In our final part of our roster management series this week, we’ll cover the Virginia Tech defense. We previously talked about the scholarship situation as a whole, and we went over the Hokie offense on Wednesday.

I don’t foresee quite as much transfer portal activity on the defensive side of the ball as far as incoming talent. Virginia Tech lost some key guys and there will certainly be some portal activity, but I don’t think we’ll see as many guys targeted on defense as opposed to offense.

Defensive End (11)

Virginia Tech has a lot of defensive ends either eligible to return or enrolling for next season…

Pheldarius Payne: 1 year of eligibility
Eli Adams: 1 year of eligibility
Mattheus Carroll: 3 years of eligibility
C.J. McCray: 3 years of eligibility
Lakeem Rudolph: 3 years of eligibility
Jorden McDonald: 3 years of eligibility
Keyshawn Burgos: 3 years of eligibility
Cole Nelson: 2 years of eligibility
Kyree Moyston: 4 years of eligibility
Jason Abbey: True freshman
Ishmael Findlayter: True freshman

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