RTD: Where top 2016 recruits are going and how last 5 years of top kids did in College

http://www.richmond.com/sports/high-school/football/2016-a-list/

For the second straight year, a large of high school football recruits in greater Richmond are leaving the state of Virginia. They're headed to Duke and Vanderbilt and Notre Dame. Not one is committed to Virginia Tech, and just one will

This is always interesting when reporters look back at who was considered the top players at the time, and what they have done since committing. Hate to say it but not a lot of good things on here for VT. Would like to see more Richmond kids end up in Blacksburg AND contribute on the field.

http://www.richmond.com/sports/high-school/football/article_c30edbcc-2c5...

Full article on Richmond kids leaving the state.

Not since Benedictine's Raymon Minor in the spring of 2014 has a scholarship recruit from Richmond committed to Virginia Tech.
Before 2015, the Hokies got at least one scholarship recruit from the 804 area code each season for at least a decade.
And for the third consecutive year, with Wednesday being national signing day, Virginia will get just one. This year, it's wide receiver Cole Blackman of Atlee.

This really jumped out at me.

There's another simple reason why so many A-Listers are going out of state. Several of them weren't offered scholarships by Virginia or Virginia Tech. Of the 12 recruits, only the top two, Benedictine's Scott Bracey and L.C. Bird's Jalen Elliott, got offers from both Virginia and Virginia Tech.