Top 757 Recruits

Saw an interesting article in the Pilot today that featured the #1 recruit (according to the paper) in the region* going back as far as 2009... the Hokies have landed zero of them.

Class of 2017: RB Khalan Laborn, above
Bishop Sullivan Catholic (now attends Florida State)

Class of 2016: DB Levonta Taylor
Ocean Lakes (attends Florida State)

Class of 2015: DE Josh Sweat
Oscar Smith (attends Florida State)

Class of 2014: DB Quin Blanding
Bayside (attends Virginia)

Class of 2013: RB Taquan Mizzell
Bayside (attended Virginia)

Class of 2012: DE Eli Harold
Ocean Lakes (attended Virginia)

Class of 2011: DB Demetrious Nicholson
Bayside (attended Virginia)

Class of 2010: QB Phillip Sims
Oscar Smith (attended Alabama, Virginia and Winston-Salem State)

Class of 2009: LB Jerod Askew
Tennessee

Now each player has their own path, wants, and desires so I'm not reading too much into it. The downturn we had and the passing of the torch from Beamer to Fuente along with the more nationwide recruiting going on for teams like Florida State have had a lot to do with it. Lets not forget the saga of the Thoroughbreds either.

Anyway, there was a time when there were multiple pipelines from 757 powerhouse programs straight to Blacksburg. My question is, what needs to happen to reestablish those relationships and the tradition of heading to the mountains to play ball for the Hokies?

*reading this again it's just the Southside. We might have faired better on the Penninsula during this time period.

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