From @Chad Simmons:

Mondon's offer list has exploded this spring

Just a couple 2019 signees left for these. Hoping to wrap them up ASAP (without making them the only thing I publish day after day) to move along to the 2020 commits.

From the film room: Josh Fuga

One of a few middle-tier DEs with whom they're in very good shape in this cycle

Hokies sitting firm in the top five for Quentin Williams

Still a long way to go in this one and it's imperative to get him on a visit, but if that happens, it could be the first step toward actually establishing a foothold there:

Hokies make the top 10 for Alabama prospect

As with many of the others, I'm skeptical here:

New Virginia Tech football offer: Ga'Quincy McKinstry

Kids from the Birmingham area do tend to be a little more willing to leave the state... but Bama also seems to have as much sway over them as any other kid in the state (it's the "if not Bama, then somewhere else in the SEC" guarantee that they don't tend to have). We shall see.

Including a look at where the roster currently stands, and the remaining 2019 targets (recruits and transfer candidates):

Class impact: Jalen Cone to VT

Staff stayin' busy

New Virginia Tech football offer: Jalen Cheek

What a difference a couple weeks can make, eh?

Evans Seven: Grading the spring recruiting of new hoops coaches

McDonald's Nuggets: High on the Hokies and more

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A DB/WR from Bishop Sullivan Catholic. Here's his film:

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As I said when CJ Scott committed, picking up preferred walk-ons from some of these power programs is always helpful, even if they don't contribute on the field. You want the top prospects at those schools to see familiar faces and opportunity in Blacksburg to provide a boost when the time comes for them.

So I called Comcast today to see if they planned to offer the new ACC Network TV channel. The agent I spoke too seemed clueless about it and could not find anything about it in their future programming plans. I don't know if the guy I spoke too was just an idiot or if in fact Comcast has not signed on to carry the new channel when it launches in August. I had seen elsewhere where Verizon Fios plans to offer it along with Direct TV, Hulu, and a host of other providers. I did not see Comcast listed, which prompted my call to them today. Do any of you who have Comcast Cable know anything as to whether or not it will be available??

Hokies have reached out, though in all honesty a chance at him revolves around whether he's willing to go to a team that might play Clemson this year (and if he's not confident the Hokies can get to an ACC championship Game and the opportunity to play the Tigers, it might not be high-profile enough of a program anyway):

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A little surprising; I'd thought VT would be near-impossible to beat in this one.

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(That's in reference to Georgia coming in to land five-star DC St. John's linebacker Mekhail Sherman last night). For a long time, it was tough for national programs - particularly SEC schools, which don't typically have the same academic draw for kids from good academic/athletic high schools - to penetrate the DMV. Ohio State and Alabama started to chip away at it, and now there's basically open season for anyone.

Hokies have to re-establish themselves as a team that everybody has to beat if they want a prospect from the DMV. They don't have to be the program, even, just a major contender for top talent (and Sherman is just the latest in a long line of top-ranked kids who committed to out-of-region programs without even having VT on a shortlist).

Didn't take long to replace Tyler Warren at QB. More to come:

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Not a surprise, but that doesn't mean it's anything other than enormous news for Mike Young and the Hokies:

Jalen Cone is a Hokie

Would be pretty surprised if this one amounts to much:

New Virginia Tech football offer: Rodney Groce