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Yesterday, word leaked out that four star running back Drew Harris will not enroll at Virginia Tech this July and instead head to Fork Union Military Academy for a semester. Obviously, we’ve been hinting at that possibility ever since Signing Day but it became official yesterday. That will cause a shift at the running back position that will likely impact a couple different players. We’ll touch on that more below.
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As for Harris, the prep time isn’t a bad thing. In fact, with him recovering from a torn ACL, it should allow him to return to 100-percent and play a year of prep school football to get back into playing shape before enrolling at Virginia Tech in January. Basically, he should treat this as his redshirt season and work on getting his grades in order so he’s good to go in January.
Harris heading to FUMA will impact the running back position this fall and it will likely cause four star ATH Trey Edmunds to start out at running back when he enrolls in July. Edmunds ran for well over 2500 yards as a senior at Dan River High School so he has the skill to play the position. In fact, if Edmunds picks up the system quick enough, it wouldn’t shock me to see him spurn a redshirt year this fall and play. But, learning our offense in two months is a challenge, especially for an 18 year old freshman.
One player that seems to be overlooked is Chris Mangus and he too will receive a look when he enrolls this fall. However, judging from his frame he may be best suited to redshirt and add some bulk.
Lastly, with Harris going to FUMA it could allow Jerome Wright to enroll on time. He was considered to be a greyshirt candidate due to the Hokies bringing in four other running backs. With a spot opening up this fall, Wright could be the benefactor of Harris having to spend a semester prepping instead.
Woody Baron May Prep
Announced earlier in the spring, Baron is another name we’re awaiting confirmation on. Baron could join Harris at FUMA this fall and enroll in January. That would open up another spot this fall for an Augie Conte or Adam Taraschke to enroll on time. But, I’m still awaiting confirmation on this.
Davion Tookes Listed as Backup at Boundary Corner
We all knew that the Hokies would go young this season at cornerback once James Farrow announced that he wanted to transfer. That void at boundary cornerback will be filled by true freshman Davion Tookes, who was a three star recruit on 247 Sports. Tookes has a lot of potential and will be one of the few freshmen thrown into the fire this fall.
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It has been widely reported that Conte and Taraschke are both going to be here this fall. Here are a couple places:
http://twitter.com/TechSideline/status/197545974556659713
http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/virginia-tech/26978-virginia-tech-2012-recruiting-target-list-277.html
Is Harris 100% with Tech. He better not change his mind because more then likely he will get other offers. Whats taking Reid so long to commit, I thought he would weeks ago do you think he is waiting till july camp.
Yea, I don’t know why everybody always assumes the worst in these situations. But, Harris is still 100% solid. College coaches cannot contact him while at FUMA so unless his grades don’t improve or he doesn’t get the score he needs, then he can look around. But he’ll be here in January.
So we just got verbal from moss. In ur opinion is he better than burk? And how do u like moss?
His film is very good and we needed a MIKE LB in this class. I like the pickup but we’ll have to see how he develops. I do know that UNC and NC State evaluated him last month and both of those schools really liked him.
I guess the silver lining is that if Harris stays with VT and he should come in ready to produce. Still a bummer…But I still think Magnus is further along than Edmonds. I know Edmonds tore it up at double A. But his competition was questionable. Seeing the field as a freshman in big time football is typically from 5 star players in the top HS divisions….just don’t see it happening.. Magnus did play against some very good teams in NC-HS. Speaking of FUMA and linebackers, Alex Figueroa is now going to prep school and has VT on his short list….this kid is a stud, 1st team Washington All-Met from a school that has been good to VT and produces good players.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/varsity-letter-brooke-point-linebacker-alex-figueroa-realizes-that-grades-matter-before-its-too-late/2012/06/15/gJQAYBrWfV_story.html
One more comment on Alex Fig….because of the perception that this kid could not get into a D-1 college his stock droped big time…this kid can play with the rest of the kids listed below …believe me he would be a BIG sleeper for next year!
Washington Post 1st team Defence
DL Jonathan Allen – Alabama
DL Ken Ekanem – VT
LB E.J. Levenberry – #3 LB in this class (FSU)
DL Michael Moore – UVA
LB Alex Figueroa – ??
LB Sam Lebbie – WVU (One of their top recruits)
DL Da’Shawn Hand – 2014 #1 National
LB Dorian O’Daniel – #4 LB in this class (Clem)
LB Shawn Petty – Maryland
LB Devin Vandyke – VT
DB Kenneth Crawley – Tennessee
DB Kendall Fuller – #2 National this class