The Virginia Tech Friday Q&A: In-State Focus and Scholarship Numbers

By: Chris Coleman | Lead Analyst and Columnist
Tae Daley
Tae Daley was Virginia Tech’s best safety in 2021, but he’s gone. (Ivan Morozov)

This week’s Virginia Tech Q&A focuses on scholarship numbers, in-state recruiting focus, and defensive back PFF grades.

1) Sorry if I missed this, but any chance you could share PFF grades for the secondary last year? Similar to what was provided for the DL, LBs a few weeks back vs the ACC. – NTMike2222

Chris Coleman: Sure. Let’s start with the ACC safeties, and we’ll use a minimum of 200 defensive snaps as our baseline. There are 50 such players, and Virginia Tech’s safeties…well, they didn’t exactly distinguish themselves.

Tae Daley: 69.4, No. 16 out of 50
Nasir Peoples: 48.1, No. 48 out of 50
Keonta Jenkins: 47.2, No. 49 out of 50

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