Athletic CB Getting FBS Looks

Woodberry Forest (VA) cornerback J.T. Hornyak isn’t afraid of a challenge.

“I’ll man up any guy out there,” he said. “I try to shut them down.”

Hornyak, a junior, has the tools to back up the confidence. At 6-0, 180-pounds, he is athletic (34-inch vertical leap) and fast (hand-timed 4.4-second 40 and 10.9-second 100 meters in track). He performed well as a junior and now hopes his performance translates into FBS scholarship offers.

“J.T. has been outstanding at corner for us,” Woodberry Forest (VA) head coach Clinton Alexander wrote in an e-mail. “We put him in man coverage against the opposing team’s fastest and most productive receiver each week. He gave up one pass in the first three games. J.T. is very fast, explosive and physical. He loves playing on the edge and enjoys the battle each week. He takes pride in shutting down the opponent’s best receiver and has tremendous confidence. I am confident that with our strength program and winter and spring track we will get J.T. in the 4.3 times next fall.”

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