In state receiver Justin Hairston stays home; preferred walk-on at VT

By: Rockypere77 on January 30, 2017, 3:50 PM | 23 comments

Wide receiver Justin Hairston (Manassas, VA/Osbourne Park) has accepted a preferred walk-on opportunity with the Virginia Tech Hokies.

http://virginiatech.247sports.com/Bolt/In-state-wide-receiver-accepts-a-...

[Mod Edit: Embed Hudl Film and tweet from Hairston. Move thread recruiting forum.]

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Rayo's picture Rayo
| 9 years 5 months #

Pretty good tape, but 6-0 163 probably had some of the big schools shying away

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 9 years 5 months #

kid's got a great head on his shoulders, I can see that already. After all, he turned down a scholarship from Coach FML to walk-on for the good guys, which is a lot more than I can say for a whole generation of LOLUVa players...

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reesejenks520's picture reesejenks520 | 9 years 5 months # ^

and that says a lot

krak_t's picture krak_t | 9 years 5 months #

I like the one at 1:28 where he and his QB convince the DB's that the QB has a 60 yard cannon.

Musky's picture Musky | 9 years 5 months #

Someone please explain PWO.

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VTGuitarMan's picture VTGuitarMan
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| 9 years 5 months # ^

Preferred walk-on, so he doesn't get a scholarship but the coaches are specifically inviting him to try for a place on the team.

"Exit light..."

Bragghokie's picture Bragghokie
| 9 years 5 months # ^

SEAT AT THE TABLE!!!!

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TechHokie13's picture TechHokie13 | 9 years 5 months # ^

Huh, so that's how Sam made the team.

MPHOKIE's picture MPHOKIE | 9 years 5 months # ^

He also gets to report at the start of Fall camp.

Nate23VT's picture Nate23VT
| 9 years 5 months # ^

When do 'normal' walk-ons try out? I would have thought that would be before Fall camp as well.

MPHOKIE's picture MPHOKIE | 9 years 5 months # ^

I have no idea when VT schedules true walk-on tryouts. A preferred walk-on gets to report and start with the team when the scholarship Freshmen do.

'04hokie's picture '04hokie
| 9 years 5 months # ^

They usually happen in the spring at the start of spring practice. Years ago, you filled out a questionnaire and showed up for a few drills. They basically looked you over, timed you in a 40 and shuttle run, then decided if they were gonna keep you on in spring practice. If you made it through the spring, they may or may not keep you on in the fall. I suspect they need bodies in the spring due to graduation and attrition.

HorseOnATreadmill's picture HorseOnATreadmill
| 9 years 5 months #

MANASSAS WHAT

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 9 years 5 months # ^

Manassas, Virginia, I believe.

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VTGuitarMan's picture VTGuitarMan
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| 9 years 5 months # ^

OP ALUMNUS WOOOO

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dmt260's picture dmt260 | 9 years 5 months # ^

My wife is too! She is an Alum... can't say my HS has any talent... oh Potomac Falls...

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AXD1985's picture AXD1985 | 9 years 5 months #

Pros: Great hands, natural catcher. Obvious speed

Cons: Needs to run cleaner routes. Needs to show how to work a DB instead of just running by them.

I'm glad we have him

OkieHokie's picture OkieHokie
| 9 years 5 months # ^

This kid has another gear.

72Hokiemonster's picture 72Hokiemonster | 9 years 5 months #

So why was my post on this PWO deleted as so saw no other posts on this last night when I entered it? Just would like to know? By the way, welcome young man. Love this kids film and surprised he had no P5 offers!

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VTGuitarMan's picture VTGuitarMan
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| 9 years 5 months # ^

You posted hours after this one so you must have missed it. Duplicate threads are deleted without notification to keep the tracker clean.

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Txhokie's picture Txhokie | 9 years 5 months #

I really like this kid ! Is this a small school in VA?

VTGuitarMan's picture VTGuitarMan
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| 9 years 5 months # ^

Definitely not small. When I graduated in 2003, we had close to 3000 students (in a building designed for 2000). Graduating class of 650 if I recall. Not a football powerhouse, though we were decent my senior year and our RB and QB got a look from JMU and some other small schools, at least as PWO but I don't think that really panned out.

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Txhokie's picture Txhokie | 9 years 5 months # ^

Ok got you . This kid gots some speed he makes a lot of these other kids looks slow they played against .