Two Saturdays, two defensive tackle recruits. Virginia Tech’s football program has secured commitment no. 4 in the class of 2015, receiving a pledge today from Lawrence Central (Indianapolis, IN) defensive tackle Eric Whitehead.

Whitehead’s commitment comes exactly one week after Tech landed a verbal from Phoebus (Hampton, VA) defensive tackle Harry Lewis. H.D. Woodson (Washington, D.C.) cornerback DuWayne Johnson and Northern Guilford (Greensboro, N.C.) cornerback Mook Reynolds have also committed to the Hokies in this class.

“I committed this morning,” Whitehead said. “I called Coach Moorehead (VT’s main recruiter for the Indianapolis area) and asked him how I should go about it. It’s Coach Wiles’ birthday tomorrow, so he told me to wait an hour until Coach Wiles was home and call him. I waited and called him and told him.”

The 6’1″, 300-pound defensive tackle recruit chose Tech over offers from Bowling Green, Miami of Ohio and Western Michigan. He visited Virginia Tech earlier this spring, and it was then that Frank Beamer extended a scholarship offer. Tech was the first school to offer Whitehead a scholarship.

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