CHRISTIANSBURG - Suspended Virginia Tech receiver Brenden Hill pleaded no contest Wednesday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, taking advantage of a deal offered by prosecutors that punished him with a $100 fine and 24 hours of community service.

Quarterback Marcus Vick is expected to sign the same deal Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court, while the third co-defendant, running back Mike Imoh, prepares for a two-day jury trial set for late next week. Hill said little during the brief hearing before Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs and declined comment afterward.

"It was just a question of getting this situation behind him and not wanting to take a risk with the jury, even though we felt the facts would have vindicated him," defense attorney Dennis Nagel said.

Grubbs convicted Hill of the misdemeanor charge, suspended a 30-day jail sentence plus $900 of a $1,000 fine and ordered Hill to have no contact with three teenage girls who arrived at the Blacksburg apartment of Vick and Hill the night of Jan.27.

All three players were convicted of three counts apiece of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a day-long trial May 20 in Montgomery County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. One of the three victims testified that she and her friends were given liquor to drink, encouraged to strip and eventually two of the girls had sex with the men.

Defense attorneys appealed the convictions to circuit court, where only Imoh plans to continue to try to clear his name. Nagel and Imoh's attorney, Christopher Tuck, said only one of the three girls is now willing to testify against the men.

One of the teens has maintained from the beginning that her friends were lying, Tuck said. The second teen has changed her story and admits she lied, he said. Only one of the two was called to testify at the first trial and she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Commonwealth's Attorney Joey Showalter does not speak about pending cases and declined to comment.

While Hill won't gamble on a jury, Imoh will, Tuck said. According to testimony from the first trial, Vick and Hill drove into Christiansburg to pick up the girls, and Imoh arrived at Vick and Hill's apartment afterward.

"He's looking at his future past football and Virginia Tech, and he doesn't want a criminal conviction on his record," Tuck said. "He believes his future is worth the risk."

In July, Tech athletic director Jim Weaver suspended Vick, Hill and Imoh for the first three games of the season for their May 20 convictions. Vick was later suspended from school for the entire semester after being convicted of reckless driving and possession of marijuana in New Kent County.

Vick's attorney, Marc Long, said his client will be in court Monday morning but declined further comment.