Salem High School (Virginia Beach, VA) quarterback Bucky Hodges started four games on the varsity level his freshman season.  He showed well, throwing for about 200 yards in his first start and leading the Sun Devils to two straight wins to end the year.  Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer had seen enough, and he decided to offer the promising freshman in the spring of 2010.

As you might imagine, Beamer and company were plenty pleased with Hodges’ decision to commit to the Hokies last Saturday.

“They were real happy,” the 6’6″, 220-pound junior said, referring to Frank Beamer and Curt Newsome.  “They were hugging me and telling me how happy they are.”

Last weekend was a big one for Virginia Tech, but also for Salem High School.  In addition to Hodges, Sun Devils rising senior linebacker Andrew Motu’apuaka also pledged to Tech.  Both Hodges and Motu’apuaka arrived in Blacksburg last Friday night, and at the time both were leaning heavily towards committing to the Hokies.  They decided to sleep on it, and obviously neither had a change of heart come Saturday morning.

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