Hokies land Temple WR Jaden Blue

By: french60wasp
on January 7, 2022, 9:27 PM | 40 comments

Temple wide receiver Jaden Blue has committed to the Hokies.

https://twitter.com/jb5__/status/1479636937942216708?s=21

Blue had a 1000 yard plus season in 2019, but saw a drop of production in 2020 and 2021. He was one of the first reported Brent Pry transfer portal offers.

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rottingmind13's picture rottingmind13
| 4 years 6 months #

Ha! He tagged Bowen as well. Another transfer for a position of need.

LET'S GO!

VTCC-69's picture VTCC-69
| 4 years 6 months # ^

HOKIES!

Ut Prosim Ad Dei Gloriam

jgdon3's picture jgdon3 | 4 years 6 months #

I guess all his homeboys are here. IYKYK

Danny Coale is like 7-11, he's always open

RealDiehl's picture RealDiehl | 4 years 6 months #

One or two years left?

I just sit on my couch and b*tch. - HokieChemE2016

rottingmind13's picture rottingmind13
| 4 years 6 months # ^

247 profile says Class of 2017

"Blue has played in 35 collegiate games and transfers as a graduate transfer with one season of remaining eligibility." Per Watkins

french60wasp's picture french60wasp
| 4 years 6 months #

I am also working on a film review of the two new quarterbacks.

Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. MAN

VPIhokieME's picture VPIhokieME
'_'
| 4 years 6 months # ^

I don't care what they say about you French, you're a helluva guy!

Onward and upward

VAtoSCHokie's picture VAtoSCHokie
| 4 years 6 months # ^

I don't care what they say about you French

He doesn't like cheese?

Alum07's picture Alum07
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
| 4 years 6 months #

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

lewiswb's picture lewiswb | 4 years 6 months # ^

oh good, he can run a jet sweep - but wait, they don't run it to the short side of the field.

Just messing with everyone, actually looks like three strong pick ups in a row. Feeling better about this team everyday which is a strange new feeling for us Hokies.

The LewDew, Professional Golf Bum

Chris's picture Chris
TEEMING WITH INTEL
| 4 years 6 months # ^

This short highlight film here featured quite a bit of willingness to catch routes over the middle 1/3 of the field, an area we haven't exploited much in recent years. Some very impressive catches and YAC in this short video.

Rockypere77's picture Rockypere77 | 4 years 6 months #

B'More in the house

Hokies, Local Soccer, AFC Ajax, Ravens

FudBoster's picture FudBoster
| 4 years 6 months # ^

U
A

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

Superman Those Hoos's picture Superman Those Hoos | 4 years 6 months #

stat2012's picture stat2012
| 4 years 6 months #

*Jadan Blue

2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 4 years 6 months #

For McHokie540's benefit:

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

McHokie540's picture McHokie540
🤮UVA💩
| 4 years 6 months # ^

Why the ugly uva colors?

uva - the taint of the ACC
Callused perineum is a symptom of being a uva fan

heuplek's picture heuplek
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| 4 years 6 months # ^

It's a take on the PC game Portal

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Little Bobby Tables's picture Little Bobby Tables
MEH. 😕
| 4 years 6 months # ^

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

heuplek's picture heuplek
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| 4 years 6 months # ^

I'd pay so much money for a new Portal game.

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2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 4 years 6 months # ^

I'd pay about $60

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

vtbaz's picture vtbaz
| 4 years 6 months # ^

valve is too busy not making half life 3

I been here since day 0.

heuplek's picture heuplek
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| 4 years 6 months # ^

3rd version of anything is too much for valve

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SoupHokie09's picture SoupHokie09
SOUP OR SALAD?
| 4 years 6 months #

**ah man I never hit Post 2 hours ago and now it's just loaded

"Nooooooooooo!"
~What happened?
"James Franklin to Virginia Tech...."
~Fuck me......*sigh*
"Oh my God.... They're gonna take all our recruits... like WTF bro...."
~*squints eyes in disbelief*

101WildTurkeys's picture 101WildTurkeys | 4 years 6 months #

Vtkey's picture Vtkey
| 4 years 6 months #

A good QB AND a good receiver? At the same time?

Is that even allowed?

If it is, how come we didn't think of this last year?

This is an amazing strategy that Pry is putting together.

HokieinGA's picture HokieinGA | 4 years 6 months #

Identifying needs and attempting to reshape this roster through the portal. Liking that the new staff is utilizing the portal to hopefully speed up the rebuild.

Holden Hall Hokie's picture Holden Hall Hokie
I BELIEVE
| 4 years 6 months # ^

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

NickVT10's picture NickVT10 | 4 years 6 months # ^

I bet every coach that takes over a rebuild loves the portal. Get game ready guys immediately so you can at least be mediocre while you reshape the program.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

D2 Potwash Guy's picture D2 Potwash Guy | 4 years 6 months #

All of the colors! Now we can have Chance Black in the backfield alongside Jason Brown with Jadan Blue in motion on the jet sweep.

mogwaiaredangerous's picture mogwaiaredangerous | 4 years 6 months #

Huge get in a position of need. Very excited. Curious about the explanation for the massive dip in production last two years though. A QB injury/change was mentioned above, and it seems their aerial attack was anemic (threw for only 2k yards in 2021, 1.4k in 2020 (!!)) but Our Boy Blue also dropped from #1 receiver to 5th.

Chris's picture Chris
TEEMING WITH INTEL
| 4 years 6 months # ^

It definitely seems like the QB injury was huge, plus moved away from a passing heavy offense in 2021 in general.

Barring some kind of injury, it's difficult to believe that a 1000 yard receiver suddenly becomes a sub 200 yard receiver without the circumstances around him shifting.

Kville Hokies's picture Kville Hokies
| 4 years 6 months # ^

My guess, without watching film, was the second QB was not able make some key throws. Lacked either the arm strength and ball velocity to put it in gaps in a zone or the touch to connect on deep balls, so they shifty some corny offense.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

NickVT10's picture NickVT10 | 4 years 6 months # ^

Temple's last 3 years:
2019 8-5
2020 1-6
2021 3-9 Avg 8.4 pts a game over their last 7 games.

The offense just sucked.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Wingshooter94's picture Wingshooter94 | 4 years 6 months #

Interesting strategy by our new staff to actually target needs instead of going after more running backs. I like it!

gjpvt09's picture gjpvt09 | 4 years 5 months # ^

Started a separate thread

TKPhi Damn Proud
BSME 2009

heuplek's picture heuplek
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| 4 years 5 months # ^

Thanks

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