December 2016 Recruiting Thread Part I

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Last night was a pretty interesting night in regards to Virginia Tech Football recruiting. Lots of recruits were active on Twitter last night and it certainly caught my attention. I just wanted to post and ask about everyone's thoughts.

To start:

Darnell Jefferies out of Covington, Georgia picked up an offer from the Hokies. Jefferies is a member of the class of 2018, and his HUDL has him listed at 6'4", 265 LBS (WOW). His tape is pretty promising as well, so I wouldn't mind this potential pickup

http://www.hudl.com/profile/7229101/darnell-jefferies

Next up:

Payton Wilson out of Hillsborough, North Carolina also picked up an offer from the Hokies. Wilson, like Jefferies is also a member of the class of 2018, and his HUDL has him listed at 6'4", 220 LBS. He is a multi-positional athlete playing OLB and WR. His height gives him a huge advantage, and if you check out his HUDL his highlights are promising.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/4170892/payton-wilson

BIG NEWS:

Per Ryan Bartow, a nationally known college football recruiting insider announced the de-commitment of the Gaddy brothers from the University of Tennessee. There was a lot of backlash from the Tennessee faithful claiming that they didn't have the grades and whatnot.

Breyon Gaddy is a 4-star defensive tackle listed at 6'4", 335 LBS, and is out of Bishop Sullivan Catholic in Virginia Beach.

Brandon Gaddy is a 3-star defensive tackle listed at 6'5", 289 LBS and is also out of Bishop Sullivan Catholic.

Below I have included both of their 247 profiles so you can review their offers and whatnot. Both have offers from major power five schools. The brothers are also both in the class of 2017. This had me thinking... maybe this de-commitment could mean something for the Hokies. Tayvion Land also attends Bishop Sullivan is a hard commit to the Hokies (class of 2019). Maybe he could influence the brothers?? ALSO, maybe this could cause an Eric Crosby de-commitment from Tennessee as well. Crosby committed to Tennessee back in April over the Hokies. He is a 4-star DT from the 757.

http://247sports.com/Player/Breyon-Gaddy-72544

http://247sports.com/Player/Brandon-Gaddy-86251

Next up:

Dazz Newsome, a University of Maryland commit, received an offer from the Hokies last night. It was his 11th offer, and his HUDL has him listed at 5'10", 170 LBS. He is a multi-positional athlete, playing WR and CB. Like the others, his HUDL is pretty nice, and from what I've heard, he is a legacy here at VT. He even got a little love from Devon Hunter *girl scream.* I've included his HUDL below for your review.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/3595134/dazz-newsome

The last things that caught my attention were tweets sent out by Armani Chatman, a WR and CB out of Bayside High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is listed at 6'0", 180 LBS. He is a member of the class of 2018, and he was exclaiming that #STATEMENT17 was going to "blow up" and "remember his words." I have included the tweet below. He was also very active in saying that VT needs to make the move on the Gaddy brothers. I have also included the tweet below. His HUDL is also below.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/3972664/armani-chatman

In other news, we are also awaiting the commitment of Benjamin St-Juste out of MONTREAL?! His 247 profile has him listed at 6'3", 188 LBS, and is a 4-star cornerback. To my knowledge already and going through his previous tweets, he is already "committed" to Michigan, but he is making his "final decision" between the Hokies and the Wolverines. Something in my gut is telling me he's going to flip to the Hokies, but you never know. Hokies on Twitter have been showing him stupid amounts of support so we can only hope.

http://247sports.com/player/benjamin-st-juste-84553

Of course, we are all awaiting Devon Hunter's commitment. His date is set for Christmas Eve.

Sorry if this is a bit much, it is my first post here on TKP, so any constrictive criticism would be appreciated. Love you all and go Hokies.

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