Anybody remember TJ Millweard?

Thought I'd post this as another example of why fans shouldn't freak out too much over the recruiting process, "star" rankings, and transfers.

I came across a story (link) today that TJ Millweard (3 star, top 25 QB Recruit from 2012) is transferring to Kansas. For those who don't remember, Millweard initially committed to us very early in the recruiting cycle before decommitting and choosing Arizona State. At that point I stopped following him, however, it turns out that he went on to decommit from Arizona State as well before finally signing with UCLA. After a year at UCLA, he's now leaving that program to go to Kansas. He's still young so I can't say the guy doesn't have time to become a starter, but he's essentially on his 4th school now without ever taking a snap at the college level.

I can't help but be reminded of the Kevin Newsome situation- a highly ranked QB from VA (4 star, #4 dual threat QB) who our fanbase felt was a must-have recruit and "the QB of the Future" at the time. He committed to Michigan, then decommitted and chose Penn State, causing our fanbase to spiral into a panic. After being beaten out for the starting QB job at Penn State, he eventually transferred to Temple (where he was beat out as starting QB again) and never took a meaningful snap in his college football career.

So while it remains important for us to improve our recruiting and get the most talented players available, it's not the end of the world when we don't get every player the fans want or feel like we have to have. It's far more important to recruit players who fit the program and want to be at Virginia Tech, because those are the guys who bust their tails day in and day out to help the team and ultimately build the program.