Will try to keep the running list updated, just like last offseason.

"Soon"
2024 DE Anthony Reddick
2024 DE Steven Soles

Jan. 6
Transfer CB Derrick Canteen
Transfer WR Jaylin Lane
Transfer CB Shon Stephens

Jan. 20-23
2024 OL Kesean Anderson
2024 S Brody Barnhardt
2024 QB Davi Belfort (20-22)
2024 WR/DB LJ Booker
2024 CB Asaad Brown
2024 Ath Chris Cole
2024 DE Kendal Howard
2024 WR Keenan Jackson
2024 LB/Ath Bodie Kahoun
2024 RB/Ath Peyton Lewis
2024 S Zahir Rainer
2024 DB Eric Smith
2024 WR Alex Taylor (possible)
2024 OL DJ Toliver
2024 WR/Ath Chanz Wiggins
2025 LB Brett Clatterbaugh (21)
2026 WR Calerbe Hermane (20-22)

Jan. 26
2024 OL Jordan Seaton
2025 OL Jayvon McFadden

Jan. 28
2024 OL Eagan Boyer
2024 TE Cameron Clark
2024 WR/Ath Joshua Clarke
2024 Ath Daniel Coles
2024 WR George Lovelace
2024 OL Jake Wheelock
2024 LB Gabriel Williams
2025 RB/Ath Jeffrey Overton
2025 RB Koven Smith
2025 DE Caleb Williams

Feb. (Dead Period - no visits)

March 1
2024 WR Keylen Adams
2024 LB Bodie Kahoun

March 11
2024 LB Gabe Williams

March 16
2024 S Tyler Butts-Baker
2024 WR Peter Gonzalez
2024 DB Elden Holmes
2024 WR/Ath Trey Horne
2024 DE Marcellus Nash
2024 LB James Nesta
2024 OL Jake Wheelock
2025 CB Deuce Edwards
2025 Ath/CB Major Preston
2025 WR Cameron Sparks
2026 QB Landon Melton
2026 QB Saeed Williams

March 17
2024 CB Israel Bradford
2024 LB Kash Mallory
2026 WR Devin Carter

March 18
2024 OL Mason Ball
2024 WR/Ath LJ Booker
2024 WR Kemori Dixon
2024 WR Dominic Dorwart
2024 Ath Keelan Flowe
2024 DT Kristyane Gregory
2024 DT Emmett Laws
2024 DE Obinna Onwuka
2024 DL Jaylan Pannell
2024 DT Micah Pennix
2024 WR Jahmari Powell-Wonson
2024 CB Quentin Reddish
2024 DB Deuce Walker
2024 LB Langston White
2024 RB Jor'dyn Whitelaw
2025 WR Vernon Allen
2025 QB Bryce Baker
2025 RB Ziere Brooks
2025 WR Arrion Concepcion
2025 RB Cole Floyd
2025 WR Jeremiah Harrison
2025 LB Devin Reeves
2025 WR Kadan Smith
2026 CB Ka'Mari Coppedge

March 20
2024 DB/Ath Kemori Dixon
2024 RB Peyton Lewis
2024 S Zahir Rainer
2024 Ath Eric Smith
2025 S Faheem Delane

March 23
2024 Ath Chris Cole
2024 DB/Ath Kameron Courtney
2024 DE Deric Dandy
2024 Ath JJ Etheridge
2024 RB Tyler Mason
2024 QB Keshawn Mister
2024 OL Mike Williams
2025 S Jerron Blackwell
2025 QB Jahmeir Spain
2025 CB Jaimier Scott

March 25
2024 QB Tim Carpenter
2024 S Landen Clark
2024 QB Devin Hackstall
2024 S Kelvin Hunter
2024 S Amir Mateo
2024 CB Corey Myrick
2024 K Lucan Osada
2024 LB Noah Shaw
2024 DE CJ Smith
2024 S Myles Turpin
2024 WR Jyron Waiters
2025 Ath Benjamin Chandler
2025 DE Cortez Harris
2025 QB Brock Jenkins
2026 LB Maurice Barnes
2026 Ath Aaryn Tate
2026 RB Darren Williams

March 30
2024 Eli Brown
2024 Ath Landen Clark
2024 CB Lloyd Irvin
2024 LB Gabe Williams
2025 S Xavier Dillard
2025 WR Al Honesty

March 31
2024 LB Brandon Binkowski
2024 Ol Evan Bushong
2024 DT Terez Davis
2024 DE Gerard Johnson
2024 S Kenyez Mungro
2024 TE Willie Rodriguez
2024 WR Alex Taylor
2025 CB Kyron Grayson
2025 DE Brayden Tyus
2025 Ath Jordan Young
2026 QB Josiah Oxendine
2026 QB Bo Polston
VMI Grad transfer K Jerry Rice

April 4
2024 TE/LS Kade Caton
2024 OL Noah Patterson
2024 DE Aaziah Scott
2024 WR Yannick Smith
2025 WR Tramayne Bullock
2025 QB Jaden Cummings
2025 WR Kamari Maxwell
2025 OL Roy Peterson
2025 LB Braylon Sturgill
2026 OL Bear McWhorter
2026 QB Brodie McWhorter

April 5
2024 CB Cornell Allen
2025 TE Ryan Ghea

April 6
2024 K Max Lipinsky
2024 DB Daniel Ogordi
2024 CB Dexter Travers
2025 DE Samuel Cohen
2025 QB EJ Colson
2025 Ath Michael Dabney
2025 WR/DB Dillon Newton-Short
2025 WR Bryce Yates
2026 CB Dorian Barney
2026 RB Markel Dabney
2026 DE James Morrow

April 7
2024 WR Javarius Green
2024 CB Daniel Ogordi
2025 Ath Corey Costner
2027 WR Myles McAfee

April 8
West Liberty CB transfer Shon Stephens
2024 WR Jimmar Boston
2024 DE DeNigel Cooper
2024 DE Chase Kibble
2024 OL Matthew Montgomery
2024 DE Steven Soles
2024 OL Mason Wade
2024 Ath Da'Mare Williams
2025 CB Axavier Bridges-Brooks
2025 RB Xay Davis
2025 DT Bryce Jenkins
2025 WR Giyahni Kontosis
2025 Ath Jaylen Mosley
2025 Ath Jayce Stillwell
2026 DE Aaron Atkins
2026 CB Jaylen McGill
2026 RB D'Antae Sheffey

April 10
2024 CB Kelvin Hunter
2025 DT Jack Reece

April 11
2024 LB Braylon Baker
2024 K Michael Buck
2024 Ath Jason Cross
2024 WR Keenan Jackson
2024 Ath Peyton Seelman
2025 OL Landon Greene
2025 OL Mario Nash
2026 WR Diddy Robinson
2026 Ath Benjamin Street

April 12
2024 LB Chris Cole
2024 LB Keyshawn Flowers
2024 K Connor McLaughlin
2025 OL Jack Sheehan

April 14-16
2024 CB commit Joshua Clarke
2024 DE Aaris Bethea
2024 LB Solomon Farrell
2024 DE Xavier Gilliam
2024 OL Robby Martin
2024 TE Max Randolph
2025 DE Jailyn Anthony
2025 QB Brady Carmical
2025 S Chanston Crosby
2025 LB Michael Gaul
2025 QB Cole Geer
2025 Ath Sadat Grant
2025 DE Charles House
2025 S Remington Moss
2025 S Colin Capistrant
2026 WR Jaylen Pile
2026 S Tristan Washington
2026 RB Darren Williams
2024 QB Alex Erby (16)
2024 DE Andrew Erby (16)

May 30
2024 LB Chris Cole
2024 OL Jayden Todd

Summer (date not set)
2024 DE Dominic Nichols (official visit)
2024 Ath Elijah Groves (official visit)

June 2
2024 WR Keenan Jackson (official visit)
2024 WR Chanz Wiggins (official visit)
2024 OL Moritz Schmoranzer (official visit)
2024 S Quentin Reddish (official visit)

June 2 (camp)
2024 Ath Kenyez Mungro
2024 Ath Javion Randall
2024 DE Dhamir Wesley
2024 LB Abraham Sey
2025 OL Carter Stallard
2025 RB Corey Holland
2025 WWR Emryck Beauciquot
2025 CB Kevyn Humes
2025 Ath Jachai Hughes
2025 DT Terry Burns
2025 DT Jonah Fuga
2025 OL Justyce Robinson
2026 WR Jaden Jones

June 4 (camp)
2025 QB Jaden Cummings
2025 WR Hayden Crowder
2026 RB Darren Williams
2026 WR Keon Maestas

June 5
2024 TE Willie Rodriguez (official visit)

June 6
2024 OL Isaac Cannizzaro
2026 DT Dewey Heard

June 8
2024 DT Micah Pennix
2025 WR Kyron Grayson
2025 DE Jackson Heims

June 9
2024 DT COMMIT Emmett Laws (official visit)
2024 CB/Ath Marcellus Barnes (official visit)
2024 OL Andrew Hanchuk (official visit)
2024 OL Aidan Lynch (official visit)
2024 LB Jaden Smith (official visit)
2024 WR Alex Taylor (official visit)
2024 DE Amontrae Bradford (official visit)
2024 LB Gabriel Williams (official visit)
2025 DE Elijah Griffin

June 11
2024 CB Shamar McIntosh
2024 CB Javion Randall
2025 DE Jayden Clark
2025 RB Jamal Rule
2025 WR Al Honesty
2025 LB Jackson Thorne
2026 QB Gavin Sidwar

June 15
2025 OL Tyler Barrett

June 17 (camp)
2025 DE Donovan Rondeau
2025 S Jamel Floyd
2025 Ath Joshua Johnson
2025 CB Julian Green
2026 DT JaySean Richardson
2027 WR Jackson Wrobel

June 20
2024 QB Khristian Martin (official visit)
2025 LB Julian Mendez

June 22 (camp)
2025 CB Josiah Crawford
2026 QB Noah Grubbs
2027 RB Maverick Ashby

June 23
2024 QB COMMIT Davi Belfort
2024 RB COMMIT Tyler Mason
2024 CB COMMIT Joshua Clarke
2024 WR Mekhai White (official visit)
2024 WR Keylen Adams (official visit)
2024 OL Keyonte Arrington (official visit)
2024 DT Eric Mensah (official visit)
2024 DT D'Nas White (official visit)
2024 DE Makai Byerson (official visit)
2024 DE Steven Soles (official visit)
2024 DE Devon Baxter (official visit)
2024 DE Gerard Johnson (official visit)
2024 CB Noah Jenkins (official visit)

June 25 (camp)
2025 QB Brady Carmical
2025 RB Amir Hairston
2025 WR Ben Hubbard
2027 WR TayJon Palmer

July 29
2025 WR Jeffrey Overton

Will update as more players confirm.

Light content day today (though I'll have a little bit more later). Hope everyone gets the chance to enjoy a day off with family!

Within a couple weeks, this could be a top-30 class, and of course if the Hokies close on other top targets, it only gets better from there.

Assuming things don't go sideways with the Hokies' upcoming decision schedule (and I don't expect they do), a couple key pieces of the class should be in the boat soon:

July 6: Chanz Wiggins
July 13: Keylen Adams

(I think Troy Stevenson picks Georgia Tech July 9, and Alex Taylor won't be an option come July 29 because the Hokies will have moved along with a couple other top-flight wideouts in the fold, and one more that they're waiting on - about which more in a moment).

So what happens from there?

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Mekhai White doesn't have a decision date set in stone yet, but is expecting to make his choice before his season begins in late August. Even if the Hokies win out for Wiggins and Adams, I think there's room for him. It's an interesting case, since colleges (including the likes of Georgia) have seemed to have him highest on the board, but the rankings and perhaps even the Hokies' staff ranks him behind the other pair of in-state guys. If they do both pick Virginia Tech, I would bet he firms up a commitment date in short order: either he wants to secure his spot in the class, or the filling-out of the Hokies' wide receiver group pushes him toward Maryland, the other program near the top of his list.

He's always been high on Virginia Tech, and while he sometimes is the sort of nice kid who tells people what he thinks they want to hear (he's let staffs from multiple colleges believe that he was ready to pick them in the past, for example), the Hokies have been at or near the top even as other programs were rumored to be No. 1. How that survives through a changing numbers situation in Blacksburg as the staff fills out its wide receiver room is unknowable - even White probably doesn't quite know how he would/will react to a class with two WRs in it.

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Like White, Cole is a kid who wants to make a summer decision, but hasn't settled on a date yet. Over the four open weekends in June, he took official visits to Penn State, VT, Georgia, and Miami, in that order. The Hokies and Bulldogs have long been considered the favorites, and it seems like Cole sort of favors the Bulldogs. The issue for UGa - if you can even call it that - is a class that may not have a ton of room. Georgia already has four-star Damarcus Riddick in the fold, and it's been no secret that the top player in Virginia, Kristopher Jones, is trending in the Dawgs' way, as well. With 22 pledges already on board, and Jones potentially making No. 23... is there scholarship space (both overall and at the LB position) for even a guy who's a top-150 player nationally? Possibly not (must be nice to be a Bulldogs fan, to be honest).

Should Georgia run out of space, it makes Virginia Tech the obvious choice, right? That would follow logically, though I would certainly expect Cole to step back and take an overview of his recruitment, and possibly take another official visit somewhere in the final weekend of July when the window briefly reopens. But given that he has wanted to be committed by the time his season begins, it would be a positive for the Orange and Maroon - maybe more like a silver lining for missing him - if Jones takes that spot in Athens. In the end, Cole likely extends recruitment into Fall.

And what's the deal on offensive line? With three commitments already on-board - depending on how you classify Andrew Hanchuk - the staff wants at least one more.

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Peach State three-star Web Davidson seems the top option at this stage. While there are other players on the board (Keyonte Arrington and Isaac Cannizzaro visited during June, for example), Davidson's trip to Blacksburg in mid-June seemed to be mutually beneficial in terms of building his bond with VT and vice versa. He's not clear of the field to the extent that he'd have right of first refusal before any offensive lineman commits, but there's still something to be said for turning away Moritz Schmoranzer (poor Mo: turned away by VT twice in the span of four months) because there are options out there the staff likes more. With the three guys already in the fold, this is a position group the staff can be selective with.

I'll skim past DT, since I haven't gotten a feel for where Eric Mensah stands after his official visit.

Will the Hokies take another defensive back, even with four in the fold (and some of them positionally versatile, but as it stands, three corners and one safety)? In the grand scheme, I don't know if they will. But I do think there's a specific kid they'd take: Minnesota commit Zahir Rainer.

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Rainer picked the Gophers over VT and others in early June, and while it wasn't an upset by the time the commitment happened (Minny had trended for a little while), early in the class he had felt like one of the most obvious shoo-ins for the Hokies in the 2024 cycle. That doesn't mean all is lost when you don't land him - and heck, it doesn't even mean he comes completely off the board. I've talked regularly about how important Trinity Episcopal is to the Hokies' longer-term plans in the state, and WRs coach Fontel Mines's relationship with TES assistant coach (and recruiting coordinator) Wali Rainer is a big piece of that. Landing Rainer's son would go a long way toward firming up those connections!

Rainer's younger brother Khalid, a 2027 CB/Ath, camped at Virginia Tech for the final session in June, and the family was in tow. Our Minnesota site reached out to me to ask if the Hokies had any sort of feel for the elder Rainer (an indication that the Minnesota coaching staff is at least a little worried), and while the Hokies aren't going to push right now, knowing that they have connections to work if they do want to make Zahir a priority before the end of the cycle is a positive. I would keep an eye on him for now, even if the recruitment is not going to be toward the front-burner at any point soon.

…however I do not see a real path to landing Ryan Howerton at this stage:

6:30 rather than 1 for the three-star DE:

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CBs coach looking for one more commit in the defensive backfield

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Nothing has changed with any of my three predictions for today (nor the key one for tomorrow).

Carry on.

As y'all know, one of my favorite recruits in the class:

Tomorrow, three players will announce college commitments, with Virginia Tech among the finalists (and another, offensive lineman Kahlil House, technically has VT in the running, but will pick from programs that he took officials to in June, and that doesn't include a stop in Blacksburg). There's a crucial one the following day too - that might have an impact on one of tomorrow's. Will the Orange and Maroon win out with each of them? My predictions are in...

Highland Springs (Va.) cornerback Noah Jenkins (4 p.m.)

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Jenkins's recruitment has also been a bit of a weird one, not because of tons of twists and turns or a rising and fading star in terms of who wanted him... but rather because the endpoint has seemed obvious for a little while, and he's moved around his commitment date with seemingly nothing changing in his process. He had planned a commitment in March, and that would have been a pledge to Virginia Tech. He then set a date for July 4, only took an official to VT, and bumped his timeline up to tomorrow while he was still on campus for that visit. In the end, nothing has changed in my view, and I won't be taking my futurecast off the Hokies, to say the least.

From a playstyle perspective, he's a slightly bigger, perhaps a little smoother version of current commit Joshua Clarke. Because of his size, he could project more readily to safety, but because of the ability to fluidly change directions with that size, it still makes sense to give him a shot at corner. He's even versatile enough that growing into a hybrid player isn't out of the question as his body develops. His senior year will be extremely intriguing to monitor in terms of how he's going to fill out both from a physical and skillset perspective.

Midlothian (Va.) Manchester defensive end Makai Byerson (4 p.m.)

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Byerson's recruitment has been fairly straightforward: Virginia Tech has been on top for most of it, and the plurality of his campus visits have been to Blacksburg, including the final one this past weekend. However, it has also seemed throughout like the Hokies weren't in a hurry to see him commit, and in the process, his dad's alma mater (Brad Byerson played hoops at West Virginia) became more serious about recruiting him, and he also took official visits to Rutgers and Kentucky. If the Hokies didn't feel so good about Johnson at this stage (both from an attainability perspective and in terms of talent), I think they'd still be pushing to land Byerson. As it stands, I think they've made the choice to let him go elsewhere for numbers reasons.

Byerson is a more-developed version of Johnson, but also one with a bit less of a high ceiling (unless he can get heavy enough to hold up on the interior). He's a nice player, and frankly one that the previous coaching staff may have worked to have committed right now, rather than letting it play out the way it has. He's OK with edge explosiveness, but it would be more notable from the interior. Two similar players, one not quite as explosive? That's not slight to Byerson, but rather an endorsement of Johnson, imo. And a fair conclusion.

Roanoke (Va.) North Cross School offensive lineman Moritz Schmoranzer (6:30 p.m.)

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This is perhaps the toughest pick of the bunch but not for a similar reason that any of the others would be. Simply put, Schmoranzer's favorite has long been Virginia Tech, and the question in his mind has been whether the feeling is reciprocated from the Hokies. He'd planned to make a commitment between VT and Wake Forest in May, but pushed back when he didn't feel that his choice (the Hokies) would take a pledge from him. He expanded the list to include Miami, Pitt, and West Virginia - eliminating Wake Forest in the process - and took officials to each of his finalists. It seems like the two that he wanted most in May are no longer the strongest options, but the Hokies have filled out the OL room a bit and can perhaps aim for a more finished product (Schmoranzer was a wide receiver as a sophomore(!)) with any remaining spots. If they change their mind about that later, there may be a chance to make another late run at the native of Germany, even if I project that they don't the first time through. It's also totally up in the air for potential changes if the staff gives him warm-fuzzy feelings in the next 24 hours.

As for the player... the recent conversion from WR tells the story: he's a good athlete with a long, lean frame (this seems to be fairly typical of Deutschlanders who try to head to the US to finish their college ball) but one who has a lot to learn about the nuances of offensive line play, and a lot of filling-out to do. That's not to say he can't do it, but his connections to Virginia Tech (not only location, but also the fact that 2023 signee Hannes Hammer is also a German who played at North Cross School - that's a solid mentor for a kid's college career in another country, should Schmoranzer end up a Hokie) could mean that the staff has the chance to make a run if and only if they see the correct developmental milestones.

Virginia Beach Cox defensive lineman Gerard Johnson (1 p.m. - Saturday)

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Johnson's recruitment was sort of a weird one. He was relatively quiet for months, though he did manage to make a number of stops at UVa and one at Virginia Tech before announcing those were his final two... in advance of his official visit to Blacksburg over the weekend. The Hoos have long been considered the top option here, but rumblings around the Merryman Center (and importantly - among the commits in VT's 2024 class) are that the Hokies did enough to make up the ground over the weekend. I've placed my FutureCast in favor of the Orange and Maroon.

Johnson is a big-bodied defensive end who likely grows into a strongside anchor at the next level. He's got solid pass-rushing skills but doesn't have the immediate burst to be a pure terror around the edge. If he can become a fully-rounded version of that, he's a great complement to Deric Dandy, who is of the "basically a linebacker" body type at the high school level. There are sites that have him as the top player in the state, and I'm extremely skeptical of that (to the point of almost calling it credibility-destroying), but he may be underrated as a 5.6 three-star.

Jackson has set the time for his announcement today: 3 p.m.

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The three-star WR out of the Charlotte area has a group of six finalists, but really only UNC, NC State, and Virginia Tech are seriously in the mix. App State, Duke, and Maryland are the others, and didn't draw official visits from him. At this stage, I lean toward his staying home. That's not because of a lack of love for VT: despite being a little farther from home and of course out-of-state, he saw VT as much as he saw either of those programs (heck, as much as he saw both of them combined in the past two years).

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I think it's simply a matter of seeing where he fits into the pecking order and going to the program that he - perhaps accurately - views as wanting him more badly. He's a nice prospect, but the two-in-the-bush status of more-highly ranked guys who can make a statement about VT's intent and ability to land guys from the Commonwealth just means that the Hokies didn't need to push him unless Jackson wanted to wait it out a bit.

HOWEVER - and here's the more interesting insider bit - I'm told that the coaching staff is still expecting good news today. Maybe it's simply a surprise decision to push for Jackson at the last second, but the nature of the communication leads me to believe that's not it. The info has been passed along a little cryptically, so I'm not positive of precisely who will be bringing the good news to the Hokies - though if you've been following along, you certainly have a couple good ideas in mind. Think guys who are top targets and took June officials and are not sticking to established timelines.

More to come later today, of course.

Sorry I was out the beginning of this week. Had an uncle unexpectedly pass away and traveled for his funeral. I'll drop a bunch of the social media-style updates in here tonight (I kept up with them even though I wasn't able to post), and regular front-page updates will be back in the AM.

From @Adam Gorney:

Virginia Tech will get a look from Delane

I expect that if this season shows any amount of significant improvement from last year (here's the cynic in me coming out: it'd be pretty hard not to!), the brotherly connection will keep the Hokies in the hunt for a while.

2026 Ath from Charlotte:

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The latest look from @ConnorMardian10:

Summer overview: Wide receivers

A preview of some of the major decisions to come over the next month-ish.

Loaded month of announcements crucial for Hokies' 24 class

Crucial visit weekend. I'll have social media updates and intel in this thread all week and into the weekend:

VT Visitors: June 20-25, 2023

I'm told that guys are mostly going to stick to their established announcement timelines, but... good weekend for the Hokies, to say the least.

Summer league UDFA deal:

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