Because we're all Sunday morning quarterbacks.
It's a poultry battle all around in Atlanta.
Virginia Tech will face South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on either Sunday, August 31 or Monday, Sept 1, 2025. The game will be televised by either ABC or ESPN. An exact date and kickoff time will be finalized at a later date.
https://insidetheiggles.com/2021/01/07/philadelphia-eagles-brock-hoffman/ This was an article on Brock Hoffman's Twitter feed. I looked and couldn't find anything to see where he had declared for the draft.
With that being said, welcome former Virginia Tech Hokie Brock Hoffman to the conversation.
Dream chasing is an occupation, those with the job understand the process of manifestation. Committed pic.twitter.com/C4fWJPxuuQ— Hendon Hooker (@henhook2) January 7, 2021
Best of luck to him, I hope he tears it up out there
Pretty cool story here. There will be 10 Hokies playing in the Playoffs this year and four coaching. Couldn't find the Hokies in the NFL thread for some reason. Let's Go!!
Players
Tremaine Edmunds - Buffalo
Duane Brown - Seattle
Logan Thomas - WTFWFT
Kendall Fuller - WTFWFT
Tim Settle - WTFWFT
Chuck Clark - Baltimore
Kyle Fuller - Chicago
Wyatt Teller - Cleveland
Terrell Edmunds - Pittsburgh
Yosh Njiman - Green Bay
🔂 #RunItBack pic.twitter.com/9BLq74ufvP— D.Crawford (@underated54) January 6, 2021
https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-awards-2020-heisman-trophy
OUTLAND TROPHY: CHRISTIAN DARRISAW, VIRGINIA TECH
Darrisaw didn't quite break Penei Sewell's record for the highest single-season PFF grade by a Power 5 tackle (95.8), but he certainly challenged it, and he did so despite going against far stiffer competition. Darrisaw led all Power 5 tackles in both pass- and run-blocking grade this year, culminating in a 95.6 PFF overall grade for the season.
Love to see Hokies see success in the NFL. Joey definitely deserves this.
#Panthers extend kicker Joey Slye through 2021https://t.co/JkPM7pYWbB— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) January 5, 2021
🦃🦃 pic.twitter.com/DHH28SbymL— lecitus smith (@Lecitus_54) January 4, 2021
Goldy reporting safeties coach Ron English, cornerbacks coach Torrian Gray will be moving on. Meanwhile, Todd Grantham will remain DC. https://t.co/S39mvkaoRq— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) January 1, 2021
#HokieNation⚡️ pic.twitter.com/VsSHQOM5WG— Emmanuel Belmar Jr (@EBJr_8) December 31, 2020
Just as the title says. 247 put out their True-Freshman All-American team yesterday and listed Strong as one of the CB's, saying that he graded as VT's best corner over the course of the year, and was the 5th best qualifying freshman.
The Hokies' defensive back depth seemed to take hit after hit this season, but Strong was a bright spot all year. The former three-star recruit ended the year with 22 tackles, an interception and five passes defended, grading out as Virginia Tech's top overall cornerback and the fifth-best qualifying freshman DB, per PFF College
#30 Virginia Tech $56.2 million (-2)
A disappointing season in which Justin Fuente lost his starting quarterback in the 3rd game ended 6-7. The Hokies still made $26.1M in profit.
https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/2020/03/which-are-richest-and...
[Mod Edit: Link to actual source and provide relevant excerpt.]
Isaiah 40:31 🙏🏾🙏🏾 #ggtg pic.twitter.com/peEq5VOGX2— James Mitchell (@j_mitch82) December 28, 2020
Forever grateful 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/6QGzldbF3B— Jarrod Hewitt (@HewittJarrod) December 27, 2020
For those who have passed, For those to come 🤝 Thank You! pic.twitter.com/5nURCkJfd8— Divine Deablo (@DeabloDivine) December 26, 2020
Intriguing draft prospect due to his measurables and athleticism. Hope he lands in a situation where he can shine!
The next chapter. Can't wait to get started!!! #GoHokies 🦃🦃 pic.twitter.com/eYJcLn8EF5— Johnny Jordan (@johntjordan73) December 26, 2020
Some probably already saw this posted in the recruiting thread, but remember that player acquisitions are worthy of their own thread so feel free to post this kind of information as its own forum topic in the future.
Always Love 🧡🧡 pic.twitter.com/G0AHE10aCS— Rook™ (@__Lamont) December 24, 2020
Good luck to Ashby. He was a really good fit in Bud Foster's system. He struggled this year in a system where the DL wasn't keeping him as clean, and the adjustment where he was having to jam the A gap to keep the backer clean had to wear on him.
It will be interesting to see if this means Dax Hollifield moves over to the field side linebacker next year while Tisdale becomes the guy on the boundary.
https://hokiesports.com/news/2020/12/23/football-awards-2020-team-awards...
The team and coaches voted on player awards:
The following awards were voted on by the players:
Most Valuable Player – RB Khalil Herbert
Outstanding Defensive Lineman – Amare' Barno
Outstanding Linebacker – Rayshard Ashby
Outstanding Defensive Back – S Divine Deablo
Outstanding Offensive Lineman – Christian Darrisaw
Outstanding Offensive Receiver – Tre' Turner
Outstanding Offensive Back – RB Khalil Herbert
Outstanding Specialist – K Brian Johnson
Ari Wasserman of The Athletic put out a piece about a week ago where he anonymously interviewed 15 recruiting staffers from seven conferences (including at least two staffers from each P5 conference). They talked about misconceptions, underrated recruits, preferred changes to recruiting rules, etc. Due to CG's/the paywall, I won't link the article, but I wanted to share some themes and comments I found interesting.
To start, there were two misconceptions fans have about recruiting that really stood out to me:
