A look at the tailback depth chart for Virginia Tech reveals eight names.
That’s a lot of running backs, but the truth is that not every one of them is an
every-down type of running back, and not every one of them can fill Branden
Ore’s role. Figuring out the depth chart and every tailback’s role is the
challenge the Tech coaching staff has this spring. We’ve got some thoughts and
information on that, plus our take on the whip and rover positions.

The Beamerball.com depth chart released on March 23rd shows four levels of
tailbacks at VT:

• First string: Branden Ore
• Second string: Kenny Lewis, Jr. and George Bell
• Third string: Dustin Pickle and Josh Oglesby
• Fourth string: Devin Radford, Elan Lewis, and Jahre Cheeseman

We hear that depth chart is going to change, and we’ll get to that in a
second. As it is currently written, there’s an inclination to think,
“Branden Ore will start and be spelled by Kenny Lewis, Jr. or George Bell
in Tech’s two-back offense. Pickle is a walk-on who won’t see much playing time,
and Oglesby is a true freshman who will redshirt. Radford, Lewis, and Cheeseman
are not factors in the picture and are buried on the depth chart for now.”

Not exactly. It’s more like this:

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