Defensive lineman Jared McAdoo, 17, a North Carolina football recruit from Chapel Hill High School, faces a criminal charge for allegedly selling the prescription painkiller Percocet at a graduation after-party intended to be free of alcohol and drugs.

A Chapel Hill Police officer working security detail at Project Graduation at the UNC-Chapel Hill Student Union confronted McAdoo, a rising high school senior, early Sunday morning, confiscating drugs, a cell phone and $64 cash.

McAdoo turned himself into police Monday morning and was charged with one felony drug count. The teenager was released into the custody of his father, Arche McAdoo. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 27.

McAdoo and his parents could not be reached.

McAdoo has been widely recruited by football programs in the region and received scholarship offers by virtually every ACC program, as well as South Carolina and East Carolina.

He verbally committed to play at UNC in March but cannot sign a formal commitment until next year.

NCAA rules do not allow schools to comment on prospective student athletes other than to confirm or deny whether they are recruiting them.

A UNC spokesman confirmed that the football team is recruiting him.

McAdoo's high school coach, Issac Marsh, said in a brief interview that he was unaware of the charge and had not spoken with McAdoo.

(Staff writer Robbi Pickeral contributed to this report.)