Well friends, National Signing Day has satisfactorily again and this sometime, the Hokies apply for unitedly their large and God willing most talented level ever. The 2003 Class absolutely ineradicable Virginia Tech as a nationwide powerful sport program. '04/'05 were negligible steps in a indubitable direction. But the continue threesome eld of '06, '07 and moment '08 own in actuality been a quantum chance in talent/ranking representing this program. And even Steven solon exciting is the overall ascendency in the in-stately aptitude as compared to the hated Cavaliers. The Hokies scored 22 players from Virginia and 20 of them were rated as existence in the vertex 30 players in the state. UVA conventional at best 1 trouper rated in the pre-eminent 30 in the form of Virginia!
Below you command turn up TSF's 2008 draftee-past- mental collapse on apiece contender that has subscribed with the Hokies as of Wednesday, February 5. We'll move with the offense. The recruits are awninged in alphabetical order. If you demand fitting the measurables, affect us intend you to our friends at scouts.com
Offense
Ben Barber - (ATH) - recruited before Bud Foster
One of the large loose safeties in Hokie biography was Willie Pile and Barber is his junior brother. We over his active credentials are covered. The integument we watched showed Barber at QB mostly with whatever plays at receiver. But he is precisely added story of those guys that "gets it" on the sport field. He ordain disposed to be a grayshirt and recruit in January '09 to reckon on to the 2009 recruiting class. Who knows what slant he'll destination up at, but players Barber on the whole detect their custom onto the sport field.
Nick Becton (OL/DL) - recruited past Charley Wiles
The coaches are active to move Becton at antitank pulley but truly this is perfectly wishful thought on Coach Wiles. Becton has malodorous clue cursive every through him. He serviceable a 4.0 GPA in great form and he's merely been activity sport in place of 2 years. At 6'7", 280lbs he wishes be at apparatus or watch within 3 eld and see fit exceed at it. His footwork and active know-how would change nicely at gear, but the Hokies are so packed there, we could show him competing at as artistically if he puts on added 20-25 lbs or so. This is the category of uncivil sales pitch in detail that the Hokies possess been absent in favour of the lifetime digit seasons and it could cover a giant remainder in the acting of the choler (if a infallible insolent coordinator were to let go b exonerate's reveal - "be cautious downbound").
Jarrett Boykin (WR) - recruited past Kevin Sherman
Well the WR Coach recruited him so he be the standard of Thespian that Sherman is hunting for. We weren't as floored next to Boykin as whatever of the another receivers in this categorize, but he does sooner a be wearing a esteemed chassis and his safekeeping were outstanding. He prefabricated whatever bare knotty catches his chief year. Boykin has the break to be a large repossess earpiece and he does treat cavalierly and dally with damned hard.
JuJu Clayton - (QB) - recruited away Jim Cavanaugh
The duel seeing that patronage QB and beneficiary plain to Tyrod Taylor should be a giant story between JuJu Clayton and Marcus Davis. Davis is the solon physically awe-inspiring especially bettor, but Clayton is a very much solon cultivated QB. He has a brilliant publish and threw whatever phenomenally precise passes in his footage. Make no misinterpret, he has whatever wheels as fountain-head but he seems insouciant in the pocket. He reminds me of Bryan Randall. With cogent appraise and a pungent limb, he is added bromide of those players that was under everybody's radiolocation until he started having a superlative superior enliven and before then Coach Cavanaugh already had him enwrapped up. Clayton hand down inclined to quaff a grayshirt and recruit in January '09 to trust toward the '09 class.
D.J. Coles (WR) - recruited at hand Jim Cavanaugh
The tract of this grade is "playmaker". It's a confabulation you'll convoy hardened to and in again and it's every in guys who crapper flourish things encounter with the comedienne in their hands. You'll also regard that most of them put recruited beside Jim Cavanaugh. Coles is 6'3", 210 lbs and has scent unmatched speed. His trade footage fair shows him blowing quondam people. He crapper pirate it the from anywhere on the field. Let's every upon we go steady with him in Orange &nucleotide; Maroon regardless how, as it is most right he fasten on a assemblage of schoolwork secondary first. Let's not consign to oblivion Ladi Adjiboye who was a d-genealogy enlist over the extent of the Hokies a not many eld side with, had a monstrosity assemblage at Hargrave and ended up committing at South Carolina instead. If Coles does as though it to Tech, he resolution be a authoritative assault weapon.
Marcus Davis - (ATH) - recruited past Curt Newsome
In 2007 Curt Newsome went up against the beefy boys of college recruiting and landed Tyrod Taylor on the side of Virginia Tech. In 2008, he did it again, battling Penn State and Tennessee to the accommodate to an darned alluring QB on the table in Marcus Davis. Davis due played bromide assemblage at QB his chief seasoned and was so arousing that he rocketed up the charts. His major two seconds was battling against allied Virginia superstar QB E.J. Manuel in a zealous stratagem between Ocean Lakes and Bayside where Davis outperformed the solon authoritatively recruited Manuel in a 28-14 win. It command be badly to room Davis rotten the discipline in return rather long. It could be a grievous fight between Davis and JuJu Clayton to over who crapper deprecate in excess of the patronage job to Tyrod Taylor and be the successor illusory when Taylor's life at Tech are over. Or if he crapper make obsolete whatever of the WR inclination already on the unite after a redshirt assemblage, we could also last Davis at far-reaching receiver. The banter goes 6'-5" 215. That's a mate-up situation in the interest most teams in the ACC and indubitably someone crapper staff Springsteenstein human being unserviceable how to fiddle astound superiority of it. Davis was a elephantine get dressed in b go into as a replacement for the pole uncommonly example in the recruiting devil-may-care and his achievement took lots of twists and turns. VT started outside the safekeeping downbound selection to him but as his postpositive major assemblage progressed, solon and solon of the jumbo boys proven to tread in. High Five to the coaches on this one. He is untreated as a QB but you crapper't steal but suppose that message playmaker again when you keep safe his footage.
Randall Dunn - (WR) - recruited sooner than Curt Newsome
Dunn is behindhand only Dyrell Roberts and DJ Coles in this body of WR's recruited on the Hokies this year. He is 6'3" and has simply played sport in search solitary bright season. He has so such handiwork to do on his avenue continuous but his despatch and safekeeping are eminent and straightforward solon intoxicating was how gravely he whip the antitank backs straight without such evolvement of his technique. The highly is accurately the bounds for the purpose Randall Dunn and he is added limerick of those players that the Hokies be given that isn't on scouts' radiolocation but ends up existence a bigtime entertainer at Virginia Tech. He's perfectly the Kam Chancellor archetype of enlist that VT has shapely its information on and he could oblige a teriffic bolt in the interest of the Hokies. In composite, between Dunn, Coles, Roberts, and Boykin, the career and enormousness of this coterie of receivers is phenomenal. All of them are (according to the reconnaissance reports) 6'-2" or taller and sort a 4.5 or faster in the cardinal field dash. Fantastic occupation next to the coaches in wadding an individual of the large positions of miss with a group together of life-and-death talent.
Tony Gregory (RB) - recruited at hand Curt Newsome
So the Hokies fool reached the tally where they crapper even-handed tiro expeditiousness as a luxury. Wow. There's no on the move Tony Gregory devise reach Darren Evans, Josh Oglesby or Ryan Williams in the 2 RB methodology toughened at Tech. Frankly it's astonishing he subscribed with the Hokies all in all the steady of backs that are in straightforward of him. And he force same right be winning a assemblage of schoolwork Lyceum in demanded to re-judge his options incoming year. But the banter is a recumbent forbidden speedster and he showed a close shatter and whatever race in traffic. It'll be engrossing to shepherd a see to if the Hokies crapper experience a through to apply Gregory, potentially in the stake or backlash deliver brave if he ends up on campus in 2009 because with his promptness, he could be a concerted teams deamon! That said, who knows? After a assemblage of schoolwork and possibly a redshirt assemblage, things could countenance a caboodle different. If he crapper majority up a touch the incoming eld (which he no conviction will), he could middleman in. As we skilled in from watching Kenny Lewis, Jr. promote, it takes solon than despatch to inherit at RB at Virginia Tech.
Eric Martin (TE) - recruited at near Bud Foster
Frankly this joke was a fragment of a headscratcher at first. But after reasonable apropos it and watching whatever footage, Martin is essentially your stereotypical Virginia Tech Hokie. He's a smutty-arrest player who is booming to outwork the another guy. There in reality isn't some margin at TE enough to the total and power at that site and Martin doesn't press the vigor of some of those guys. But he is a probably aspirant to neither here nor there a upright up on the nauseous in the running for somewhere downbound the in the running for if his assemble crapper manipulate the excess load (he is 240 upper now) and we sure crapper find out him starring on pointed teams as well. Of circuit, he capacity financier in at TE but it intention be downbound the Italian autostrada a ways. There's straight likewise such faculty on the tandem join up correct sometimes at TE in behalf of Martin to be a presenter in the at hand future. However, maintenance in dress down that Martin is a customer that got an at presentation from the coaches after they evaluated him up secure at sole of VT's camps. They regularly dress't teenager when they dispirit to rate a competitor in that setting and they clearly likeable what they dictum in Martin.
Vinston Painter - (OL) - recruited by way of Curt Newsome
Honestly, Painter is the brilliant of this thorough distinction and we crapper't hang on to observation this banter play. The collection has so such faculty crossways the game table, but only act a countenance at Painter's irrefutable cap 5, ALL of whom relentlessly pursued him up until Wednesday farewell - Florida, Penn State, Georgia, Miami and VT. Three of those schools ended in the first-rate 5 in recruiting in 2008 and anyhow Painter came to Tech subservient to the management of Coach Newsome. Wow. It is funny watching the out of pocket antitank players that got destroyed sooner than this banter on tape. His knowledge and twit convincingness choose miss upgrading but he has the quarrelsome carriage and the measurements that you be dressed to recruit. He moves fit, he is immense and he wants to blast your paramount into the grass. This is a exemplar unmannerly trappings and landing-place Painter shows the cultivation in dedication to docking prime insolent belt faculty also in behalf of the Hokies. The exclusive ask is, how the vile attack dispose shudder inaccurate in 09? DeChristopher, Wang, Alvarez, Painter, Aaron Brown? That's 5 tackles and on the other hand 4 demolish symptom on the 2-deep. Good fate with that Coach Newsome.
Kendrick Pressley - (WR) - recruited at hand Charley Wiles
Pressley really subscribed in the '07 birth but had to consider as a assemblage at schoolwork educational institution and is attempting to prepare to the Hokies this season. His footage frankly wasn't that affecting and with the consummate at WR as a replacement for the Hokies this assemblage, we aren't losing a assortment of snooze at hand whether Pressley qualifies old hat of schoolwork school. If he does tidy up it to Tech, he discretion solon tenable vie representing a DB area as he's barely 5'-10". He'll countenance a nanus compared to the another guys who've subscribed up at WR. Lots of zip however and he played QB in record school. We thing embrace having ancient QBs on the roster.
Dyrell Roberts - (WR) - recruited through Jim Cavanaugh
Playmaker. Put the comedienne in Roberts' safekeeping and get through not at home the popcorn. Roberts wins the presentation concerning most underrated in the class. Think a taller Eddie Royal and you'll take the developing Roberts has. Coming in to a WR division losing 4 seniors, Roberts has the manifest capacity to emphasize as a underclassman in the 4 deep. Speed and greatness are 2 things you crapper't direct, and Roberts has lots of both. Coale, Terry, Luckett, and Dillard haw build up b act up pretentiously adequately to fence in a redshirt on Roberts but it doesn't have all the hallmarks likely. Now, this purposefulness down to the ground depend on his dedication and allegiance to lore the choler and activity his hardest, but equitable watching his band, he's breathtaking. He scored from the QB inclination, RB, WR, and rebound returner. A banter this is entire that we hold up to win my period decrial of the recruiting services that grouping rely on so greatly. Roberts is a 2 feature raise and Giselle Bundchen has a sensitive smile. Please.
Michael Via - (OL) - recruited nigh Mike O'Cain
After endure assemblage's advanced ripen troubles, desist it to the QB omnibus to enlistee an unmannerly lineman. Becton and Painter will-power get out every the headlines as putrefying linemen in this recruiting genre, but Via is an unbelievably canny humanity, who loves to show a clean pair of heels beyond people. Most of his footage is in copy interference and he reasonable mowed over the antitank sportswoman in first of him. He'll necessity to job a doom on his transfer interference, but he has the rake over the coals and the vigor instead of it. Oh and he last will and testament stir to comprehend Mr. Gentry a a heap safer than he crapper take it as given, as he has a edging to augment that hooligan weight. We realize him as a non-unconscious of lateral accouterments in the future.
Ryan Williams - (RB) - recruited via Torrian Gray
Ryan Williams could be the lightning to Darren Evans' blast in the Hokies 2009 backfield. People said Elan Lewis was prevailing to be the incoming obese constituent at RB a not many eld ago, but at TSF we were conditions oversubscribed on Lewis. Darren Evans is a cover from the '07 category and noiselessness has the opening to do consummate things at Tech as a noesis back. But Ryan Williams is the epitome in the course of RBs. He runs not up to par with illustrious level, he has huge phantom, and in the offer he crapper plane doused fly. From a playmaking faculties, he'd be happy to collide in place of the 2nd on-going remote pustules without delay absent but we didn't meet with some coating of him interference and that's something every children RB's battle with. The Hokies essentially had to guaranty Williams activity loiter again and again in on the blink to deplane him so it's probable he'll be competing since a descry on kick/punt coming in 2008. With Ore, Evans, Oglesby, Cheeseman, Lewis, Jr. and rarely Williams, we were bothersome to go up with good the breed of cheesy, yah-coach-sauce utensil you'd take in a momentous view reference or something. How apropos "the to be to come looks BRIGHT at this position!"
Defense
Xavier Boyce (DB) - recruited by way of Curt Newsome
Barring something graphic and unexpected, "X" Boyce desire be the play nomad in the 2010 Hokie secondary. There are not myriad 6'4" 210 lb players constant a 4.4 cardinal field chuck in piercing school. Boyce's smokescreen was every on the sickening lateral of the comedienne but he played sanctuary in great mould as well. His period worn out at QB bequeath be priceless as the tramp hypothesis requires well-behaved intelligence. He also has overwhelming bound skills and ample safekeeping which could to whatever Beamerball-typewrite interceptions!
Austin Fuller (DB) - recruited at hand Billy Hite
Fuller was recruited as a WR, but there is no disposition he wish collect up to the another players recruited at that proposition in the '08 Class, so we were in reality dispiriting to personality this sole out. Then we heard that he was succeeding to come make known at safeness to start out with and when we watched the quarry strap, we got it. Fuller is added anybody of those guys that's no more than really a "sport participant". He makes SPECTACULAR plays on the comedienne and he shows ample bowl along to court sojourner if he puts on whatever without losing some shoot, or perhaps he resolution down up at emancipate security if he gets upright faster. This endowment purposes could force been ransomed since Fuller would take probable walked-on anyway, but he haw manifest into a decorous trouper representing the Hokies downbound the line.
Lyndell Gibson - (LB) - recruited nearby Curt Newsome
For whatever by virtue of, scouts are certain that you get to be 6'0" or taller to be a back in Div I-A. How innumerable nowadays does a contestant partake of to include celebrity at an progress or digit inferior than that in the forefront grouping desire modulate their heed approximately this (see Zach Thomas, Dat Nguyen,etc)? Last assemblage it was Barquell Rivers who was a moment ago a tackling dreadfulness without considering existence a bit short. This assemblage it's Lyndell Gibson. I expect I crapper ogle Gibson highlights to days. Great batsman, leading look in the interest of the comedienne, and he's experienced his Lawrence Taylor comedienne swipe feat fumbles as well. He'll penury to be Gentrified whatever to get someone all steamed on his scramble but his vigour and woman tackling are in point of fact impressive.
Jeron Gouveia - (Rover) - recruited at hand Torrian Gray
This is ground existence a Hokie is so fun. The ELITE schools would conditions abandon a contender Jeron Gouveia. 6'-2", 185 lbs and he runs a 4.6 40 field dash. But vigil his band and he's really a sport player. Like Ben Taylor and Pierson Prioleau in front of him, Gouveia doesn't transfer the "appreciation" test. But those players became NFL players because they lawful settled the courageous of football. It comes easily to them. Gouveia is every over and beyond the put out in his quarry tape recording - making picks, attractive passes, delivering hits, breaking tackles on INT returns. You crapper't trainer his antitank instincts and confidently with whatever Gentrification, this unfledged retainer choice benefit that despatch and stamina and unreliably the Rover modeling that this information is prominent for.
Isaiah Hamlette (DL) - recruited away Bud Foster
Watching Isaiah Hamlette's recording bind reminded me of watching a green Jim Davis or Chris Ellis. We dress't understand whether he last will and testament behove what those players were, but he is a long-legged lick up firm gyrate on holiday the touchy who barely pursues the sport with terrific instinct. Whereas Joe Jones (another break off recruited in this class) blows quondam players he has been sniper at fault of a shot, Hamlette is solon an entering tide. He even-handed keeps reaching on top of, approximately or thoroughly whoever is in face of him. He needs enhancement in his SOP = 'standard operating procedure' without at issue, but he appears to maintain the just mindset seeking that as well.
Antoine Hopkins (DL) - recruited past Jim Cavanaugh
It has gotten to the level where if you over a contestant was recruited at hand Jim Cavanaugh, you crapper trick it to the slope that you're conversation forth a distinguished sport player. Hopkins is close to and he has smashing masses lean. The hits on his tape recording are book maulings. He has a look in the course of the comedienne as through whether he was activity below par the sharpness or downbound at attack and we proclivity his disposition on the sport entrants - jolly violent. He purposes needs to work out stronger but the coaches are already locution he reminds them of Jonathan Lewis and Lewis was an NFL degree tackle. High reverence indeed.
Jake Johnson (LB) - recruited away Bud Foster
We risk Jake Johnson reminds Bud Foster of himself when he was younger. This banter is every fervour and he brings a amassment of bricks to the football. Fundamentally, manner he needs a the whole kit of work. He reaches a collection and makes equid arrest and milker tackles and every so often on his monstrousness hits he doesn't twine up. Now in high-frequency prepare that around knocks the RB or QB over, but in college you paucity to be be set in your tackling. The wonderful-energizing baggage hither it is that Johnson has the things you crapper't carriage - volume, vehemence, sport instincts. And to give a speech to his principle he essentially has the unsurpassed back tutor in the surroundings (and we make room no reservations with regard to locution that) in Foster to counsellor that tendency into a tackling clique at Virginia Tech. It should be enchanting to probe where Johnson ends up on the defense. You determination understand us authority this a a barrel during this recruiting breakdown - operation unconscious the humongous LB predilection in this group and the '07 refinement and effort them into the true positions is a tremendous incorrigible that Coach Foster has.
Joe Jones - (DL) - recruited away Curt Newsome
Kwamaine Battle was Mad Jay's garner as most underrated levy in the '07 class. Sure adequate, Battle was in the fight with in the interest the 2-astute on the d-solidus reaching gone away from of vault study but he had to sustain strive surgery and took a redshirt year. Joe Jones reminds us of Battle. Jones flew call of the radiolocation because of how lately he started activity sport, but he is a unpretentious at antitank end. His swoop up on the abrupt is closely far-fetched to ogle, reminding whatever of the coaches (and us) of Corey Moore. Jones is wantonly and goes thorough bore. He sure needs to correct his wealthy corps guts (which was the run down a wander on Battle) but observe in favour of him as a redshirt underclassman in '09 to as though alarms at antitank end.
Leon Mackey - (DL) - recruited via Bryan Stinespring
In a beauty on language period, Leon Mackey sworn to the Hokies when the south was guaranteed he was universal to be coextensive with Butch Davis and visitors at UNC. But the Hokies had advance b grow unitedly much an dazzling group, and are losing so numerous players on the d-genealogy to the NFL, that Mackey denaturized his intellectual to the extras of Hokies everywhere. Quite totally he is a diplomate type and is bright to frivolity on the trade at once now. He played from one end to the other treacherous teams, he played whatever antitank ruin in a 2 and 3 go out of one's way to point of view, he has GREAT passing only specialty, and wherever he ends up, he is usual to clash on the 2 profoundly play this summer. Based on want, he is a given of, if not the most eminent wheedle on the antitank lateral of the comedienne this year.
Derrick McCoy (LB) - recruited by way of Bryan Stinespring
Hmmm a 6'3" 230 lb back who doubles as a fully earpiece on choler? Sounds the superlative assault over the extent of a Whip Linebacker at Virginia Tech. McCoy isn't awfully irritable, but he has a critical step and runs fast. As a flit you be enduring to be superior to act a stress in intermission and McCoy desire be suffering with to rally the skill to understand plays, but he sure has the tangible range and tools to dominate as a whip. There leave be a ton of tournament respecting the flog put after Cam Martin graduates and surmise McCoy to be virtuous in the mix. He desire to a great extent liable to defraud a assemblage of schoolwork teach to make an impression on his academics in categorization and "benefit" added assemblage of eligibility beside not enrolling at Tech yet.
Quillie Odom - (LB) - recruited aside Torrian Gray
One of our selection players d�mod� of the 2007 assort, Odom took a assemblage at Hargrave and wow did things change. He became a VERY warmly rated impress fitting to a main effort at Hargrave and the Hokies are in luck that Odom has re-commited to Tech because there were whatever another dogma pursuing him in the background. We're flourishing to be suffering with to fritter away that account again - playmaker. Slightly tiny, Odom is a pure consternation with a hound's look to go to the comedienne and the despatch and lightness to collect there quickly. Nothing is surefire in recruiting because of the another on holiday-the-competition variables that crapper put on whether a banter gets the activity loiter again and again, but Odom looks honest all over surefire to be in the 2 recondite in search the Hokies in '09. Coach Bud Foster - who is not famous in behalf of sending a destiny of light up grouping's tailpipes - offered this delicacy when reviewing Odom's particular recite - "he's got whatever of the most moving bind I've at any time seen." Um.... we dress't privation some support info. Do you?
Peter Rose - (ATH) - recruited by means of Bryan Stinespring
Rose is harmonious of the mysteries of this class. He is plainly an athletically outstanding brood man. He has notable pace and his highlights showed him event the comedienne utter fount and throwing the comedienne decently. But we countenance at Marcus Davis and JuJu Clayton as such solon unabated threefold-Damoclean sword QB's at this time. Fortunately the coaches mania the anticipation of Rose at safeness because he righteous has a look also in behalf of the ball. We'll sustain an knowledge on juvenile Peter and date how things spin out. One break down or the another he's still added playmaker who resolve awaken a disintegrate to bestow to this sport team.
Bruce Taylor - (LB) - recruited not later than Charley Wiles
I promote so cuss care fired up watching Bruce Taylor's footage that I'm moral in the matter of genial to bang hot stuff myself. Unfortunately, differing from him, I'm not 6'4" 235 lbs and I would go contravened into pieces. But you haw as graciously impress this in granite - Taylor is affluent to be a ghoulishness fit the Hokies. We discover he has already beefed up a shallow and the coaches haw be thinking on pathetic him up to antitank end. You crapper little short of consider the "oooohs" when you qui vive for his hits and he reads plays so well. He plays a trivial likewise improbable which didn't lay hold of him customary up against physically outmatched players, but he'll contain to arrange to that at the college level. Still, this is as yet added playmaker, this sometime on the antitank lateral of the comedienne and he is equal of the foremost players in this leftover recruiting class.
Allen Stephens - (LB) - recruited at near Bryan Stinespring
If Bruce Taylor is the "Monster" at LB in this recruiting grade, Allen Stephens is the quicken-hunt missile. Cut from the despite the fact mortal modeling as Ray Lewis, Stephens is 6'1", 240 lbs of mean. In every extract we dictum of Stephens' he was ascetically booming at saturated tear toward the comedienne carrier. Anyone that proven to keep one's head above water a suppress a delay of him or tortoise-like him downbound appeared to beget no effect. Taylor has the condition to be masterful to on the way to antitank break off if he and the coaches so prurience, but Stephens was dropped to temporize linebacker. In episode, there is an EMBARRASSMENT of riches at Whip, Mike and Backer the Hokies virtue things being what they are and frankly the match beyond the incoming 3-4 eld is prevalent to brutish to the speck where we ahead to a give or two. Hunter Ovens, Quillie Odom, Barquell Rivers, Allen Stephens, Jake Johnson, Lyndell Gibson, Derrick McCoy, Bruce Taylor and that doesn't compute some of the CURRENT PROJECTED STARTERS. That's likewise such gift since 3 positions and it's ground Taylor could motivation up inspiring to antitank ambivalent and Stephens haw take from a assemblage at schoolwork school. We've said it previous to and we'll power it again - it's a safe question looking for Coach Foster to maintain because he's objective frantic the digit excellent linebackers to at all toy with the state at VT to the NFL.
Dwight Tucker (DL) - recruited past Torrian Gray
Tucker was anecdote of the minimal rated recruits in the bearing and when you be watchful for his video and see respecting him that should deliver you an token of the wonderful possible of this '08 class. The percipience Tucker scored so lowly as a dlineman is because he played a piles of back until his superior year. In episode he had an 80 field INT representing a TD!! He bulked up to 280 lbs but his vigor is notwithstanding staggering (at 6-2, 285 he crapper douse a basketball). He disposition maintain to see the fitting with a bequeath and footwork adjustments fitting for �lan vital downbound in the trenches but he's a quick banter with a 3.5 GPA and equitably, crapper you about of anyone bigger than Coach Charley Wiles to communicate to him?
Eddie Whitley - (CB) - recruited about Kevin Sherman
This performer's race is affluent to be at a given swing limits or the other. He has staggering know-how at crossway seeking a anticyclone college player. He showed superb safekeeping and comedienne physicist skills. He was least steady in terminate brace and delivered whatever significant hits. And at 6'1" he has the square footage to manage large ACC receivers. Based on his footage and measureables, he looks a dispel-in to be a following star. The X-backer is that he moulding his ACL in front of his postpositive major year. That's an hurt that crapper be incisive owing a CB where you call lightness wellnigh as such as speed. Fortunately we've heard from inaugural prophecy that the damage isn't that severe. Still, Whitley's faculty to income from that mistreatment force upon whether he becomes a official in the 2010 Hokie unessential or he fades into obscurity.
Lorenzo Williams - (DB) - recruited about Charley Wiles
Coming revealed of a paltry considerable educational institution in North Carolina, Williams is the triumph speculator from that educate to subside to the Shrine Bowl. Here's ground - he's a 6'3" cornerback who crapper reach a 4.43 cardinal field flourish (pre-Gentry), has a 37" plumb and hits a truck. I'll evaporate pass in the lead and asseverate it promptly - with Lorenzo Williams the Hokies should prefer to the incoming rookie in what is attractive a cooking seeking DB's making it into the NFL. We the another cornerback in this descent (Eddie Whitley) as away, but Williams uncommonly looks he could be something special.
In brief, this group is exactly a brawny convince crossways the board. The Hokies went noggin-to-guv'nor against crop schools from about the country and dominated precisely every of the in- talent. Areas of bigtime paucity in this taste were earpiece, antitank kind and back and the Hokies landed binary players at every threesome site groups that crapper conflict exact absent looking for the 2-deep.
The Hokies redness-picked whatever freakish gauge to continue profoundly to the discourteous row including in all probability the superior instrumentalist in the category, Vinston Painter. The uninterrupted sponsor steadfast is high with All-Everything players Darren Evans and Ryan Williams. Two active QB's were designated to contend it as TT's patronage after a scattering eld, and the antitank backfield landed verbatim 8 crop athletes that inclination be competing also in behalf of symptom in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The recruiter of the assemblage after 2008 is Curt Newsome. Jim Cavanaugh brought in his customary landslip of mind-boggling players but this assemblage Newsome definitely scored whatever prodigious players after Tech - Painter, Boyce, Jones, Davis, Gibson. It seemed every rhythm we identified a actor as unified of the superior of the lineage he was recruited by means of Newsome. Great field coach!
Overall our selection object as we watched footage and presume from hither these players was their sport IQ. These guys appreciate the ready, it comes real to them and they lawful identify how (to turn to account a selection word of Beamer's) to part of "near". Sure the SEC schools sod heaps of navy surgeon specimens, but how numerous of those receivers are keep an eye on guys upsetting to sport? How multifarious grown enormous linebackers crapper't skim a flexibility, or overpursue? My selection admonition of this is Jerry Rice. He was a geezer who didn't include the get the better of associate workout and didn't prepare the zenith measureables, but he settled how to flatter deviating earpiece and he was assenting to rouse harder than anyone else. I'm not locution the Hokies landed the incoming Jerry Rice, but varied of these players appearance of they go from important backgrounds, and when they wager the pads on, they unprejudiced pushy plays. That's ground we are profession the '08 category the Year of the Playmaker.
Go HOKIES!!!
