The Virginia Tech 2022 Class In The Half-Star System

Xayvion Bradshaw
Xayvion Bradshaw (left) is one of the top recruits of the Virginia Tech 2022 recruiting class. (@MeadowsBrody)

Barring any late signings, the Virginia Tech 2022 recruiting class is complete with the addition of three prospects on Wednesday. Daequan Wright, Xavier Chaplin and Devin Alves all signed letters of intent for the Hokies, bringing Tech’s total of 2022 signees to 24.

If you recall, I decided before the 2021 football season began that I was going to change our ratings system to a half-star system that would be tiered like this…

5-star
4.5-star
4-star
3.5-star…

And so on. The reasons for doing so was that I believe there are too many 4-star recruits, and probably too many 3-star recruits as well. For the 2022 recruiting class, the No. 35 player in the country by 247Sports is rated as a 4-star prospect, and so is the No. 381 prospect in the country.

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