Bigman Keve Aluma:

Keve Aluma is a Hokie

A near five-star prospect (who could easily get there by this time next year):

New Virginia Tech basketball offer: Quincy Allen

needs a new handle!

Hope you’re doing okay, man.

A swing for the fences in a way, but makes more sense than the time spent in some other states:

https://virginiatech.rivals.com/news/new-virginia-tech-football-offer-jake-wray

Hokies had jumped into the mix in March, but weren't really a serious contender at any point. I wouldn't sweat this one (though I'm sharing since it's still relevant).

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There was a time when he looked reasonably likely to be among the first commits in the class (and the Hokies were first to offer him):

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The staff sort of moved along after landing the receiver commits they already have, so it's unlikely they'd have put in the effort to land him. Still, would it be a better look for them to have used some of the effort they've wasted in Alabama and Mississippi to at least make the top eight for a kid from a pipeline area (and at a very talented school), for perception's sake? I definitely think so.

The stream of offers in Texas hasn't slowed down, and somewhat surprisingly after the departure of Tyrone Nix they're still hanging around the Deep South a bit. We'll see if the strategy shifts to something a little more likely to pay off.

I wasn't around tyo post them on the message board when they went up:

New Virginia Tech football offer: Chidozie Nwankwo

New Virginia Tech football offer: Horace Lockett

Plenty of new names (and old names no longer there):

Virginia Tech Hokies 2020 recruiting hotboard: Defense

Extremely likely this kid ends up in the class:

New Virginia Tech basketball offer: Samari Curtis

I recently caught up with 2021 South Carolina wide receiver Joshua Burrell to recap a few of the visits he took over the past month, including Virginia Tech. The Hokies were one of his first offers and I would put them as the very early favorite.

You can read the story and watch his sophomore film here.

From @RivalsWoody: Offered Tennessee QB plans to camp at Virginia Tech

just opened up his recruitment after the coaching change at UC, looks like he immediately posted about a VT offer. Friend of a friend of a friend (I know not credible), said this has been coming for weeks.

Miles Stute:

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Here are 10 prospects in my states (Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi) whose stock is up after I have re-evaluated them this spring. All will see some type of positive bumps when the 2020 rankings are updated. Some may add stars, some may move up with the rivals ratings, but all 10 of these guys are up the move up.

link: STOCK UP

What a travesty! Maximum Security gets spooked by 150,000 screaming fans, drifts over two lanes, jockey brings him back, wins the Derby. The 2nd place horse was not impeded but in typical fashion nowadays, he was the beneficiary of a judgement call and declared the winner.

He may say he won the Kentucky Derby, but everyone knows better. He got beat, fair and square.

Remember when Virginia Tech lost an elite dual-threat quarterback from home turf to Florida early in the last recruiting cycle? It may actually be easy to forget, because Richmond Henrico three-star Jalon Jones picked Florida so early in the process that we mentally moved along. Well, after one semester in Gainesville, it seems he's one moving along.

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Jones attended St. Frances Academy as a junior before heading back to Henrico in his senior year - a move back home - and another move back home may make sense for him.

Virginia Tech's quarterback depth chart got a boost when Hendon Hooker decided against transferring (while the Hokies added Knox Kadum in the 2019 class), but it's still a little sparse. A player looking to get back to the Commonwealth, a school that needs help at his position (in terms of depth and top-end talent)... it should be a match made in heaven.

The situation is very fresh - his entry into the transfer portal just leaked this afternoon - but you can bet on the Hokies pushing to get consideration from the 6-3, 200-pounder. Certainly they (and I personally agree) evaluate him as at least a four-star talent, and a quarterback whisperer like the Justin Fuente/Brad Cornelsen combo has been in the past may be the perfect fit.

I've reached out to Jones himself for comment, and we shall see what the response is (if any - I typically don't expect kids already in college to get back to me, and consider it a bonus if they do).

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