Virginia Tech finished with a very good 2006 recruiting class, highlighted by the talent accumulated on the defensive side of the ball. Heading into this class, the most pressing needs were offensive line and linebacker – Tech certainly landed some quality players at those positions, although adding one more at each would have solidified this class and probably vaulted Tech into a top 25 class in the country.

Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer’s summary of the class on Hokiesports.com: “I think we got some great signees from the state of Virginia,” Beamer said. “I think this is a talented class and a very good character class. I really like the makeup of a lot of the guys in this class. We’re disappointed, as always, in some of the guys we didn’t get, but I’m very excited about the ones we did get. They have good athletic ability, good work habits. We’ll look back in a couple years and determine if this was a good class or not, but I would bet we’ll look back and a lot of these guys will be tremendous contributors to the success of Virginia Tech.”

So Tech’s class, rated #31 nationally by Scout.com and #32 overall by Rivals.com, was a good one. It certainly could have been better considering Tech was in good shape with a lot of 4 and 5-star prospects, but it was still a very good class nevertheless.

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