Great Article on Exum's Return

Virginia Tech vs. Duke: After many false starts, Hokies CB Antone Exum is finally ready to go

By Mark Giannotto, Friday, October 25, 12:00 PM E-mail the writer

BLACKSBURG, Va. Almost nine months later, Virginia Tech cornerback Antone Exum barely pondered the question before responding.

The hardest part of recovering from major knee surgery? It happened on Jan. 26, during the hours immediately after he lay in pain on the basketball court at McComas Hall on campus, his right knee ripped apart and his future suddenly uncertain.

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That, Exum said, was a bad day.

Saturday should be decidedly better as Exum, a second-team all-ACC selection in 2012, is set to make his season debut when No. 16 Virginia Tech takes on Duke at Lane Stadium. He missed the first seven games of the year recovering from offseason surgery to repair a torn ACL, lateral and medial meniscus and a bone fracture in his right knee...

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