Dre Bly had a great football career. He played in the NFL from 1999 through 2010, intercepting 43 passes and winning a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams. Before that he was a Consensus All-American at North Carolina in 1997 and 1998. His 11 interceptions led the country when he was a r-freshman. Bly was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Before all that he was a Western Branch Bruin, where he played under Lew Johnston. Johnston, who had a large number of players who went on to attend Virginia Tech, also had a couple of high-profile players who did not. Bly was one of them. He ranked #2 in the state of Virginia on The Roanoke Times’ Top 25 list for 1995.

The Hokies missed out on every single player in the Top 10 that year, including the following standouts…

Bly: UNC, 12 year NFL career
Erron Kinney: Florida, 7 year NFL career
Casey Crawford: UVA, 3 year NFL career
Darnell Alford: BC, 4 year NFL career
Eric Barton: Maryland, 12 year NFL career

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