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With 33 days left until the Virginia Tech Hokies square off against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, we turn our attention to #33 on the roster Mr. Darius Redman. It’s been awhile since the Hokies have had a true dominant blocker on the exterior of the offensive line. If you look back to our last few tight ends, they’ve been finesse players more so than a hardnosed, plant you on your ass type of in-line blocker. Redman has the size and ability to be a bit of both as he progresses. He doesn’t possess the admirable amount of foot speed to be a great receiving option but his size makes him a great option as a blocker in our Ace-formations going forward.
The Scoop
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 257 lbs
Position: Tight End
Year: R-Freshman
High School: H.D. Woodson High School
How Did He Get Here?
Despite having two teammates headed to Virginia Tech, Redman verballed to UVA last spring. After some persuasion by his teammates though, Redman finally realized that UVA sucks at football and decided to come play for a winning team instead. Smart move kid.
2011 Season Rewind
The Washington D.C. native redshirted in 2011.
2012 Prediction
As we’re now just a few days away from the beginning of fall camp, I think it’s safe to say that the starting tight end this fall will be either Randall Dunn or Eric Martin. Both of those guys are upper classmen who have more experience than the rest of the depth chart. However, guys like Redman, Ryan Malleck, and Dakota Jackson will have their say once the hitting commences next week.
From a pure prediction standpoint, I don’t see Redman playing a ton of snaps this fall. He may get a look against Austin Peay and perhaps Bowling Green in the 2nd half if those games are well out of reach. He may grab a few reps here or there if Tech has some injuries at the position this fall. But, Redman’s time will come in a year or two when the depth above him has graduated. Right now, he just needs to focus on developing and improving with every rep.
Completely Made Up Fact
Washington D.C. is a tough area to grow up in. Dave Chappelle explains it the best.
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since jeff king haven’t had alot of production from te spot thoughts?
Well… we really haven’t had a lot of talent there. The only other NFL player we’ve had has been Andre Smith, and our production spiked a bit with him then it’s decreased since.
maybe we get jeb blazevich next year and all problems solved
Hope wyatt teller does indeed visit in a couple of weeks, as I stated before he seems very interested in playing with Fuller and Fisher hopefully he realizes that Tech is the best situation for him. The tech coaches need to get his mom on campus and show her around so she will let Teller come to Tech, it seems she might be the 1 thing holding him back from Tech. Whats our chances with justin evans after he visited a couple weeks ago.
Evans is a no-go at this time but we’ll continue to monitor him throughout his senior year. There are a couple other OL’s that we’re still looking at. Just not a lot of good options on the board. I think Wolfgang Zacherl may be our best bet but you would like some film of him as an OL before offering. He’s never played on the OL before so that might be what’s holding our coaches back.
Now that we got fuller, who else do we still have any chance of landing? Could this turn out to be our best class ever? Who might get bumped to a 4 star? Also any word on psu transfers?
I think we’ve narrowed it down to a handful now. My guess is you’ll see us pursue DJ Reid and Derrick Green until we land one of them. I highly doubt we’ll get both. Also, we’re still pursuing DaeSean Hamilton as a wide receiver. Also, Teller is still on the board so as long as he stays uncommitted we’ll be on him. That’s really it.
Will it be our best class? Ranking wise maybe but I really don’t like grading classes until after they’ve come and gone. Also, it doesn’t appear that we’re going to pursue any Penn State players at this time.
I think a few of our commits could receive bumps by Signing Day. Holland Fisher is only a few spots away from becoming a 5 star on 247. With a good senior year and a good showing at an All-Star game I think he’ll get there. The kid has just been impressive at every camp he’s gone to. Also, I think QB Carlis Parker will end up as a 4 star after his senior year. He missed his entire junior season so his ranking is a bit off.
I think Braxton Pfaff deserves a bump but he’ll need some impressive film. Also, of note, Jake Grove is the new OL coach at Liberty Christian Academy. That can’t hurt. I could see one of VT’s DB commits getting a bump as well.