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With 48 days left until the Hokies face the Yellow Jackets, we turn our attention to #48 on the roster Mr. George George. George caught his first career pass in a 26-7 victory over Arkansas State last season. Funny enough, he did it on a busted play in which Chris Drager never rotated back over to the right side of the formation. That allowed George to run free into the Red Wolves secondary and pickup 37 yards. That catch was definitely the highlight of his 2011 season and it was a crucial moment in close victory for the Hokies. Without a true starter at tight end, I think you could see Coach Stinespring opt to use George in a variety of ways this fall
The Scoop
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 264 lbs
Position: Tight End
Year: R-Senior
High School: Salem High School
How Did He Get Here?
As a Northside High School graduate, I’m inclined to not like Salem High School. They reek of stuck-uppedness or whatever word we used to describe them in high school, most of which I could probably not repeat on this blog. In fact, it’s a little surprising that for a school who has dominated the River Ridge district for the last 15 years has never produced a major recruit. That speaks to a good coaching staff and a system that works.
As a senior at Salem High, George wasn’t a flashy player. Instead, he was a hard-nosed, hard-working individual that got the job done on both sides of the ball. As a defensive end, George finished his final year of high school with 80 tackles and seven sacks, which was good enough for him to earn first team all-district, first-team all-region, and second team all-state. George also helped lead his team to a State Championship in 2005 (grumbles).
Despite those achievements, a few regional schools only lightly recruited George. Navy VMI, and JMU were his only true scholarship offers. With his heart set on playing where his father played, George accepted a walk-on offer and joined the Virginia Tech football team in the fall of 2008.
2011 Season Rewind
The Roanoke native saw 91 snaps on offense last season and another 131 on special teams. I think you’ll see both of those numbers increase this fall.
2012 Prediction
There’s not that much left to say here. George is a walk-on who spurned scholarship offers because he wanted to play for Virginia Tech. Now, here he is in his final season with a chance to be a true contributor this fall. While I doubt he earns the open starting job at tight end, he’ll likely be that 2nd tight end in the 21-personnel formations this fall. Our coaches like having somebody who can block like an offensive lineman at that position and George is by far our best blocking tight end.
As for any possible receiving numbers, I’m going to leave that up to the coaches. I honestly don’t know what plans they have for our tight ends since there’s about five of them who could play this year. George will see plenty of snaps though and it wouldn’t shock me to see him catch a few more passes as well.
Completely Made Up Fact
I’m actually going to open this one up to all of HokieNation. Got a good nickname for George? Let me hear it below. See if any of you guys can come up with anything better than G-squared.
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Gorgeous George
The White Mamba
Ah la la la la la
I saw online that New Jersey Bosco Prep Defensive End 4 star Alquadin Muhammad has reached out to Va Tech. I believe we have already offered him. Is he still interested in us? And are we going to pursue him? This is good news, but I think this would shake up our DE’s enough I think were stacked at DE already. Any truth to this?
We’ve been in touch but it’s up to him now, he needs to come down for a visit. If he does I think we’ll be a player. It seems like every year we have a 4 star kid reach out to us in June or July only to never actually make it down for a visit. So, I’m going to remain cautious on this one.
Hmm… how about G-minor?
You could do
G – Dub
G2 D1
“of the Jungle”
2Timer
Double Up
G II
Dos Jorges
George Part Deux
Repeat
Ok…at the risk of this one sounding bad Bi-George, get your heads outta the gutter.
GG III … kinda like RG III but better. Skins are going to the Super Bowl!
Boy George
Clemson’s boards are blowing up saying Kendall told family he was committing to Clemson. Take that of course with a grain of salt talk is cheap but still going to catch my attention. Oh well the drama will go on until he just commits one way or another i hope it ends soon
He has not. Clemson fans need better sources. Or maybe I do haha. We’ll see this weekend but I think he’s going to wait until December to commit now. I just get that sense. Then again after the Clemson trip he could say, ok, let’s do this now. It’s up to him but I still see him committing to VT.
http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jul/17/top-defensive-back-kendall-fuller-visit-clemson-we/?partner=RSS
The Sniper
Of course clemson fans are saying that it can’t be true, he seemed to have a great time last weekend and said he decision is much clearer. Justin please give us some inside info on what is going on with Fuller.
Clemson fans think everybody they offer is going to commit to them. He didn’t tell our staff that nor did he say anything about Clemson on the visit. His entire family was with him on the trip and he received plenty of love from the VT coaches.
I still think he’s VT bound.
I forgot to ask did we offer Mike Jones.
Not as of today. I think he may be a guy we monitor this season and extend a grayshirt offer to if we like his senior film. He was awesome at camp but his size does limit him some.
i like to call him Redundant
I think you are right on this one Justin; however there is always cold feet and uncertainty with 18 year olds. If you are in the process of getting married to (VT) and you see someone else that is looking good and interesting there is a tendency to date around first (Clemson)…. I think in the end he comes back to reality and give his pledge to VT. But it does make you wonder why all of the intrigue with the Tigers if there isn’t something there? Let’s hope it’s a bad “date” this weekend in Greenville!