Virginia Tech “Just Felt Like Home” To LB Tavante Beckett

Tavante Beckett considered scholarship offers from out-of-state programs including Big 10 power Wisconsin, but in the end the opportunity to play for the in-state Hokies of Virginia Tech was too good to pass up.

“It just felt like home,” the Indian River (Chesapeake, VA) rising senior linebacker said of Virginia Tech. “I felt comfortable. I felt at home and felt I can trust Virginia Tech with the next four years of my life.”

How does it feel to have made his college choice?

“I got a text when I committed saying there are a million teens who want to be in my shoes,” Beckett answered. “I’m grateful now, but I’m not going to settle. I’m ready to prove people wrong. I want to prove those people who say I’m too small or too slow wrong and show them what I can do.”

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