He says he'll will be announcing his commitment on the 4th of July!

In June he'll be visiting Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Miami, Auburn, VT and Georgia.

Folks, that ain't bad company.

Guys, the latest Rivals100 is out and some VT targets made big jumps up the list.
Full story: http://rvls.co/1JeyeZ6

Here are the notables:

DT Dexter Lawrence, No. 1
OL Landon Dickerson, No. 48
WR Ahmir Mitchell, No. 51
OL Richard Merritt, No. 74

would rather be elsewhere .......if grades issues --- vt /acc not like the SEC (Such Easy Classes)

A few months back ---I saw an article online indicating that less than 1/3 of SEC football & bball athletes every earn a diploma

We go into Pittsburg and lay an egg against probably the worst team in ACC. Loss might hurt chances of making ACC tournament.

Jackcrow, I love your posts and updates. We all know UNC has been cheating and it has been ongoing with this and that for years. I made another thread to make it very clear from the title that this is no longer "more of the same" with another story or incident that we all think will lead to nothing. My post or reposting is to point out "with the title thread" that readers of this board know clearly........without having to read the subject matter that the NCAA has pretty much found them in violation, and now.........we are just waiting for the punishment. The investigation is done. It's over. The NCAA obviously found them "guilty" (not a court of law, but you get the picture) and now, it is just waiting on the punishment for their wrongdoing.

In between semesters in usually a convenient time for attrition to occur. This most recent break was no different Quarterback Andrew Ford and tight end Dakota Jackson have left the program, a source confirmed.

Ford was entering his redshirt freshman season in the fall and had fallen behind Michael Brewer, Brenden Motley, and Chris Durkin on the depth chart. Freshman Dwayne Lawson is also expected to compete once he enrolls.

Jackson is a Roanoke native who was entering his redshirt junior season. He played in five games last season.

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Guys, I just spoke with Lee CC (TX) assistant coach Marcus King. He's the coach who's really been helping forward Tyrone Outlaw through his recruitment. And he's also the main source from when many falsely reported that Outlaw committed to Virginia Tech May 12.

King said that Outlaw is "still in the final process." But King did say that Outlaw will likely make his choice next week with where he'll play his college ball. Again, King and the staff don't really want any finals list or anything, so they've continued to say that Outlaw is open. VT, Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Baylor are among those in contention.

The biggest hold up has been that Outlaw was in a May 'mini-course' or three-week class at Lee CC. King said that Outlaw finished with an A and that they all wanted him to get the class done before moving on.

"There's some precautions that that people had, but everything is clear now," King said. "Now he’s in position to go wherever he chooses to go. The academic component is now in place.

"In junior college, our practice here is to make sure we have everything where it needs to be. The worst thing is to be a class short. Coaches appreciate how we do things. Now he can make an educated decision."

So still not a done deal yet, but we'll know for certain next week. So yet another reason why this one was badly misreported. He still is a lean to the Hokies, but has not been a done deal by any means.

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Continuing our breakdowns of the recruiting area for the Hokies. I'll be breaking down where VT stands in the states it recruits, plus DC and the northeast, since the Hokies are only up there sporadically.

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Most Recent Offers:
OL Jordan McNair, McDonogh (Md.), three stars (2017) -- Searels

Top targets:
OL Terrance Davis, Dematha (Md.), No. 6 OG, No. 4 in MD -- Searels
WR Trevon Diggs, Avalon School (Md.), four stars, No. 23 WR, No. 6 in MD -- Burden
WR Tino Ellis, Dematha (Md.), four stars, No. 35 WR, No. 5 in MD -- Burden
LB Keith Simms, Landon School (Md.), four stars, No. 22 OLB, No. 9 in MD -- Burden
DT Ellison Jordan, Gilman (Md.), four stars, No. 23 DT, No. 11 in MD -- Wiles/Burden
LB Cameron Brown, Bullis (Md.), four stars, No. 24 OLB, No. 12 in MD -- Burden
OL Stephen Spanellis, Gilman (Md.), three stars, No. 36 OT, No. 14 in MD -- Searels
RB Anthony McFarland, Dematha (Md.), four stars, Rivals100 to watch for 2017 -- Burden
LB Nathan Proctor, Lackey (Md.), three stars (2017) -- Burden

Recent Rivals Stories On VT MD Targets:
McNair from HokieHaven.com, May 31: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1770341
Davis from InsideTheGators.com, May 27: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1769660
Diggs from TerrapinSportsReport.com, May 16: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1766743
Simms from TerrapinSportsReport.com, May 28: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1769926
Brown from Rivals.com/HokieHaven.com, May 29: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1770276
Jordan from TerrapinSportsReport.com, May 19: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1767413

Overview:
Maryland always has been and will continue to be vital recruiting ground for Virginia Tech. And the following there is exemplified by the huge turnout for the Military Bowl in Annapolis. Despite losing a commitment, Kareem Felder, to Ohio State, the Hokies continue to do well here, with a very under the radar commitment in Myles Wolfolk. He showed solidly, but not spectacularly in April at the Richmond stop of the Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour.

The target most point to in the state is Ellis, whom Virginia Tech offered in the spring of his freshman year. Ellis played with Cam Phillips and is cousins with senior DB Donovan Riley. He's been visiting Blacksburg since he was in middle school. And while the Hokies will be in it until the end, the team that will be very, very tough to beat out is Maryland, which was first to offer. Ellis is also very tight with Rivals100 QB Dwayne Haskins, who committed to the Terps last month. There's time, but the odds have been shifting more and more for Ellis towards Maryland, with West Virginia close by, too. He chose to visit the Mountaineers for their spring game over the Hokies.

The best chance for a top-level recruit in Maryland is with Jordan. He's been Virginia Tech's top defensive tackle prospect for months now and has been very high on the Hokies. Jordan even spent his birthday weekend to visit for their spring game in April. Jordan had rave reviews after that visit and said the four sticking out a bit to him are VT, Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State. He needs to visit Blacksburg this summer for the Hokies to maintain their status, but odds are looking favorable for VT right now.

The other target to really watch is Brown, who had planned on transferring to Paint Branch (Md.), but will instead stay at Bullis (Md.). Brown visited Blacksburg for the Hokies' first scrimmage in early April and has kept them in a good spot since. He has a top 10 of Arizona State, Duke, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, USC, VT and Wisconsin. The Irish, Nittany Lions and Panthers are the three the Hokies will be battling most with. A top five is coming in July.

Keep an eye on Simms and Davis. It looked like for a while like Simms didn't have much, if any interest in the Hokies. But he has said recently that he plans on visiting for one of Virginia Tech's camps in a few weeks, which could swing the momentum. Until then, it's hard to know exactly how he feels about the Hokies, but that visit will be a good indicator. With Davis, he tweeted that Virginia Tech is in his top 10, though the Hokies have only quietly been mentioned with him. They still need him to visit to have a realistic shot.

Odds fort Spanellis and Diggs are very slim, but Virginia Tech has gotten in very early with Proctor and McFarland. Both have visited multiple times, for games and junior days. Proctor also has some pro-VT support around him, but it's still very early on both.

Rivals national team analysis:
"Maryland is a big-time state for Virginia Tech. They've gotten a lot of guys out of the state over the years. Tino Ellis is the headliner, but I don't know that they'll have a great shot at getting him. Some of these other guys, Keith Simms, Cameron Brown, Ellison Jordan for sure. They have a good Gilman connection and there a lot of guys over the next couple of years who will be some big-time guys.

They've got Myles Wolfolk out of Wise and Torrian Gray does a great job of finding DBs. Myles could be one of those guys who can develop into one of those that they're known for over there. Virginia Tech has a good presence in Maryland and players are really looking for a Virginia Tech offer. That's a school that guys seem validated once they get a Virginia Tech offer because of the history there.

There's nothing significant at Dematha now for them other than Tino and Tino and Anthony do their own thing when it comes to recruiting. The guys there, Terrance Davis, Shane Simmons, DJ Turner and Lorenzo Harrison. Tino and Anthony also do track together and it seems like they're more inclined to do their own thing. But other 2017 guys like Proctor, who's a good prospect and might be underrated as a three-star, he's a guy Virginia Tech should really focus in on. They should work as hard as they can to get into McDonogh and they have a big-time presence in the state, which they've leveraged."

-- Rivals.com mid-Atlantic analyst Adam Friedman

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The latest edition of the rankings was just released. Here's the story of the risers & sliders: http://rvls.co/1JncNn1

Full rankings: https://rivals.yahoo.com/virginiatech/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3513/0

And notable VT targets:

DE Ron Johnson, No. 109
WR Trevon Diggs, No. 120
OL Terrance Davis, No. 122
WR Dredrick Snelson, No. 123
OL Jauan Williams, No. 125
Safety Damar Hamlin, No. 126
WR Diondre Overton, No. 132
DE Karamo Dioubate, No. 144
LB Jaquan Yulee, No. 153
LB Devin Bush, No. 156
WR Tino Ellis, No. 163
DE Nick Coe, No. 168
OL Josh Ball, No. 185
WR Brad Hawkins, No. 206
Safety Marlon Character, No. 214
RB Jordon Brown, No. 230
WR Grant Holloway, No. 236
Safety Patrice Rene, No. 237
LB Aaron Hansford, No. 249

Anybody know what happened to Bird and HR6? Miss their posts.

Just wondering if you guys only keep up on rival camps? Cuz my son is doing a 3 day camp at university of Tulsa but it's not rivals

He shows biased against VA Tech. Listen to his interviews with recruits that VT has offered. He'll state that a player has been offered by VT, allows a short response from recruit about VT; but quickly states something like, "Let's talk about some big offers you received" and mentions other schools as big time offers. I have not ever heard him calling a VT offer as a big time offer to a recruit. Why do we put up with this bias against VT??

Any truth to some potential admission and grade issue rumors I have been hearing?

correctly, schools -like VT - who've always tried to keep fees low- to help students/ their families out...... evidently by other board articles....... a probable devitating ahtletic program killer under new NCAA rules......
as to do with funding the cost of an athletic students tuition.......and money those student athletes will receive to cover their tuitiion, books, meals, etc fees........I.E. STUDENT ATHLETES WILL BE PAID.....BASED UPON CURRENT RATES..... THOSE SCHOOLS WITH HIGHEST COST OF ATTENDANCE --THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES WILL GET MUCH HIGHER COMPENSATION THAN OTHER SCHOOLS.......IT NCAA WILL NOT
ALLOW SCHOOLS TO CHANGE THEIR RATES........SO IF HOOS OFFERIING COST OF ATTENDANCE FIGURES LIKE a$5000 A YEAR....... WHILE TECH OFFERING MAYBE HALF THAT.......GUESS WHICH SCHOOL THE ATHLETE GONNA GO TO......
ACCORDING TO STORY......VT AMONG THE LOWEST...... IF VT OFFERS ON 2000 & HOOS OFFER 5OOO......... GUESS WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO GO. ...... OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD VT ATHLETES WOULD HAVE GOTTEN $8000 IN FEES TO COVER EXPENSES WHERE UVA ATHLETES
WOULD GET $20,000 -----I.E. VT ATHLETES GET 12,000 LESS THAN UVA STUDENTS

IF THIS IS INDEED ALREADY SET IN STONE BY NCAA ----WE'RE DOOMED......TALK ABOUT AN UNEVEN FIELD....... MIGHT AS WELL SHUT DOWN VT ATHLETICS...... OR BETTER YET --JOIN A
COALITION OF HAVE NOT SCHOOLS TO SUE THE NCAA

Released today, DT Dexter Lawrence is now the top-ranked player for 2016. As I've said before, VT has a very slim shot here, but Charley Wiles visited him multiple times this spring and has stayed in touch. Lawrence is a home body, though, and it will be surprising to see him somewhere other than UNC or NC State.

Story on Lawrence: http://rvls.co/1Jewdw3

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Continuing our breakdowns of the recruiting area for the Hokies. I'll be breaking down where VT stands in the states it recruits, plus DC and the northeast, since the Hokies are only up there sporadically.

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Most Recent Offers:
RB Abdul Adams, Woodson (DC), three stars, No. 8 in DC -- Burden -- MICHIGAN ST COMMIT

Top targets:
OL Jauan Williams, Archbishop Carroll (DC), four stars, No. 102 in Rivals250 -- Searels
OL Richard Merritt, Archbishop Carroll (DC), four stars, No. 4 in DC -- Searels
LB Kyle Taylor, Gonzaga (DC), three stars, No. 5 in DC -- Burden
LB Aaron Hansford, St John's College Prep (DC), three stars, No. 7 in DC --- Burden
CB Deon Jones, Archbishop Carroll (DC), four stars, Rivals100 to watch for 2017 -- Burden

Recent Rivals Stories On VT DC Targets:
Williams from InsideTheGators.com, May 2: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1762816
Williams from HokieHaven.com, April 30: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1762096
Merritt from HokieHaven.com, April 29: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1761792

Overview:
The nation's capital has and continues to be a vital area for Virginia Tech, in part because there's a huge fan base in the DMV. The Hokies continue to be in good shape here, despite losing a few key targets already, most notably teammates Devante Brooks and Terrell Hall. Both visited Blacksburg last fall, but both had established great relationships with former assistant coach Aaron Moorehead. Brooks committed to Tennessee the same weekend Moorehead left for Texas A&M, while Hall went to Ohio State in March.

Moorehead has to be given a ton of credit for the inroads he made in DC for Virginia Tech. He played a big part in getting Woodson cornerback DuWayne Johnson to sign this year. But Moorehead's replacement, Zohn Burden, has also fared well so far. Johnson's teammate, Adams, just got an offer, right after he committed to Michigan State at the end of last month. Adams has yet to visit since getting that offer, so he'll need to for the Hokies to pull a flip. But it's a real possibility in large part because of the Johnson connection.

The guys to really watch, though, are teammates Merritt and Williams, Merritt especially. Both visited Virginia Tech for its spring game in April and gave positive reviews. But the general thought, even from talking to him, is that Williams is looking more SEC, or possibly staying home at Maryland or going to Penn State. Merritt, meanwhile, has been a bit more open to the Hokies and a bit higher. Assistant Stacy Searels continues to recruit both very hard, but the more realistic shot here is Merritt.

Their younger teammate, Jones, also visited for the spring game. His reviews were also very positive. But with Jones, there's more time. He'll likely be ranked higher and recruited harder than Williams or Merritt, though, so the Hokies need to work Jones harder. For now, Clemson looks to be the favorite with Jones, so there's work to do.

Virginia Tech also has offers out to Hansford and Taylor. While Taylor has been extremely quiet, Hansford has some interest. St John's is a school Moorehead got in extremely well with. It's still uncertain if the Hokies remain in that good a shape at the school overall, which has produced a ton of talent of late.. There's a possibility Brooks could re-open his recruitment and opt to stay a little closer to home after tearing his ACL last month for a second time. But right now, he's pretty solid with the Vols.

Rivals national team analysis:
"They've had a presence in DC for a while. It hasn't been super effective, though, overall, other than the kids over at HD Woodson. There's a strong tie to DuWayne Johnson and those guys. Some of these other guys they've offered, they were one of the top schools for Devante Brooks and that recruitment might not be over. There might be a chance for Virginia Tech to get back in there. The Hokies did a good job with Terrell Hall and were certainly one of his top schools before he committed.

Guys like Richard Meritt, Jauan Williams, they've done their homework and worked hard at recruiting them. Aaron Hansford is another guy they've offered and he's quietly going about his business. He hasn't spoken out a lot about his recruitment, but the way VT has been able to get in there, I'd be surprised if the Hokies weren't in play for him."

-- Rivals.com mid-Atlantic analyst Adam Friedman

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Here's a good article on his success in Europe. Nice to see him doing well. Hope he earns a shot in the States.

http://ballineurope.com/all-malcolm-delaney-does-is-win-championships/

Jason, I'm tired of ads wanting to track my location and then not being able to even scroll on a freaking thread because I deny it.

Continuing our New Class series on Rivals250 LB Tremaine Edmunds, who I still think probably should have been the highest ranked member of VT's class. I thought we had him way underrated, even in the top 250.

http://rvls.co/1eJDOG1

Guys, I spoke a bit earlier with Darlington (Ga.) OL Patrick Kearns, who just picked up an offer from VT a few weeks ago. He's up to 18 offers already and likely won't be a two-star guy for long.

Kearns said the only schools he's visited are Duke, Appalachian State, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech, with only App State offering. So essentially, it's still early here. He claims no favorites. He'll get the first of many looks this summer this weekend, when he goes to Ole Miss.

With the Hokies, Kearns said he really likes assistant coach Stacy Searels, who has let him know that he's from the same area in Georgia. Kearns said Searels "seems like a fair coach" and though they haven't talked a ton, they've been messaging each other on Twitter, so they're building a rapport.

Aside from this weekend's visit, Kearns said he plans on visiting Georgia, Clemson, Penn State's satellite camp at Georgia State and LSU in June. In July, he plans on seeing Virginia Tech and Kentucky. So much to early to call here, which is good for VT and gives Searels more time. Kearns is obviously lower on the board now, but looks like a solid kid.

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The NCAA has waited well over a year to make final decisions regarding punishment on some cases. If they do that with the UNC case after dragging it out forever to get this far, what do you think the reaction is going to be by the public in general and the world of sports in particular.

Finally back in his coach Good grace and will start at rb and this year.

Sorry to hear of the passing of former VT basketball coach Bill Foster.

4-star LB Cameron Brown has a top 10 but the ones that seem to have his focus are Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and USC. In the video linked below he says he wants to visit USC, Pittsburgh, North Carolina and Virginia Tech this summer and could shorten his list again in July.

Video: 4-star LB Brown making progress