Will visit in July, and while it's not a done deal by any stretch, committing at that time would be the most likely outcome:

New Virginia Tech football offer: Tyree Saunders

Had VT among his finalists:

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2020 DE Antwaun Powell-Ryland has "big news" coming at 3:30. As I've said recently, I would expect it to be a commitment (and the Hokies are in strong shape there).

2020 RB Blake Corum will announce his commitment tomorrow. Virginia Tech is no longer in the serious running.

A Virginia Tech fan site is reporting today that Blackshear is finished with visits, cancelling a previously planned trip to Texas A-M. A decision is expected as early as tomorrow (Sunday) with his choice expected to be between a transfer to Tennessee or a return to Virginia Tech!

Can VT keep Henry Coleman in-state in the 2020 class?

Bossi's Best: Ten prospects that programs need to keep in-state

but Ga. WR to Michigan State:

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He's close friends with Hokies target Simeon Barrow (who also has Michigan State among his favorites).

Anyone know how he is as a recruiter and where he has been? Can’t be a bad thing!

at 6 ft, 210 lbs and a 4.4 forty, we'll give you the ball a few times.

Forget to post this one yesterday afternoon:

New Virginia Tech football offer: Nick Booker-Brown

This is a good Texas offer - a guy with Power-5 ability but not many Power-5 offers. VT still won't even land every guy in this category (Addison Penn, another lineman, picked Boston College, for example), but it's a much more realistic way to break the ice in Texas.

He brought a guard and a big with him and has recruited a big and other postions since he got here. Hope Blackshear stays in town.

From an area VT is really working hard to get involved with (and not so far from, say, Jacksonville, where those efforts have paid off):

New Virginia Tech football offer: TJ Quinn

Given that they're several classes apart, Blackshear's decision may not seem like it has an impact on Lok Wur, but I've been told that he's likely to be considered surplus to need in the event that Blackshear returns. If Blackshear finishes his eligibility elsewhere (or goes pro) - which is still the more likely outcome, but the Hokies' chances to retain him edge higher and higher the longer he goes without actually announcing a departure - an offer for Wur will be re-evaluated in short order.

Hokies an option for late-qualifying 2019 forward

For a linebacker from Connecticut:

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I initially thought it was a scholarship offer (and in talking to him, it might have been left a little vague), but sources indicated to me it's an opportunity to join the team, not a scholarship.

Hokies trending in a big way here:

https://virginiatech.rivals.com/news/hokies-trending-as-rudolph-nears-decision

Expected, yes. Exciting still? Very much so

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More to come.

Virginia Tech hosted Norcom (Va.) Portsmouth 2020 defensive end Antwaun Powell-Ryland over the weekend, and things went very well. The 6-3, 230-pounder isn't ready to make a college commitment yet, but there's a chance the time comes reasonably soon.

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North Carolina and Oklahoma are in the rearview mirror as far as official visits go, and he's wrapping up a trip to Florida tomorrow before heading almost immediately to Michigan for the final pair of his five trips. Getting all five officials completed before the summer Dead Period is not a coincidence, and while he doesn't have a decision timeline set in stone, the assumption that he'd like to get it over with is a safe one.

The Hokies were among the first bigtime programs to join his offer sheet, and he's been to Blacksburg more than any other campus among his finalists. Virginia Tech solidified its position over the weekend, but it's also fair to say this isn't a done deal.

Michigan has long been the other prime contender, so his weekend trip to Ann Arbor could help sort through the final stages of the process in a big way. North Carolina and Oklahoma are far from eliminated, but that neither rocketed to the top of the list after their respective chances to host him is a good sign for the presumed favorites (as well as Florida, which still has the opportunity over the next couple days to really burst down that door - with VT thinking that's more likely than Michigan wrapping him up).

As things stand now, there's plenty of reason to expect the Hokies still win out, barring a change sparked by the final official visits. The matter of when he'll be ready to make the call between his finalists could be revealed shortly after he sees all of them.