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Outstanding 6-2, 225-pound Mount Tabor High School (Winston-Salem, NC) linebacker recruit Derek Nicholson made an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech last weekend for the West Virginia game. It was Nicholson’s second unofficial visit to Tech this year, and it appears to have been a good one.

“It was good,” Nicholson said of the visit. “I had a chance to talk to the players and the coaches. I got to see the atmosphere, the pre-game and the post-game. It was very loud. The atmosphere was great. It’s not an 80,000-person stadium or anything, but the noise is real compact. It was real loud. They seemed like they have good fans. Everybody loved the Hokies.

“It was everything I expected and more.”

The visit also gave Nicholson an opportunity to interact with the coaches and players a little more before he narrows his list to 5 schools. His impressions of the Tech coaches and players seem to be pretty good.

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