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With 53 days left until the Virginia Tech battles Georgia Tech, we turn our attention to one of the numberless Hokies on roster Mr. Justus Hoffman. The Hokies don’t use the fullback as much as they used to back in the mid-to-late 90s. But that could change in the future with Tech stockpiling some impressive depth at the position. Hoffman is our biggest fullback on roster and his high school film proves how physical he is. While a foot injury did set him back a bit, he’s a player who could easily develop into a contributor over the next four years.
The Scoop
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 261 lbs
Position: Fullback
Year: R-Freshman
High School: Millbrook High School
How Did He Get Here?
The North Carolina native received walk-on opportunities from numerous programs but eventually settled on enrolling at Virginia Tech. His Rivals.com profile showed that he had interest in East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Dartmouth, Marshall, Maryland, NC State, Pennsylvania, Princeton, UCLA, and Wake Forest.
2011 Season Rewind
Hoffman broke his foot during preseason practice and was forced to take a redshirt year.
2012 Prediction
These articles are tough to write when you’re dealing with walk-ons who are buried on the depth chart. I’m not trying to ridicule anybody but it’s tough to politely say, “Hey, you’re probably not going to play this year.” These guys work hard day in and day out and I’m sure being criticized by some guy with a Macbook isn’t something they enjoy.
Hoffman is exactly that, though. He’s a hard-working walk-on who’s had to overcome a tough injury only to find himself buried on the depth chart at fullback. Unless something happens to senior Joey Phillips, I don’t see Hoffman seeing the field much if at all this season unless he is chosen for a role on special teams. Still, with his size, I’m sure the coaches will find a way to utilize him as he continues to develop over the next four years.
Completely Made Up Fact
Hoffman is actually an Amish last name, thus explaining the beard.
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What happened to Brandon Sturdivant? I didn’t see his name on the walk-ons who have reported. Is he still coming to VT?
Josh, this is a good question I have been looking for Brandon Sturdivant, but I haven’t hurd anything about him showing up…
On his twitter back in June sometime he says “No College….” and then followed that up in a tweet shortly later with something about getting paid though.
He looks like Dwight’s brother, Mose in The Office
Speaking of twitter Mike Farral of rivals tweeted that Clemson fans should feel better about Fuller than Tech, thats discouraging i hope he doesn’t know anything that we don’t.
And Kyle Fuller responded to that tweet with something like “LOL Yeah right #Fulse!”
Who knows what he is thinking…but he has been on Facebook & Tweeter saying that he has two brothers at the same school and he makes it sound like that is a ”negative” situation…
I was always worried about his whole family having gone here, and granted we’ve been very good to the family, but sometimes people just want to blaze their own path.
Or he could just be playing the game, trying to keep people guessing. He talks like his brothers being at Tech is a “negative”, but at The Opening, he said he liked the VT side of his hairstyle better than the Clemson paw from what someone posted the other day.
The haircut thing is completely irrelevant. To clarify, Dorian O’Daniel posted the picture, and HE said in the caption that he liked the left side better (which was the Clemson side). Honestly, I’m confident Fuller will end up at Tech (just my opinion) considering all the circumstances, but he certainly has been very tight-lipped about where he is leaning thus far.
Haha, Seems like a little bit of over analysis of a 16-17 year old kid. He probably doesn’t even know where he is going right now.
Justin do you have a confirmed list of the ppl attending camp this weekend?
I have a few but there will be close to 100 recruits there this weekend. Hard to get a full list without many resources: