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He was 3rd team All-ACC. 8 PBU's. Not his best year, but he wasn't awful, and he's had very good years. He's also got decent size and can move. Looking at free scouting websites (little sketch, but the best I've got) I'm seeing late 1st to 2nd round grades.
Together we can build a seven win team!
Bit more than a shiver if you're in the VTQB room.
EDIT: Was supposed to be a reply to above. I'm not smart.
ACL tear? /s
Fire up the ECU2VT graphics!
#Hokies offer ECU All-AAC Second Team LB Zakye Barker. Had 86 tackles including 12 for loss with 2 sacks plus 2 forced fumbles. Earned a 67.9 PFF grade as well https://t.co/SSmzRFzz0H— Tim Thomas (@TimThomasTLP) December 9, 2024
WR from ECU
@HokiesFB offered! AGTG🙏🏾 @mrsksowell @Sowell33 pic.twitter.com/qfXiZdun8h— Chase Sowell (@SowellChase) December 9, 2024
PJ Fleck loves coaching in Minnesota because it's so far north — the sun doesn't get as high in the sky there, so his head doesn't get as sunburned on the top.
LB Josh Hand has entered the portal. Redshirt Sophomore has mainly been a special teams guy.
I'd guess so
Let's finish it off together brotha 🔥🔥👀 https://t.co/2dV6rxP6jA— Kemari Copeland™ (@KemariCopeland) December 9, 2024
Isn't this the guy who was at JUCO with Copeland? Decent numbers at Coastal for an edge guy...43 tackles (23 solo), 9.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles -no idea how many season snaps though. He did have 9 tackles, 3.5TFL and 3 sacks against App State this year which is a solid day at the office.
I almost just threw up reading this...
PJ Fleck devised the Fleck Bank, where he would allow players to accumulate goodwill to circumvent punishment for failed drug tests and other violations of team rules.
PJ Fleck requires his players to applaud him when he enters a room, and will go out and re-enter if he didn't approve of the ovation.
I was thinking the same thing, but somewhere on TKP in the past week or so people were talking about him being a projected 1st rounder from some external source. How he managed to jump over Strong as our best DB in the eyes of NFL scouts surprised me.
Enough that he's in the portal and a few on reddit (I think) were disappointed to be losing him
He's the nephew of John David Booty
But here are 5 words that should send a shiver down everyone's spine:
Starting Left Tackle Parker Clements
No shiver. But I did get a second look at lunch.
After this season? I wouldn't be surprised if he came back or just entered portal.
I don't think it will be that bad. The basketball team has lower-level G5 talent. We aren't gonna be great but we also aren't gonna be Akron.
But here are 5 words that should send a shiver down everyone's spine:
Starting Left Tackle Parker Clements
Wonder if he's related to former USC QB John David Booty? I believe he was also from Louisiana.
Elite name... can he play?
Next year VT Football is gonna feel like this year VT Basketball isn't it?
I think two factors are at play this offseason
1) I think the staff probably realizes they overpaid for a lot of the players they retained last year, and concentrated too much cash on the QB and WR room and had other holes that they failed to cover (OL, LB, S come to mind). I think they're going to have to let some guys walk to fill more holes on the roster this year.
2) I think there was palpable momentum and optimism going into last offseason. But now I think the book is out on Pry and his staff, and there's probably some thought by some of these portal entrants that this staff isn't going to take them where they want to go. Hard to spin this year into the same offseason hype as last year, especially if no coaches changes whatsoever.
Stick it in the mayo?