellsun) June 23, 2020

"I am heartbroken I have hurt people; those I know and those I do not. I take full responsibility for my actions," Panza told the Sun in a brief statement. "I do not believe that my language that night aligns with who I have tried to be as a person, the values I live by or the manner in which I have conducted myself as an athlete. I plan to better educate myself on the issues of racism and injustice in America."

Cornell Football Recruit Kicked Off Team After Using N-Word In Snapchat Vid https://t.co/e3vCIvsJhy
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 23, 2020

Panza was named to a New Jersey All-State All-Star game, as he ran for 1,161 yards and 15 touchdowns for Morristown-Beard, a competitive school in northern Jersey. Cornell has yet to comment officially on the whole situation after kicking Panza off of the team.

Congrats to Nate Panza ‘20, who was selected as a state All-Star for the North/South All-Star Game. Nate is only the second MBS player to receive this award. #gomobeard @morristownbeard pic.twitter.com/56jHLFEvA0
— Morristown-Beard School Athletics (@AthleticsMBS) May 17, 2020

Cornell went 4-6 overall last season, and 3-4 in Ivy League play. Panza figured to be a part of the Big Red's turnaround under struggling head coach David Archer, but now he'll find himself with a much more challenging path with regards to playing Division I football.