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Grobe said that any discussion of Caparelli returning to the football team would be premature.
"His main hurdle will be getting readmitted to school," Grobe said. "Were he to get readmitted to school, then we would certainly look at the possibility of bringing him back on the football team."
Why, though, would Caparelli want to return to the school that apparently had made him so miserable?
"If I were to go back in front of the board and they did ask me that question," Caparelli said, "I would just be as truthful as possible and I would explain to them the differences that I saw with myself and some other people at Wake and express maybe my distaste for some things and try to explain to them that I did feel that."
Robinson football coach Mark Bendorf said two colleges -- one an NCAA division I-A school and the other a I-AA school -- have called him in recent weeks to inquire about Caparelli's status. He expects more inquiries in May, when college coaches make their annual recruiting visits to evaluate rising high school seniors.
"He's learned a very hard lesson that I don't think he'll ever forget," Bendorf said. "You don't want it to be a death blow to his academic and athletic career and aspirations."
Marginal prospects who wish to be offered a scholarship often are encouraged by the fact that they have to persuade only one coach to get the opportunity to play in college. Caparelli, once a hot commodity, is in a similar position. But he also has considered the possibility of that opportunity not coming.
"I don't call it taking a chance, but people are going to call it taking a chance on me," he said. "I just think it's going to come down to that person saying: 'I really believe this kid. He made a dumb mistake, and we're willing to give him a second chance.' "
