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Signing Day Profile: Jerome Wright

justinc — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:10 +0000

Yesterday, we talked about Augie Conte who was a home school kid until his junior year. Today, we’ll talk about another home school kid in Jerome Wright who transferred to Highland Springs for his senior year. Wright exploded onto the scene this year and thus caused the Hokies to take a look at the young [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Devin Vandyke

justinc — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:56 +0000

Looking back over the years, how many different pairs of siblings have rolled through Virginia Tech and played for Frank Beamer? The Vick’s, the Adibi’s, the Fuller’s, the Martin’s, the Wang’s, the Shuman’s, and the Warren’s are just some that come to mind. The next brother combo to add to that list appears to be [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Joel Caleb

justinc — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:15:07 +0000

Joel Caleb is a good example as to why recruiting services should be taken with a grain of salt. Caleb is 84th overall in the Rivals 100 but how did he come about that ranking? Honestly, there are plenty of players who are more college ready than he is right now. Caleb is a quarterback for Clover [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Dahman McKinnon

justinc — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:21 +0000

The WHIP linebacker position is a crucial position in Bud Foster’s hybrid 4-3, inverted-cover 2 scheme. Since Cody Grimm graduated, that position has really been under strict scrutiny from a good portion of the fanbase. Jeron Gouveia-Winslow has struggled at times and we just haven’t been able to find consistent play there from anybody else. [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Davion Tookes

justinc — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:20 +0000

Virginia Tech has become a cornerback factory over the past ten years and it has certainly helped our staff out on the recruiting trail as of late. In fact, Davion Tookes was the first player to commit in this class last February. He and Donaldven Manning jumped into the boat in consecutive days. Not a [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Donovan Riley

justinc — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:54:04 +0000

Back in the 2010 class, the Hokies landed a little known prospect named Kyle Fuller. Fuller was virtually an unknown to most of the recruiting world as he held offers from Syracuse, Kansas, Virginia Tech, Duke, and Maryland. Of course, with his brother being a former starter on defense for the Hokies, there was little [...]

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Hokies Ink Impressive 2012 Recruiting Class

justinc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:23:56 +0000

When Frank Beamer made changes to his staff last spring, the main goal was to improve Virginia Tech’s prowess on the recruiting trail. While I still think we need a full recruiting year to make a true comparison, the immediate results are promising. Shane Beamer entered the fold last March and made a splash in [...]

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Virginia Tech Adds Two More

justinc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:05:13 +0000

The Hokies received some good and bad National Signing Day news today. We’ll start with the good. 4 star athlete Joel Caleb and 4 star defensive end Ken Ekanem (pronounced Eck-ah-nem) both committed to the Hokies. Caleb has long been a Virginia Tech lean throughout the process and those rumors were proven true this morning [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Alston Smith

justinc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:40 +0000

There was never any doubt as to where Alston Smith would attend college. His dad is Bruce Smith, the only former Hokie in the NFL Hall of Fame. Just like his father, Alston will be playing the same position his dad played here at Virginia Tech; defensive tackle. While Smith is raw and will need [...]

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Signing Day Profile: Brendan Motley

justinc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:00:15 +0000

After the defection of quarterback Lafonte Thourogood (who is now a running back at Vanderbilt), the Hokies needed to make a splash at the quarterback position in this 2012 class. Then boom, TJ Millweard commits to Virginia Tech. Millweard had excellent film but then backs out over travel concerns for his parents. Over the summer, [...]

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