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2025 Roster Tracker Part 2: Spring/Summer Window

I threw this together quickly so we have a space to talk about the upcomming roster changes with the portal reopening soon. I am in the process of cleaning the old spreadsheet up and hope to have the live updating google sheet ready by Wednesday. In the meantime if you see any errors here let me know. I know Star isn't a thing anymore, I will have to go through and chage some position titles after I finish reading French's article.

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Nico Iamaleava skips practice in NIL holdout

In super cool and fun NIL developments, at the college level we now have contract negotiation holdouts πŸ™„

If I'm Tennessee, I think I'm leaning towards wishing him luck and cutting ties, as suggested my Matt Hayes in this article:

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Spring Game 2025:

Not sure how many of y'all planned on going tomorrow, but just so nobody's surprised like we were (and especially if you plan on bringing the kids), apparently there will be no Hokie Village for the kids tomorrow.

As well, the East Stands/East Concourse and Concessions will be closed; seating will be limited to the NEZ, bottom bowl of the SEZ, and West Stands.

With them charging this year for the tickets, as well as parking passes for certain lots, we were a bit shocked. Especially with the fact that there won't be a Hokie Village experience this year. There are probably people coming, like us, who have no idea.

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On3 article on the collapse of VT football

A Study In Decline: The Virginia Tech Hokies

I don't know why this is in the Texas Longhorns section, it's worthy of being on their main page.

And before you start, just know it's absolutely scathing to our entire athletic department in their absolute failure to keep us a relevant program post Beamer.

What happened? Was it simply the loss of a once-in-a-lifetime coach?

At one level, yes. The financial and organizational realities of college football caught up to a quaint personality cult.

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Drones out for the remainder of spring

We are getting slow around here. Saw this earlier. It sounds like he will be back by early summer, and that they consulted some serious people on the procedure.

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VT Pro Day 2025

Looks like Tech is hosting their Pro Day today. 17 total guys participating in one form or another. Could be a good opportunity for some of our Hokies, like Gosnell and Moore, to strengthen cases for UDFA status come the fall

Not really sure how to track performance but figured this could be a place to discuss any potential risers and standouts.

Players participating:

Tuten -RB
Lane - WR
Felton - WR
Jennings - WR
Gosnell - WR
APR - DL
Peebles - DL
Fuga - DL
Nelson - DL
Pene - DL
Strong - DB
Jenkins - DB
Jones - DB
Schlee - QB
Clements - OL
Kaden Moore - OL
Peter Moore - P

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BOV set to approve plans to increase Student Fees nearly $200 to help pay for NIL

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More New Coaching Hires

So how do we feel about these new announcements:

Cannon Montgomery - Assistant RBs coach
Brian Whitehead - Nickels coach
Jireh Wilson - Edges coach

Jens Danielsen was also announced, but we knew about him.

Definitely some youth with RB and Edge.

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HOKIES in the NFL 2025

The NFL offseason is heating up, and we have our first Hokie news. Brock Hoffman re-signs with the Cowboys for undisclosed terms. He was an exclusive-rights free agent, and is expected to compete at right guard to replace the retiring Zack Martin.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-re-sign-versatile-lineman-bro...

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2025 NFL Combine

Tuten went off at the combine.

Peebles and APR had noteworthy performances too

For comparison

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Enjoy the Spring Game this year, might be our last based on current trends

What started as Texas canceling theirs due to the portal is beginning to snowball a bit to a growing trend across the football landscape of high profile schools canceling theirs (Texas, Ohio State, Southern Cal and Nebraska), and now we are even seeing it happen with some others. Just this morning, Dave Doeren has confirmed that all spring practices will be closed to the public this year, which includes a cancellation of the Spring Game.

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Football Assistant Hires

Thought we could have a running thread for assistants. Not sure if each assistant needs its own thread.

  • Assistant Offensive Line Coach: Jens Danielsen

I'll update as more names drop

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