Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) standout tight end Andrew Lanier received an offer from Virginia Tech “about midway through June.” The 6-5, 230-pound prospect had never visited Virginia Tech before, but, a few [...] READ MORE
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Scouting Report: Basketball Recruit J.T. Thompson
Click here to view the profile for J.T. ThompsonJ.T. Thompson, who committed last week for the 2008 class of basketball recruits, is a player in the midst of a major overhaul of his game. One year ago, [...] READ MORE
2006 ACC Football Season Preview: Georgia Tech
GeorgiaTech Yellow Jackets13 Returning Starters (8 Offense, 5 Defense)Key Players: QB Reggie Ball, WR Calvin Johnson, TB Tashard Choice, DT JoeAnoai, LB KaMichael Hall, CB Kenny ScottOverall ViewGeorgia [...] READ MORE
Football Notes: Position Changes Abound for Hokies
Not even a week into preseason camp, the Virginia Tech coaching staff isalready moving players around. After displaying impressive athletic ability infreshman testing, Kam Chancellor has been moved from [...] READ MORE
Jackson Sets First Official Visit
Varina DE/LB prospect Jamar Jackson saw his stock rise throughout the May evaluation period and into the summer. The 6-4, 220-pound received scholarship offers from schools including Boston College, [...] READ MORE
Tribbey to Visit Tech
Varina defensive tackle recruit Bud Tribbey had a fantastic visit to Syracuse this past weekend. In fact, he was close to making a verbal commitment to the Orange. Luckily for Tech, the 6-1, 285-pound [...] READ MORE
2006 Virginia Tech Football Season Preview: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends
It's been well publicized that Virginia Tech is going to be inexperiencedat quarterback this year. Sean Glennon is the likely starter, and he has thrownall of 11 passes during live action in college games. [...] READ MORE
Chris Drager’s Road to Committing to VT
Chris Drager began rooting for Virginia Tech during the Michael Vick era and continued through the Kevin Jones (a former high school star in Pennsylvania) era. He bought Virginia Tech apparel. He was [...] READ MORE
2006 Recruiting Analysis: Scouting Report — Offensive Recruits
With Virginia Tech's amazing recruiting run in July, fans that followrecruiting closely are astounded at the Hokies' recent success, particularlyon the offensive side of the ball. Last year recruiting [...] READ MORE
New Disciplinary Policies a Step in the Right Direction
Themost-discussed news over the weekend in Virginia Tech football wasn't RolandMinor's injuries from a car accident or Sean Glennon's increasing grip on thestarting quarterback job. It was a set of disciplinary [...] READ MORE
Tribbey Nearing Decision
Varina (VA) defensive tackle Bud Tribbey, fresh off an unofficial visit to Syracuse this past weekend, hopes to make a decision very soon. "It'll probably be before this weekend," Tribbey said. The [...] READ MORE
Hope Christian SF Second to Commit for ’08
Last week, Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg landed his second commitment for the 2008 recruiting class when J.T. Thompson pledged to the Tech program. TSL caught up with Thompson today [...] READ MORE
2006 ACC Football Season Preview: Duke
DukeBlue Devils9 Returning Starters (2 Offense, 7 Defense)Key Players: QB Marcus Jones, WR Ronnie Drummer, RB Justin Boyle, DE EliNichols, CB John Talley, LB Michael TauliiliOverall View: This year will [...] READ MORE
Practice Report: Glennon Stepping Up
TSL caught up with a couple of our insiders who observed parts of football practice over the weekend and got their thoughts on how the quarterbacks are looking so far. Which player is leading the way [...] READ MORE
2006 ACC Football Season Preview: Wake Forest
WakeForest17 Returning Starters (8 Offense, 9 Defense)Key Players: QB Ben Mauk, RB Micah Andrews, WR Nate Morton, RT SteveVallos, DE Matt Robinson, LB Jon Abbate, CB Alphonso Smith, FS Josh GattisOverall [...] READ MORE
Football Practice Opens Today; Hokies Ranked 16th by Coaches
After months of anticipation, Virginia Tech will begin preseason footballpractice this afternoon. The Hokies have a lot of question marks going into theseason, and they will begin to be answered today [...] READ MORE
TSL Video: VT TE/OT Commit Greg Nosal
TSL has added video clips of 6-7, 255-pound Kellam standout Greg Nosal to his TSL Pass recruiting card. While he played tight end and defensive end for Kellam last season, he is being recruited by Virginia [...] READ MORE
2006 Virginia Tech Football Season Preview: Defensive Backs
The Hokies lost Jimmy Williams and Justin Hamilton to the NFL, but thesecondary returns enough talent to give Athlon Magazine a reason to rankVirginia Tech's secondary as the best in the ACC. That's very [...] READ MORE
Tyrod Taylor’s Elite 11 Experience
Virginia Tech’s 5-star quarterback commitment Tyrod Taylor participated in last week’s Elite 11 quarterback camp. Though the 6-1, 200-pound Hampton signal caller suffered a slight injury to his right [...] READ MORE
2006 ACC Football Season Preview: NC State
NCState Wolfpack12 Returning Starters (6 Offense, 6 Defense)Key Players: QB Marcus Stone, RB Andre Brown, WR John Dunlap, C LeroyHarris, DE Willie Young, DT DeMario Pressley, DT Tank Tyler, LB LeRue Rumph, [...] READ MORE
Ellison a Receiving Threat at Tight End
Virginia Tech was looking to add a receiving threat at the tight end position in this year’s class, and Rhett Ellison seems to have been one of the staff’s top targets for the job. And after catching [...] READ MORE
Star Athlete Hill Reflects on Recent Visits
5-11, 175-pound Highland Springs (VA) star CB/WR Cris Hill made three unofficial visits recently, with these trips hopefully being a help in narrowing down his list of schools – he claims around 15 official [...] READ MORE
Star Athlete Hill Reflects on Visits
5-11, 175-pound Highland Springs (VA) star CB/WR Cris Hill made three unofficial visits recently, with these trips hopefully being a help in narrowing down his list of schools -- he claims around 15 official [...] READ MORE
Barquell Rivers Selects Virginia Tech
Anson County (N.C.) standout linebacker Barquell Rivers followed through and made a verbal commitment late this afternoon, just as Anson head coach Jody Grooms predicted to TSL earlier today. The decision? [...] READ MORE
2006 Virginia Tech Football Season Preview: Linebackers
The Virginia Tech linebacking corps has garnered high praise from nearlyevery media outlet in the country heading into the 2006 season. Xavier Adibi andVince Hall return, and both are expected to have [...] READ MORE