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Articles in category: Recruiting
Football team building another stellar recruiting class
Explore CollegiateTimes.com (May 6 2013)
While the spring was about the football team’s coaches working with the players they have, the summer will challenge them to look to who they could have.
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Is Drew Harris Still Solid With The Hokies?
Explore Gobbler Country (May 6 2013)
All the way back on the night of September 27, 2011, the Drew Harris saga began for the Hokies, as the Downingtown East High School running back committed to Virginia Tech. Harris, then ranked the No. 20 running back and a four-star by Rivals, became the source of intrigue for Virginia Tech faithful and bloggers alike. Our original write-up on his commitment can be found here (though the video has seemed to disappear). Here is the general theme of what I saw in Harris: "He is 6'2" 195-200 lbs. and runs a legit 4.47 40. He is the ...
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How Is Virginia Tech Faring In The Commonwealth For The 2014 Class?
Explore Gobbler Country (May 4 2013)
Six of the Hokies eight commitments to date in the 2014 class hail from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Of those players, two are currently listed in the top-10 in the state according to Virginia Preps (a service that evaluates and ranks players in the Commonwealth). But, on that same top-10 list (which was updated March 3rd), so too does the University of Virginia and several uncommitted players on the list are considered Virginia leans. So what will the Hokies have to do to reign supreme in the Commonwealth recruiting battle of 2014? Well, let's have a look, shall we ...
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Hokies Pick Up Eighth Commitment Of 2014 Recruiting Class In Travon McMillian
Explore Gobbler Country (Apr 25 2013)
McMillian's commitment gives the Hokies eight committed players for the 2014 class. With McMillian's commitment, #Hokies slide up to No. 13 in @rivals team rankings for 2014. Now 8 commits for #VT: rivals.yahoo.com/virginiatech/f… — HokieHaven.com (@Hokie_Haven) April 25, 2013 McMillian is listed as a 4-star recruit by ESPN, 247's Composite rating and Scout, and is rated as a 3-star by 247Sports and Rivals. He is listed as a quarterback by 247Sports and Scout and as an athlete by Rivals and ESPN. Virginia Preps ranks him as the No. 9 player in the state ...
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Hokies Score 18th Commitment Of 2013 Class In Running Back D.J. Reid
Explore Gobbler Country (Sep 27 2012)
D.J. Reid, one of the Hokies top remaining uncommitted recruiting targets for the class of 2013 committed to Virginia Tech tonight over at least six other BCS conference offers, including his other finalist, South Florida. The running back out of Thomas Dale High School in Chester, Va. was rated a 4-star by 247 Sports, although as an athlete, ranking him No. 21 nationally among athletes and the No. 218 overall player nationally. However, both Rivals and Scout rate Reid a 3-star, Rivals as the No. 45 athlete nationally and Scout the No. 56 running back in the nation. ESPN ...
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Va. Tech announcers lean on each other after loss
Explore HamptonRoads.com (Sep 26 2012)
BLACKSBURG Bill Roth and Mike Burnop are announcing Virginia Tech football games together for the 25th season this fall. But it has been unlike all the rest. The past few years, their off-air conversations were often not about the Hokies, but about chemotherapy. Burnop's wife, Ellen, and Roth's sister, Lynda, both nonsmokers, were battling lung cancer.
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Va. Tech at the forefront of football helmet safety
Explore www2.timesdispatch.com (Sep 25 2012)
Being protected by state-of-the-art equipment — from shoulder pads to helmets — can be empowering for college football players.
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Steger in the middle of changes both in college football and at Tech
Explore hokiesports.com (Sep 12 2012)
This past summer, the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee met in Washington, D.C., and approved massive and dramatic changes to the process of how college football will crown a national champion. As we know now, starting in 2014, there will be four-team playoff at the conclusion of each season. Virginia Tech president Charles Steger was the chair of the committee that also included USC president Max Nikias, Nebraska chancellor Harvey Pearlman, Texas president Bill Powers, Florida president Bern
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Notre Dame to join ACC for all sports other than football
Explore www2.newsadvance.com (Sep 12 2012)
Fighting Irish football team to play five ACC teams a year on rotating basis. That means Virginia and Virginia Tech will play Notre Dame at least once every three years. (Read Full Article)
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Beamer believes Hokies are ready
Explore www2.timesdispatch.com (Sep 2 2012)
Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer thinks his team is ready for Monday night's challenge, a home game against Georgia Tech.
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In-state recruiting battle still favors Hokies
Explore CollegiateTimes.com (Aug 30 2012)
The dominance of in-state recruiting isn’t over yet, at least not if Shane Beamer has anything to do with it.
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Wyatt Teller Commits to Play for the Virginia Tech Hokies
Explore Cover 2 Recruiting (Aug 18 2012)
theacc.com By Reginald McIntyre Jr. CFB Writer Multiple sources have reported that Wyatt Teller, a four-star defensive tackle prospect from Liberty High School (Bealeton, VA), has committed to play for the Virginia Tech Hokies. The 6-5, 250-pound prospect chose the Hokies over Clemson, Michigan, Oregon and Virginia, among others. As a junior, Teller had 85 tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. He is ranked No. 31 overall at t
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Hokies Pick Up Commitment From Four-Star Defensive End Wyatt Teller
Explore Gobbler Country (Aug 17 2012)
Early this afternoon, Liberty High School defensive lineman Wyatt Teller committed to Virginia Tech over at least 16 other confirmed FBS offers. The Hokies, long felt to be an underdog to in-state rivals Virginia for Wyatt's services, made a late push that ended up landing Teller, one of the nation's top defensive linemen. Teller was ranked as a four-star prospect by all four of the major recruiting services. Rivals ranked him the #75 player nationally, the #7 strongside defensive end and the #6 player in Virginia. 247 Sports ranked him as the #144 player nationally, the #9 strong-side ...
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Hokie Fans Encouraged to Pledge Their Allegiance to Virginia Tech by Registering Online
Explore hokiesports.com (Aug 7 2012)
165 Colleges and Universities Vying to be Crowned Winners of the College Colors Day Spirit Cup
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Video: Fuller talks commitment
Explore virginiatech.247sports.com (Jul 30 2012)
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Highly ranked cornerback Kendall Fuller picks Virginia Tech
Explore Roanoke.com (Jul 30 2012)
Five-star cornerback Kendall Fuller ended the suspense surrounding which school he would attend next year with a simple unzipping of his jacket. Fuller revealed a Virginia Tech T-shirt at the Gridiron Kings prospect event in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Sunday, picking the Hokies over Clemson in what was the biggest get yet for Frank Beamer and his staff in the 2013 class. “I just got that gut feeling,” said Fuller, who said he made his decision Thursday. “I loved both schools, but at the end of the day, you have to pick one.” Fuller, who plays for Our Lady ...
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Maryland CB is Hokies' first 5-star recruit in five years
Explore HamptonRoads.com (Jul 30 2012)
Five-star cornerback Kendall Fuller ended the suspense surrounding which school he will attend next year by unzipping his jacket. Fuller revealed a Virginia Tech T-shirt at the Champion Gridiron Kings camp Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., picking the Hokies over Clemson and giving Frank Beamer and his staff their biggest get yet in the 2013 class.
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Ga. Tech's Attaochu, Va. Tech's Thomas make nice
Explore HamptonRoads.com (Jul 23 2012)
GREENSBORO, N.C. Georgia Tech linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu had a chance to get within an arm's length of Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas before the player interviews at the ACC Kickoff on Sunday. This time, he didn't take a swing.
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Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer shows off slimmed-down physique at recruiting camp
Explore washingtonpost.com (Jul 16 2012)
Virginia Tech had more than 200 recruits on campus this past weekend for its July recruiting camp, and it gave Coach Frank Beamer a chance to show off a slimmed-down physique. Beamer, who enters his 26th season at Virginia Tech as the winningest active coach in college football, has shed 32 pounds since spring practice ended in April, the result of an increased exercise regimen and a new diet. He’s back down to about 172 pounds, his playing weight as a safety at Virginia Tech from 1966 to 1968. Read full article >>
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Reviewing The Hokies Two Summer Camp Commitments
Explore Gobbler Country (Jul 15 2012)
The Hokies scored two commitments for the 2013 recruiting class at yesterday's summer camp in 6'4" 255 lb. TE/OL prospect Kyle Chung out of Ponte Vedra, FL and 6'2" 182 lb. DB/WR prospect Brandon Facyson out of Newnan, GA. Chung is of course the son of former Tech Hall of Famer and NFL offensive lineman Eugene Chung, a member of Beamer's first recruiting class at Tech. For a review of the players' highlight tapes, an analysis of their potential positions and a look into how their commitments affect the remainder of the Hokies 2013 ...
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Facyson, Chung commit to Virginia Tech
Explore Roanoke.com (Jul 15 2012)
With TE Kyle Chung and CB Brandon Facyson, the Hokies have 14 commitments for 2013. Virginia Tech's one-day summer prospect camp yielded a pair of commitments Saturday, as tight end Kyle Chung and cornerback Brandon Facyson both said they will sign with the Hokies in 2013. Tech now has 14 commitments for 2013.
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Weaver, Tech pleased with playoff
Explore www2.timesdispatch.com (Jun 28 2012)
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger announced to the country on Tuesday that major college football was getting a playoff. (Read Full Article)
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LB Nick Dew, S Theron Norman leave Virginia Tech football program
Explore washingtonpost.com (Jun 27 2012)
Two Virginia Tech football players who had seen their names drop down the depth chart have decided to leave the program. Linebacker Nick Dew and safety Theron Norman are no longer with the Hokies and will seek a transfer elsewhere, a school official confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Read full article >>
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