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It didn’t take long for Kwamaine Battle to commit to Virginia Tech. The 6-1, 260-pound defensive line recruit, fresh off a good performance at Tech’s senior camp, committed to head coach Frank Beamer before heading home from the event. The Southern Nash (Bailey, N.C.) standout is excited to be a Hokie.

”Coach Beamer asked if this was the place I wanted to go to, and I said ‘yes’,” said Battle, who made the trip to Tech with his mother and father.

Battle knew several months prior to the camp that he may end up committing. He and Charley Wiles – who is not only his primary recruiter, but who will be his position coach at Tech – hit it off from the start.

“When coach Wiles called during that first time when he could call me, he was talking that they wanted to offer me but they wanted to see my footwork and everything,” Battle said. “After I go up and show them what I can do I might get an offer. I thought that was the place I wanted to go to after talking to him.

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