Aycen Stevens
Linebacker, Class of 2023
Decatur Central, Indianapolis, IN
6-4, 220
Virginia Tech picked up a commitment from Indianapolis (IN) linebacker Aycen Stevens on Wednesday afternoon. He is the 11th commitment of the 2023 recruiting class and the second linebacker to verbal to the Hokies in as many days, joining Tavorian Copeland of Appomattox County (VA).
Stevens chose the Hokies over two other finalists – Iowa State and Purdue. He also held scholarship offers from Nebraska, Duke, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Indiana, Tennessee and West Virginia. He is ranked by 247 as the No. 10 prospect in the state of Indiana. On3 also ranks him No. 10 in the state, while Rivals has him at No. 7.
Stevens is listed anywhere between 6-4, 210 (247), 6-4, 200 (On3) and 6-5, 230 (Rivals). For the sake of argument, we’re going to list him at 6-4, 220 on TSL. He is a linebacker with a big frame who TSL currently projects to play the Mike position, though he could also play on the short side of the field at Will.
Here’s the full list of 2023 commits for Virginia Tech football:
QB: 1 – Dylan Wittke
WR: 1 – Marcell Baylor
OL: 4 – Layth Ghannam, Hannes Hammer, Gabriel Arena, Lance Williams
EDGE: 1 – Jason Abbey
LB: 2 – Tavorian Copeland, Aycen Stevens
ATH: 2 – Dante Lovett, Takye Heath
Many other announcements will be made in the coming days…
LB Caleb Woodson: Thursday, June 30, 6pm
DB Braylon Johnson: Friday, July 1, Noon
LB Kamren Robinson: Friday, July 1
DB Antonio Cotman Jr.: Saturday, July 2
ATH Tralon Mitchell: Saturday, July 2
ATH Thomas Williams: Monday, July 4
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This kid looks terrific! Welcome home!
He reminds me of Ted “Mad Stork” Hendrix.
Good LB recruiting and hopefully a few more the next few days. This kid looks like a baller!
Welcome, & according to Rivals, he’s now our highest rated recruit.
Who knows how he will turn out, but if you get a recruit to pick you over Iowa State and Cincinnati that says something……that’s a very good sign!
Hi, my name is Brent Pry and I was the LB coach at PedU. Nuff said against equal competition. We’ll see if he can pull in some of these higher recruits in the next few days.
Would be interesting to know what field of study they want to pursue.
Runs well, takes good angles, and can HIT. Looks like a winner!
Sounds like a good prospect but he’s probably 6’2 195
Really like his “to the ball” acceleration, especially moving into the backfield for a loss. Hope to look back on this day 2-3 years from now and say “Yeah, we got a good one that day”.
Welcome to Hokie Heaven Mr. Stevens!
Good start keep them coming
Is he from Darren Evans’s high school?
No Evans was from Warren Central, I believe.
Gotta like the frame. Is it me or are we in a big need for some DL and so far haven’t addressed those needs yet?