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Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 Kickoff: 3:33 pm Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,016 • Huntington, W.Va. Series vs. MU: VT leads, 8-2 Last Meeting: 2009 (VT 52, MU 10) BROADCAST INFORMATION Television: CBS Sports Network PBP: Dave Ryan Marshall (1-2, 1-0 C-USA) #13/11 (3-0, 0-0 ACC) Analyst: Rich Rodriguez Sidelines: Kaylee Hartung THUNDERING HERD HOKIEs Radio: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network The Series • Tech is 5-0 against Marshall at home, 3-0 PBP: Bill Roth (24th season) • Saturday’s game will mark the 11th football at neutral sites and 0-2 on the road. The Hokies Analyst: Mike Burnop (29th season) meeting between Virginia Tech and Marshall are 15-22 all-time in the state of West Virginia. Sirius: Channel 138; XM: Channel 194 University. Tech holds a 8-2 edge in the series, which began in 1913. Connections To Marshall ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • The two schools last met in 2009 with the • Two former Hokies - and Rick Asst. AD: Dave Smith Hokies winning 52-10 at home behind 165 Tolley - were on the Marshall staff that was part 540-231-6726; [email protected] yards rushing and a from then- of the Southern Airways Flight 932 that crashed

Coaches Interviews; Credentials freshman David Wilson. on Nov. 14, 1970 as the team was returning Assoc. Director: Bryan Johnston • Tech won the first two games of the series in from East Carolina. 540-231-3387; [email protected] Blacksburg during the 1913 and 1914 seasons. • Loria played for the Hokies from 1965- Player Interviews; Game Notes; Credentials The Hokies traveled to Huntington, W.Va., in 1967, helping Tech to a berth in the 1966 1939 and 1940 to take on the Thundering Herd . He joined the Marshall University Director of Photography: Dave Knachel and lost both contests. This will be Tech’s first coaching staff in 1969 as the defensive backs 540-231-3387; [email protected] coach. Digital Photos trip to Huntington since that 1940 game as the Hokies look for their first win there. • Loria played safety in the same defensive On the Web: www.hokiesports.com • From 1951-53, the two schools met in backfield with Tech . Tw i t t e r : www.twitter.com/VT_Football night games at Bluefield, W.Va., with the Hokies • Tolley played football as a center and Credentials: email [email protected] for online information winning each game by seven points or less. The at Tech from 1958-61 and was the Player Spotlight last of those meetings was a 7-0 Tech win in head coach of the Marshall football team during 1953. the 1969 and 1970 seasons. LB Bruce Taylor Jr.; Riceboro, Ga. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF The starting “mike” 10 Tech has intercepted at least one pass in 10 straight games. linebacker had a breakout 9 Junior Jayron Hosley is tied for ninth in career at Virginia Tech season in 2010 in his first with a total of 11. year as a starter. He started 8 Eight Tech players have scored during the Hokies’ first three games. all 14 games and led the 7 Danny Coale had a career-high seven catches during the Arkansas State game. team in tackles (91) and tackles for loss 6 Junior tailback David Wilson is averaging 6.2 yards per carry so far this year. (15.5) en route to second-team All-ACC 5 Five different players have already posted interceptions for the Hokies in 2011. honors. This year, he has started all three 4 The Virginia Tech defense has allowed a combined four touchdowns during the Hokies’ first games and has 15 tackles, second-best on the three games. team. While productive on the field, Taylor 3 Senior cornerback Cris Hill posted a personal-best three pass breakups during Tech’s win also helps out with the Special Olympics of over Arkansas State. off the field. 2 Virginia Tech’s only two losses in its football series with Marshall University have come on the Hokies’ only two trips to Huntington (1939 and 1940). Career Statistics 1 Junior receiver D.J. Coles caught his first collegiate touchdown pass during the Arkansas 17 GS; 112 tackles; 17.0 TFL; 16 QBH Game 4 vs. Marshall State game, aPage 49-yarder. 1 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com COACH FRANK BEAMER In 1997, he was inducted into the Virginia The Beamer File Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech ’69), whose Tech Sports Hall of Fame and following the Virginia Tech teams have posted a 177-56 1999 season, he earned eight national coach PERSONAL: of the year honors. Beamer returned to his Born: 10/18/46, Mt. Airy, N.C. record over the past 18-plus seasons and have Hometown: Hillsville, Va. appeared in bowl games each year in that span, alma mater in December of 1986 after a six- Wife: former Cheryl Oakley th is in his 25 year as the head football coach at year stint as the head coach at Murray State Children: Shane, Casey Tech and 31st overall. Beamer has guided the University, where he compiled a 42-23-2 mark. Grandchildren: Sutton, Olivia Hokies to a 201-95-2 record and sits with an During his undergraduate days at Tech, overall record of 243-118-4. Beamer started three years as a cornerback and EDUCATION: Under Beamer, Tech football has enjoyed played on the Hokies’ 1966 and 1968 Liberty High School: Hillsville (1965) unprecedented success with 18 consecutive Bowl teams. College: Virginia Tech (1969) bowl appearances, four ACC titles, four ACC The 64-year-old Hillsville, Va., native Postgraduate: (1972) Coastal Division crowns, three BIG EAST began his collegiate coaching career as a Conference titles, two “major” bowl victories graduate assistant at Maryland in 1972. He PLAYING EXPERIENCE: and a trip to the national championship game. held assistant coaching positions at The Citadel Virginia Tech (1966-68) Tech won the BIG EAST title in 1995 and Murray State before being named MSU’s and 1999, and shared it in ‘96. Beamer was head coach in 1981. COACHING EXPERIENCE: He is married to the former Cheryl 1972 Graduate Assistant, Maryland voted BIG EAST Coach of the Year by the 1973-76 Assistant Coach, The Citadel league’s coaches each of those seasons and was Oakley of Richmond, Va. They have two 1977-78 Defensive Coordinator, The Citadel tabbed the ACC Coach of the Year in both children, Shane, a former member of his dad’s 1979-80 Defensive Coordinator, Murray State 2004 and 2005. football team at Virginia Tech and now the 1981-86 Head Coach, Murray State associate head coach/running backs coach at 1981 (8-3) Virginia Tech; and daughter Casey, a 2003 Winningest NCAA FBS 1982 (4-7) graduate of Tech. He has two grandchildren, Football Coaches 1983 (7-4) Sutton and Olivia, daughters of Shane and his 1984 (9-2) All-Time By Victories wife, Emily. 1985 (7-3-1) Beamer was born in Mt. Airy, N.C., and Minimum 10 years as head coach at FBS 1986 (7-4-1) Valley co-champs grew up in Hillsville, Va. At Hillsville High, he institutions; record at four-year colleges only; 1987- Head Coach, Virginia Tech earned 11 varsity letters as a three-sport athlete bowl games included 1987 (2-9) in football, basketball and baseball. 1988 (3-8) 1. 403 * Beamer, who is the second-winningest 1989 (6-4-1) 2. 377 active coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision 1990 (6-5) 3. 323 with 243 victories, had his No. 25 jersey retired 1991 (5-6) 4. 319 Pop Warner by Tech in a pregame ceremony before the 1992 (2-8-1) 5. 314 Marshall game in 2002. He is ninth all-time 1993 (9-3) Independence Bowl champs 6. 257 LaVell Edwards among FBS coaches (min. 10 seasons at FBS 1994 (8-4) 7. 255 school) in terms of all-time victories. 1995 (10-2) BIG EAST champs; 8. 249 champs 9. 243 * Frank Beamer STABILITY AT THE TOP 1996 (10-2) BIG EAST co-champs; 10. 238 • Frank Beamer, the first Tech alumnus 11. 234 to guide Virginia Tech’s football program since 1997 (7-5) Gator Bowl 12. 232 the 1940s, has coached and won more football 1998 (9-3) Music City Bowl champs 13. 229 (12 wins vacated) games at Tech than any other head coach. 1999 (11-1) BIG EAST champs; 14. 222 * • Only one of the 120 active Division I-A Sugar Bowl 15. 220 * Chris Ault head football coaches has been at his current 2000 (11-1) Gator Bowl champs * - active coach; school consecutively longer than Beamer: Joe 2001 (8-4) Gator Bowl taken from 2011 NCAA Football Record Book th Paterno (45 yr., Penn State). 2002 (10-4) San Francisco Bowl champs 2003 (8-5) Insight Bowl MILESTONE GAMES FOR BEAMER 2004 (10-3) ACC champs; • First Collegiate Game and Win: Southeast Missouri (37-23); Sept. 5, 1981 (at Murray St.) Sugar Bowl • First Game at Tech: vs. Clemson; Sept. 12, 1987 2005 (11-2) Gator Bowl champs • First Win at Tech: Navy (31-11); Oct. 3, 1987 2006 (10-3) Chick-fil-A Bowl • 50th Career Win: West Virginia (12-10); Oct. 7, 1989 2007 (11-3) ACC champs; • First and Bowl Win: Indiana (45-20); Independence Bowl; Dec. 31, 1993 Orange Bowl • 100th Career Win: East Carolina (35-14); Nov. 9, 1996 2008 (10-4) ACC champs; • 100th Win at Tech: Connecticut (52-10); Sept. 1, 2001 Orange Bowl champs • 150th Career Win: Arkansas State (63-7); Aug. 25, 2004 2009 (10-3) Chick-fil-A Bowl champs • 150th Win at Tech: Southern Miss (36-6); Oct. 21, 2006 2010 (11-3) ACC champs; Orange Bowl • 200th Career Win: Ohio (28-7); Sept. 15, 2007 2011 (3-0) • 200th Win at Tech: East Carolina (17-10); Sept. 10, 2011 Conference Titles: Conference Coach Of The Year: Record at MSU: 42-23-2 (six years) Big East: 1995, 1996 (co), 1999 Big East: 1995, 1996, 1999 Record at VT: 201-95-2 (25th year) ACC: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 ACC: 2004, 2005 Record (overall): 243-118-4 (31st year)

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The Coaches BLACKSBURG HISTORY All-Time Record (1892-present) 682-431-46 In Blacksburg (1892-present) 353-99-13 Behind Lane Hall (1892) 1-0-0 Frank Beamer...... Coach...... Doc Holliday Sheib Field (1894-1901) 13-1-0 Virginia Tech...... School...... Marshall Gibboney Field (1902-08) 19-2-0 Virginia Tech (‘69)...... Alma Mater...... West Virginia (‘79) Miles Field (1909-25) 60-3-3 201-95-2 (25th year)...... Record at School...... 6-9 (second year) Miles Stadium (1926-64) 67-25-4 243-118-4 (31st year)...... Overall Record...... same 3-0...... Record vs. the opponent...... 0-0 (1965-present) 193-68-6 0-0...... Beamer vs. Holliday Under Beamer (1987-present) 119-31-1

In Select Company omebacks nder eamer okie rends • With the win over ECU on Sept. 10, C U B H T Biggest Second-Half Tech head coach Frank Beamer joined another Comeback Victories: 2011 Beamer elite group, one that includes coaches to win August 0-0 4-2 15 points Virginia (1995) 200 or more games at one college. September 3-0 70-25-1 trailed 29-14 after 3rd...... won 36-29 October 0-0 59-28-1 • Currently, only 10 current or former 14 points N. Carolina (2008) FBS/Division I-A coaches, as well as only 33 November 0-0 56-27 trailed 17-3 in 3rd ...... won 20-17 December 0-0 9-7 coaches at all levels, are in this group. 11 points Louisville (2004) January 0-0 3-6 trailed 24-13 in 4th...... won 35-24 VT’s Conference (Big East/ACC) Record Coaches With 200+Victories at One College Biggest Total Comeback Victory: At home 0-0 54-14 FBS/Division I-A only 17 points NC State (2010) On the road 0-0 48-22 trailed 17-0 in 2nd...... won 41-30 Neutral 0-0 0-0 Joe Paterno, Penn St. (1966-) 403 VT’s Non-Conference Record Bobby Bowden, St. (1976-2009) 304 At home 2-0 65-17-1 Where Beamer Ranks On the road 1-0 22-26-1 LaVell Edwards, BYU (1972-2000) 257 Neutral 0-0 12-16 Tom Osborne, Nebraska (1973-97) 255 Active NCAA Coaches BY WINS min. 5 years as D-I head coach; 4-year schools only VT’s Record When Ranked by AP Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago (1892-1932) 244 At home 2-0 75-14 Bear Bryant, Alabama (1958-82) 232 403 Joe Paterno (Penn State) On the road 1-0 51-17 Chris Ault, Nevada (1976-) 220 243 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) Neutral 0-0 10-12 Woody Hayes, Ohio St. (1951-78) 205 222 Mack Brown ( Te x a s) VT vs. Ranked Opponents (AP) , Georgia (1964-88) 201 220 Chris Ault (Nevada) At home 0-0 23-21-1 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech (1987-) 201 189 (South Carolina) On the road 0-0 13-36 180 (Notre Dame) Neutral 0-0 10-19 VT’s Record in Games ... Active NCAA Coaches Decided by 4-7 pts. 1-0 22-22 Ten Win Seasons Decided by 3 or less pts. 0-0 15-20-2 • Virginia Tech is the only school in the BY BOWL APPEARANCES In domed stadiums 0-0 6-14 FBS to win 10 games in each of the past seven 37 Joe Paterno (Penn State) On television 3-0 144-58 seasons. 18 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) VT’s Record When Scoring ... 17 Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) Less than 20 points 1-0 22-51-2 Consecutive 10-win seasons in modern era 20-24 points 0-0 25-26 Florida State 14 1987-2000 25+ points 2-0 154-18 The Storied Lunch Pail Texas 9 2001-2009 VT’s Record When Allowing ... • Taken with the Hokies wherever they Less than 14 points 3-0 114-5-1 Miami 8 1985-1992 go is the storied lunch pail. The Pail served 14-24 points 0-0 72-26-1 Virginia Tech 7 2004-current as the inspiration for Tech’s record-setting 25+ points 0-0 15-64 USC 7 2002-2008 1995 defense, symbolizing Tech’s blue collar VT’s Record When ... Florida 6 1993-1998 approach to defensive football. Every year since, Leading after the 1stQ 2-0 129-33 Leading at the half 2-0 162-27 Nebraska 5 1993-1997 a member of the defense has been responsible Leading after the 3rdQ 2-0 179-19-1 5 2000-2004 for toting a new Pail. Oklahoma 5 1971-1975 Trailing after the 1stQ 1-0 33-43-2 • Coach Rod Sharpless, then the co- Trailing at the half 1-0 26-61 Alabama 5 1971-1975 defensive coordinator along with , Trailing after the 3rdQ 0-0 14-71 Boise State 5 2006-current brought a lunch pail back from New Jersey and Tied after the 1stQ 0-0 39-19 Tied at the half 0-0 13-7-2 • Virginia Tech has won 10 or more they decided that it would become the symbol of the 1995 defense. Sharpless’ mother-in-law Tied after the 3rdQ 1-0 8-5-1 games 10 times over the past 12 seasons and 12 Playing an OT game 0-0 2-1 found the now famous original lunch pail in of the past 15 seasons. Scoring first 1-0 140-35-1 Mercerville, N.J., where it had belonged to a Opponent scores first 2-0 61-60-1 TECH IN OVERTIME coal miner. Outrushing opponent 3-0 177-32-2 • The players put the unit goals, weekly Being outrushed 0-0 23-63 9/19/98 at Miami 27- 20 W OT goals, the keys to success for the week and a Rushing total is even 0-0 1-0 11/9/02 at Syracuse 42- 50 L 3OT signed mission statement before the season in Blocking a kick 1-0 73-33 11/15/03 at Temple 24- 23 W OT the Pail … plus the turf from road wins. Scoring a def/ST TD 1-0 79-23

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Pronunciation Guide Who’s Up? Who’s Down? 2011 ACC Standings PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ON THE FIELD as of Sept. 17 Frank Beamer...... head coach COASTAL DIVISION Team Conf. Overall Nick ACREE...... A-cree (long A) Bud Foster...... defensive coordinator/ILBs ...... assoc. head coach/RBs Duke 1-0 1-2 Matt ARKEMA...... AR-kih-mih North Carolina 1-0 3-0 BOYE AROMIRE.... BOY-yay uh-RO-muh-ray Curt Newsome...... offensive guards/center 0-0 3-0 Riley BEIRO...... BYE-row Bryan Stinespring...... Off. Coord./TEs/OTs Virginia Tech 0-0 3-0 DETRICK Bonner...... DEE-trick Charley Wiles...... defensive line Miami 0-1 1-1 Chris DRAGER...... DRAY-gurr Virginia 0-1 2-1 TARIQ Edwards...... tuh-REEK IN THE BOOTH ...... AN-tone Cornell Brown...... OLBs ATLANTIC DIVISION Kory GOUGH...... Goff ...... defensive secondary Team Conf. Overall JERON GOUVEIA-Winslow...... JARE-in Mike O’Cain...... /play calling Maryland 1-0 1-1 Goo-VAY-uh Kevin Sherman...... wide receivers Wake Forest 1-0 2-1 JAYRON HOSLEY...... JAY-ron HOSE-lee Clemson 0-0 3-0 Team Results For Quarterbacks KYSHOEN Jarrett...... KY-shawn Florida State 0-0 2-1 Under Beamer Mark LEAL...... lee-AL 0-1 0-3 (starters; by victories) North Carolina State 0-1 2-1 DADI Nicolas...... Daddy THERON Norman...... tha-RON Name Years Record Pct. This Week in the ACC Greg NOSAL...... No-SAL Taylor, Tyrod 2007-10 34-8 .810 Randall, Bryan 2002-04 26-12 .684 Thursday, Sept. 22 BARQUELL Rivers...... Bar-KWELL NC State at Cincinnati DYRELL Roberts...... Die-RELL Vick, Michael 1999-00 21-1 .955 Druckenmiller, Jim 1995-96 20-4 .833 Michael VIA...... VYE Saturday, Sept. 24 DeShazo, Maurice 1992-94 19-14-1 .586 Temple at Maryland Honored With The Paterno Award Glennon, Sean 2006-08 18-8 .692 Massachusetts at Boston College • Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer Furrer, Will 1988-91 16-18-1 .486 Southern Miss at Virginia won the inaugural Joseph V. Paterno Coach of Clark, Al 1997-98 12-7 .632 Virginia Tech at Marshall the Year Award last season. Vick, Marcus 2005 11-2 .846 Florida State at Clemson Noel, Grant 2001-02 10-4 .714 • The award, the first of its kind, is Kansas State at Miami Thomas, Logan 2011- 3-0 1.000 North Carolina at Georgia Tech designed to honor the spirit of Penn State head Sorensen, Nick 1997-98 3-1 .750 Tulane at Duke coach Joe Paterno, whose long-time success on Young, Cam 1989 3-3 .500 the field has been matched only by his impact Meyer, Dave 1998-00 2-1 .667 Keeping Up With The Non-Conference Foes away from it. Chapman, Erik 1987 2-9 .182 Appalachian State (2-1): Chattanooga • Through a nomination process, each Wooten, Rodd 1989, 91 1-2 .333 East Carolina (0-2): UAB current head coach was evaluated based on Koel, Treg 1992 0-1 .000 his school’s performance on Saturdays, in the Arkansas State (1-2): Central Arkansas Totals 1987-10 201-95-2 .678 classroom and within the community. Marshall (1-2): Virginia Tech What’s a Hokie? Just Virginia Tech, Please That’s the most frequently asked question While the full name of the House of Horrors regarding Virginia Tech athletics. The answer leads school is Virginia Polytechnic • Lane Stadium has always been a difficult place all the way back to 1896 when Virginia Agricultural Institute and State University, the for opponents to play and has been dubbed and Mechanical College changed its name to school is commonly referred to as one of the best game-day environments in Virginia Polytechnic Institute. “Virginia Tech.” . Tech has a 51-8-1 record With the change came the necessity for writing Founded in 1872, as Virginia versus non-conference teams at home since a new cheer and a contest for such a purpose was Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1991. held by the student body. Senior O.M. Stull won the university changed its named • Virginia Tech has posted a 193-68-6 overall first prize for his "Old Hokie" yell which still is used to Virginia Polytechnic Institute in record at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field. today. 1896. • Tech is 119-31-1 at home under the direction Later, when asked if "Hokie" had any special Fans of the athletic department, of Frank Beamer. meaning, Stull explained the words he used had no as well as media covering the Hokies, • Tech football teams are 353-99-13 all time in hidden or symbolic meaning, but had been thought shortened the name to VPI, but it Blacksburg, including a 49-7 record since the up in an effort to get attention. Hokie soon became eventually became Virginia Tech. start of the 2003 season. a nickname for all Tech teams and for those people The “State University” was • A large part of that impressive record is the home-field environment created by the loyal to Tech athletics. added in 1970 to bring the official fans as Lane Stadium has been sold out Following is the "Old Hokie" yell in its original title to what it is today. for 83 consecutive games, starting with the form: Those covering Hokie athletics final home game of the 1998 season against are asked to refer to the university as Virginia. Hoki, Hoki, Hoki Hy! simply “Virginia Tech.” • The Hokies went unbeaten and untied in Tech! Tech! V.P.I.! Virginia Tech University, VPI 2008 (6-0), 2000 (6-0), 1999 (6-0), 1996 Sola-Rex Sola-Rah and SU, VPI&SU, VT or (7-0), 1993 (6-0) 1980 (6-0), 1975 (5-0) and Polytech-Vir-gin-i-a!! VA Tech are not recognized names 1965 (3-0) at Lane Stadium. They went 4-0-1 Rae, Ri, V.P.I. and should not be used. in 1972 and 2-0-1 in 1966.

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Eighteen Bowls in a Row 2011 Schedules & Results • With its trip to the Discover Orange Bowl Movin’ Up The Charts Virginia Tech (3-0; 0-0 ACC): last year, Tech is now one of only three teams to go Career Receiving Yards 1. Ricky Scales 1972-74...... 2272 hW 66- 13 Appalachian State to 18 bowls in the past 18 seasons. The other two 2. Jarrett Boykin 2008-...... 2216 aW 17- 10 East Carolina are Florida State and Florida. 3. Antonio Freeman 1991-94...... 2207 hW 26- 7 Arkansas State Active Consecutive Bowl Appearances 4. Ernest Wilford 2000-03...... 2052 Sept. 24 at Marshall 1. Florida State 29 5. André Davis 1998-01...... 1986 Oct. 1 Clemson* 2. Florida 20 6. Danny Coale 2008-...... 1932 Oct. 8 Miami* 3. Virginia Tech 18 7. Josh Morgan 2004-07...... 1817 Oct. 15 at Wake Forest* 4. Georgia, Georgia Tech 14 8. Eddie Royal 2004-07...... 1778 Oct. 22 Boston College* 5. Oklahoma 13 Oct. 29 at Duke* 6. Boston College, Ohio State 12 Career Receptions (100-Catch Club) Nov. 10 at Georgia Tech* 1. Jarrett Boykin 2008-...... 133 Nov. 17 North Carolina* Consistency is the Key 2. Ernest Wilford 2000-03...... 126 Nov. 26 at Virginia* • Tech has been a consistent winner since 3. Josh Morgan 2004-07...... 122 the mid-90s, winning an average of 9.6 games 4. Antonio Freeman 1991-94...... 121 per year during the current streak of 18 straight Marshall (1-2; 1-0 C-USA): 5. Eddie Royal 2004-07...... 119 aL 13- 34 West Virginia seasons capped by bowl appearances. 6. Danny Coale 2008-...... 116 hW 26- 20 Southern Miss* • Since the beginning of the 1995 season, 7. Ricky Scales 1972-74...... 113 aL 7- 44 Ohio only Florida* (163) has won more games than the 8. André Davis 1998-01...... 103 Sept. 24 (160). 9. Myron Richardson 1986-89...... 100 Oct. 1 at Louisville * - Ohio State had 12 wins vacated from 2010; had 163 wins Oct. 8 at UCF* Career Kickoff Return Yards Oct. 15 Rice* Scoring Streak 1. Dyrell Roberts 2008-...... 1577 Oct. 22 at Houston* • Tech has scored in a school-record 206 2. Jon Jeffries 1987-91...... 1447 Oct. 29 UAB* straight football games, beginning with a win over 3. Eddie Royal 2004-07...... 1376 Nov. 12 at Tulsa* Miami on Sept. 23, 1995. The streak began after a 4. Bob Thomas 1981-84...... 1088 Nov. 17 at Memphis* 16-0 loss to Cincinnati in 1995. Nov. 26 East Carolina* • The previous school record was 66 straight games (1970-76). During its current streak, Tech Defensive Tradition * Conference games has scored 13 or more in all but eight games. • Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is the architect of some of the nation’s best

Consecutive Bowl Appearances (Coaches) defenses on an annual basis. 2010 Results 1. Bobby Bowden (1982-09) 28 • Since the start of the 2000 season, Tech leads the nation in interceptions and is second Virginia Tech (11-3; 8-0 ACC): 2. Tom Osborne (1973-97) 25 3. Paul “Bear” Bryant (1959-82) 24 in turnovers gained. Check out these numbers nL 30- 33 Boise State (FedExField) Foster’s crew has put up: hL 16- 21 James Madison 4. Frank Beamer (active) 18 5. LaVell Edwards (1978-94) 17 hW 49- 27 East Carolina Most Interceptions Forced (2000-current) aW 19- 0 Boston College* 1. Virginia Tech...... 217 Consecutive Seasons With Eight aW 41- 30 NC State* 2. Boston College...... 203 Or More Wins (current streak) hW 45- 21 Central Michigan 3. Oklahoma...... 199 hW 52- 21 Wake Forest* 1. Virginia Tech 13 2. Boise State 12 4. Florida...... 196 hW 44- 7 Duke* 5. Boise State...... 192 hW 28- 21 Georgia Tech* T3. LSU 11 Oklahoma 11 aW 26- 10 North Carolina* Turnovers Gained (2000-current) aW 31- 17 Miami* 1. Oklahoma...... 343 hW 37- 7 Virginia* Tops In The ACC • With last year’s No. 16 finish in the AP Poll, 2. Virginia Tech...... 340 nW 44- 33 Florida State (Charlotte) 3. Southern Cal...... 334 nL 12- 40 vs. Stanford (Orange Bowl) Tech has been the highest-ranked ACC team in the final AP Poll in six of the seven years it has 4. Boston College...... 316 been in the league. 5. West Virginia...... 314 Marshall (5-7; 4-4 C-USA) 6. Hawaii...... 313 aL 7- 45 Ohio State Yr. Nat’l Finish ACC Finish hL 21- 24 West Virginia (OT) 2010 16th 1st 2009 10th 1st An FBS First aL 28- 44 Bowling Green • After starting last season 0-2, the Hokies hW 24- 23 Ohio 2008 15th 1st 2007 9th 1st reeled off 11-consecutive victories, becoming the aL 16- 41 Southern Miss* first NCAA FBS school to win 11 straight games 2006 19th 2nd (WF 18th) hL 14- 35 UCF* after losing its first two contests. aL 10- 37 East Carolina* 2005 7th 1st hW 16- 12 UTEP* 2004 10th 1st An ACC Rarity aW 31- 17 UAB* • Tech has finished in the top 20 in each of the last seven - and 11 of the last 12 - final AP Polls. • The Hokies went 8-0 in ACC play last hW 28- 13 Memphis* year en route to a conference championship with a aL 17- 31 SMU* The Hokies have also finished in the top 10 in four of the last seven final AP Polls. win over Florida State. hW 38- 23 Tulane* • With the 8-0 mark, the Hokies became the first team since the 2000 Florida State * Conference games Seminoles to go undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Last Meeting: Freshman Tailbacks Shine as Offense Ignites Game 1: Hokies Roll to Open Beamer’s 25th Season Marshall 10 Appalachian State 13

No. 14 Virginia Tech 52 No. 13 Virginia Tech 66 Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va. Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va. Sept. 12, 2009 • Attendance: 66,233 Sept. 3, 2011 • Attendance: 66,233 BLACKSBURG - Youth served Virginia BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Notes Tech well as a group of underclassmen scored on its first offensive play fueled the No. 14 Hokies’ 52-10 victory to set the tone for an impressive • Starters Greg Boone (TE) • The win snapped a three-game over Marshall University at Lane 66-13 season-opening victory over and Stephan Virgil (CB) did Virginia Tech losing streak in Stadium/Worsham Field. Appalachian State before a sold out not dress for the game due to season openers. Freshmen tailbacks Ryan Williams crowd at Lane Stadium-Worsham injuries. Field to start head coach Frank and David Wilson combined for 329 • Tech’s 66 points were the most yards rushing and four touchdowns, Beamer’s 25th season off with a • True freshman Jayron in a game for the Hokies since freshman return man Jayron Hosley bang. Hosley scored the 122nd posting 77 points in a 1995 game weaved 64 yards for a TD on a The Hokies scored 38 first- non-offensive touchdown against Akron and the most in a and young receivers Dyrell Roberts half points on the way to their most for Tech since Frank Beamer season opener since 1905. and Xavier Boyce hauled in their first points in an opening game since took over as the head coach. collegiate TD passes as the Hokies scoring 86 points against Roanoke Hosley’s 64-yard punt return • Seven players made their first exploded for 605 yards of offense. College in 1905. Tailback David for a TD was the 17th punt career starts: Scott Demler (P), Williams ran for three touchdowns Wilson rushed for 162 yards and return for a score under Tariq Edwards (LB), Derrick in the first half to help Tech to a 35-7 three touchdowns, while receiver Beamer. The last player to Hopkins (DT), Cody Journell halftime lead. The redshirt freshman Marcus Davis hauled in three return a punt for a score (PK), Andrew Miller (C), Joey carried 16 times for 164 yards. Wilson, passes for 140 yards and two scores. for Tech was Justin Harper Phillips (FB) and a true freshman, topped him by a yard Quarterbacks Logan Thomas and during the 2008 FedEx (QB). when he picked up 165 yards on just 12 Orange Bowl against Kansas. Mark Leal both tossed a pair of carries. touchdown passes as Tech piled up • Kyle Fuller became the 81st Tech’s defense posted a solid overall 518 yards of offense. • The last time two Tech different player under head performance, limiting Marshall to 126 Tech’s defense picked off three players rushed for over 100 coach Frank Beamer to score a yards on the ground and 126 yards yards in the same game was passes, while the special teams through the airways. The Thundering touchdown on defense or special 2005 when Cedric Humes blocked a punt for a touchdown and Herd managed just 34 yards in the first teams with his blocked punt (134) and averaged over 30 yards a return on quarter and 16 yards during the fourth recovery in the . (104) did it against UNC. both kickoffs and punts. quarter. Final Statistics Final Statistics Marshall 0 7 0 3 — 10 Appalachian State 0 0 6 7 — 13 Virginia Tech 7 28 10 7 — 52 Virginia Tech 17 21 21 7 — 66 VT (4:18 re 1st) - Williams 57 run (Waldron kick) VT (14:13 re 1st) - Wilson 20 run (Journell kick) VT (14:06 re 2nd) - Williams 4 run (Waldron kick) VT (8:59 re 1st) - FG Journell 28 VT (12:10 re 2nd) - Hosley 64 punt return (Waldron kick) VT (6:17 re 1st) - Oglesby 4 run (Journell kick) VT (13:38 re 2nd) - Wilson 19 run (Journell kick) MU (10:32 re 2nd) - Marshall 61 run (Ratanamorn kick) VT (2:23 re 2nd) - Wilson 3 run (Journell kick) VT (5:21 re 2nd) - Williams 28 run (Waldron kick) VT (0:22 re 2nd) - Dunn 7 pass from Thomas (Journell kick) VT (1:36 re 2nd) - Roberts 21 pass from Taylor (Waldron kick) VT (13:20 re 3rd) - Boykin 4 pass from Thomas (Journell kick) VT (10:49 re 3rd) - Boyce 8 pass from Taylor (Waldron kick) VT (12:30 re 3rd) - Fuller 0 blocked punt return (Journell kick) VT (2:43 re 3rd) - FG Waldron 28 ASU (3:29 re 3rd) - Quick 46 pass from Jackson (team kick failed) MU (14:05 re 4th) - FG Ratanamorn 29 VT (0:20 re 3rd) - Davis 22 pass from Leal (Journell kick) VT (9:47 re 4th) - Wilson 36 run (Waldron kick) ASU (13:27 re 4th) - Jackson 15 run (Martin kick) VT (8:11 re 4th) - Davis 63 pass from Leal (Journell kick) Team Stats MU VT Individual Totals First downs 10 26 Rushing — MU, Marshall Team Stats ASU VT Individual Totals Rushing yds. 28-126 53-444 17-109, Anderson 6-17, Ward 4-7, First downs 11 21 Rushing — ASU, Jackson 6-46, Passing yds. 126 161 Booker 1-(-7); VT, Wilson 12-165, Rushes-yds. 36-117 45-256 Presley 13-43, Miller 2-15, Baker Return yds. 14 90 Williams 16-164, Oglesby 12-60, Passing yds. 176 262 Boney 5-9, Cadet 7-6, Wilson 2-0, Passes 16-33-0 9-19-1 Taylor 7-58, Z. Evans 1-6, Clayton Return yds. 0 190 McLean 1-(-2); VT, Wilson 16-162, Punts-avg. 10-42.0 3-46.3 1-(-1), Team 4-(-8). Passes 9-26-3 15-28-0 Oglesby 10-46, Dyer 6-30, Thomas Punts-avg. 8-45.0 5-32.4 -lost 2-1 0-0 Passing — MU, Anderson 3-16, Leal 1-5, Gregory 5-3, Team Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 4-(-6). Penalties-yds. 8-54 7-55 15-31-0-116, Taylor 1-2-0-10; VT, Penalties-yds. 1-5 4-31 Passing — ASU, Presley 7-18-2- Time of poss. 28:32 31:28 Taylor 9-16-1-161, Clayton 0-3-0-0. Time of poss. 25:54 34:06 89, Jackson 2-8-1-87; VT, Thomas Sacks by 3-15 1-6 Receiving — MU, Slate 3-18, Sacks by 1-3 1-6 9-19-0-149, Leal 6-9-0-113. Evans 3-5, Marshall 3-3, J. Wilson Receiving — ASU, Quick 2-9, Walker 2-5, A. Wilson 2-5, 3-110, Peacock 2-24, Cadet 2-4, Bonner 1-17, Smith 1-9; VT, Boykin Washington 1-41, Baker Boney 2-32, Roberts 2-31, Boyce 2-13, 1-(-3); VT, Coles 4-29, Davis 3-140, Coale 1-43, Williams 1-36, Oglesby Roberts 3-45, Coale 2-25, Boykin 1-6. 2-16, Dunn 1-7.

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Game 2: Hokies Grind Out Road Win Over East Carolina Game 3: Tech Moves to 3-0 With Win Over Red Wolves

No. 11 Virginia Tech 17 Arkansas State 7

East Carolina 10 No. 13 Virginia Tech 26 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, N.C. Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va. Sept. 10, 2011 • Attendance: 49,404 Sept. 17, 2011 • Attendance: 66,233 GREENVILLE, N.C. - Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech secured Game Notes Game Notes engineered a 13-play, 89-yard touchdown its first 3-0 start since 2006 with a hard- drive in the final quarter to post a hard- earned 26-7 victory over Arkansas State at • The win was Tech’s • Senior receiver Dyrell earned 17-10 road win at East Carolina Lane Stadium/Worsham Field. eighth in its last nine Roberts broke his left arm on University. The win gave Coach Frank The Red Wolves stunned the Hokies meetings with East the opening kickoff. Roberts Beamer his 200th victory at Tech. early with a 51-yard pass to the Tech 18 Carolina. The victory also would be eligible for a medical The gritty performance included a on their opening offensive . Two plays gave the Hokies their first redshirt if he chooses to sterling outing by the Hokies’ defensive later, the visitors were sitting on a 7-0 lead 2-0 start since 2006. return. unit, which held the offensive-minded barely four minutes into the game. Tech responded by marching from its 16 to the Pirates to minus-15 yards rushing and • D.J. Coles recorded his first • Sophomore cornerback ASU 7 on three plays only to be stopped in just 127 yards through the air. Tech collegiate touchdown with a Kyle Fuller posted his first its tracks on two snaps from the 1. limited ECU to just 18 total yards during 49-yard TD catch in the game. collegiate pass The Red Wolves’ momentum the decisive fourth quarter. Coles had a career-high 61 in the game. Fuller also disappeared in a flash, however, when The Hokies had to weather 12 yards receiving in the game. contributed four tackles, cornerback Kyle Fuller sacked ASU penalties during the contest, including Ryan Aplin in the end zone two of which were for • Jayron Hosley picked up two that erased Tech interceptions. ECU giving the Hokies a safety. After Arkansas losses, and broke up a pass his 10th and 11th career led 7-3 at the half before a 1-yard plunge State kicked the ball back to Tech, it took in the win. interceptions against the Red by senior tailback Josh Oglesby put the just five plays for the Hokies to take the Wolves, moving into a tie for Hokies up 10-7 in the third quarter. lead on a 49-yard scoring pass from Logan • Senior split end Jarrett ninth in all-time picks by a The Pirates knotted the score on Mike Thomas to D.J. Coles. Boykin caught four passes Tech player. Barbour’s 48-yard at the 5:40 Tech built a 23-7 halftime margin in the game, becoming and held ASU to just 104 total yards over mark of the quarter. • Jarrett Boykin moved into the Hokies’ all-time pass the final two quarters of play. The Hokies Tech rode the legs of Oglesby and second place in all-time receptions leader in the finished the game with 427 yards of offense starting tailback David Wilson in the receiving yards at Tech during process. The four grabs with Thomas accounting for 320 yards, fourth quarter. Wilson, who finished with the game. Boykin’s 29 yards gave Boykin 129 career including 292 through the air. Receiver 138 yards on 26 carries, accounted for 53 gave him 2,216, surpassing catches, surpassing former Danny Coale, who caught five passes for yards on the final drive, while Oglesby Antonio Freeman’s 2,207 leader Ernest Wilford, who 112 yards during the first quarter, ended provided 18 yards, including the last 10 yards. Ricky Scales currently had 126. the day with a career-best seven receptions owns the top spot with 2,272 for the deciding touchdown. The Hokies good for 128 yards and one touchdown. finished the game with 241 yards on the yards. • Senior cornerback Cris Jayron Hosley contributed seven ground. Hill led the Tech defense tackles, two interceptions and broke up The Hokies registered nine tackles • Linebacker Tariq Edwards with a career-high seven two more passes, while linebacker Tariq for loss in the win, including five sacks. posted a career-high 10 tackles, including one for Edwards led the team in tackles with 10, ECU managed to convert just three of 12 tackles, including 2.5 for loss. a loss. including 2.5 for losses. third-down plays into first downs. Final Statistics Final Statistics Arkansas State 7 0 0 0 — 7 Virginia Tech 0 3 7 7 — 17 Virginia Tech 16 7 3 0 — 26 East Carolina 7 0 3 0 — 10 AS (11:59 re 1st) - Aplin 5 run (Davis kick) ECU (8:51 re 1st) - Dobson 2 run (Barbour kick) VT (7:25 re 1st) - Team safety VT (0:44 re 2nd) - FG Journell 39 VT (10:48 re 3rd) - Oglesby 1 run (Journell kick) VT (5:30 re 1st) - Coles 49 pass from Thomas (Journell kick) ECU (5:40 re 3rd) - FG Barbour 48 VT (0:52 re 1st) - Coale 4 pass from Thomas (Journell kick) VT (7:30 re 4th) - Oglesby 10 run (Journell kick) VT (4:12 re 2nd) - Wilson 3 run (Journell kick) VT (9:49 re 3rd) - FG Journell 31 Team Stats VT ECU Individual Totals First downs 20 11 Rushing — VT, Wilson 26-138, Team Stats AS VT Individual Totals Rushes-yds. 50-241 16-(-15) Thomas 11-66, Oglesby 9-43, Davis First downs 15 22 Rushing — AS, Aplin 13-29, Passing yds. 91 127 1-(-2), Team 3-(-4); ECU, Dobson Rushing yds. 31-64 40-135 Jackson 10-20, Lawson 7-12, Return yds. -6 -13 4-11, Bullock 5-10, Davis 7-(-36). Passing yds. 205 292 Robertson 1-3; VT, Wilson 21-88, Passes 8-20-1 20-38-1 Passing — VT, Thomas 8-20-1- Return yds. 38 61 Thomas 8-28, Oglesby 5-10, Coale Punts-avg. 5-37.8 6-45.5 91; ECU, Davis 20-38-1-127. Passes 16-36-2 21-33-2 1-9, Phillips 3-2, Team 2-(-2). Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0 Receiving — VT, Boykin 4-48, Punts-avg. 6-37.8 3-33.0 Passing — AS, Aplin 16-36-2- Penalties-yds. 12-92 0-0 Coale 2-25, Davis 1-14, Wilson Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0 205; VT, Thomas 21-33-2-292. Time of poss. 37:22 22:38 1-4; ECU, Bowman 3-34, Hardy Penalties-yds. 6-40 5-51 Receiving — AS, Frampton Sacks by 5-43 0-0 3-31, Lewis 3-17, Bullock 3-10, Time of poss. 23:15 36:45 6-59, Jarboe 4-38, Stockemer 3-77. Bodenheimer 2-20, Womack 2-7, Sacks by 2-6 3-22 Jackson 2-22, Lucas 1-9; VT, Coale Dobson 2-2, Arrington 1-5, Webster 7-128, Boykin 4-29, Davis 4-27, 1-1. Coles 2-61, Wilson 2-7, George 1-37, Dunn 1-3.

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The New Guy the “10 Things We Learned This Spring” in • New quarterback Logan Thomas may be Stewart Mandel’s column on SI.com, saying Tallest Starting Quarterbacks the tallest starting QB in school history, but Thomas is “a physical specimen with all the in the FBS he certainly has some shoes to fill in replacing tools to be a big-time college quarterback.” four-year starter and 2010 ACC Player of the • Thomas was a standout basketball player Ht Wt. Name school Year . All Taylor did in four years at Brookville High and received scholarship 6-8 240 Arizona State was lead Tech to three ACC titles, set a school offers to play basketball at JMU, Duquesne, 6-6 254 Logan Thomas Virginia Tech record for wins by a quarterback (34), as well as Liberty, Akron, Richmond and Tulane but he 6-6 225 NC State marks in , passing yards and many decided to focus on football. He’s also an avid 6-6 210 Tyler Bray Tennessee more. golfer who likes to hit the links whenever he has 6-6 225 Graham Wilbert Florida Atlantic • But after a breakout spring, the 6-6, free time. 6-5 225 Sean Renfree Duke 254-pounder who wears a size 17 or 18 shoe 6-5 223 E.J. Manuel Florida State 6-5 226 Collin Klein Kansas State depending on the make (17 cleat; 18 regular Backfield Blazers shoe), is poised to pick up where Taylor left off. • While the Tech offense lost Ryan 6-5 218 Adam Kennedy Utah State • Thomas saw sparse action on the field Williams and to the NFL, the 6-5 216 Casey Pachall TCU last year, but did haul in a 2-yard touchdown Hokies will still boast a talented arsenal under 6-5 224 Jordan Jefferson LSU pass against Wake Forest and delivered a key new running backs coach Shane Beamer. 6-5 240 Arizona 24-yard completion on a third-and-16 play to • Blazer David Wilson saw plenty of action 6-5 220 Pete Thomas Colorado State Danny Coale on a touchdown drive in the 31- the past two seasons on offense and special 17 win at Miami. teams, and takes over the job as the top back. * - heights and weights taken from • The redshirt sophomore was recruited • Josh Oglesby is a talented back who individual school’s official athletics website roster as a , but quickly was moved to moves back to tailback from fullback this year, Patterson was a star in high school and makes quarterback and began the process of being and Tony Gregory is perhaps the fastest of all the move to the offense after working at groomed for this season. He’s had plenty of the backs. He is back after tearing his ACL in linebacker, while freshman Michael Holmes is hype around him already, appearing as one of the North Carolina game last year. Dominique considered a bright star of the future for Tech.

2011 Starters Game By Game

Offense FL LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB TB SE

Appalachian St. Coale Lanier Nosal Miller Brooks DeChristopher Drager Thomas Phillips Wilson Boykin

East Carolina Coale Lanier Nosal Miller Brooks DeChristopher Drager Thomas Phillips Wilson Boykin

Arkansas St. Coale Lanier Nosal Miller Brooks DeChristopher Drager Thomas Davis (WR) Wilson Boykin

Marshall

Clemson

Miami

Wake Forest

Boston College

Duke

Georgia Tech

North Carolina

Virginia

Defense DE DT DT DE ILB ILB WHIP CB ROVER FS CB

Appalachian St. Gayle D Hopkins A Hopkins Collins B Taylor Edwards Gouveia-Winslow Hosley Whitley Exum K Fuller

East Carolina Gayle D Hopkins A Hopkins Collins B Taylor Edwards Gouveia-Winslow Hosley Whitley Exum K Fuller

Arkansas St. Gayle D Hopkins A Hopkins Collins B Taylor Edwards Gouveia-Winslow Hosley Whitley Exum K Fuller

Marshall

Clemson

Miami

Wake Forest

Boston College

Duke

Georgia Tech

North Carolina

Virginia

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Wilson Takes Over areer tarts ames layed • Electrifying junior David Wilson, from C S & G P Name Yr. GP GS Name Yr. GP GS Name Yr. GP GS nearby Danville, Va., takes over as the No. 1 Arkema r-Fr. 1 0 Farris Fr. 1 0 McCray r-Fr. 3 0 tailback, while also holding down the kickoff Aromire Fr. 1 0 Fuller, C. r-Jr. 1 0 Miller r-So. 15 3 return duties. Wilson has been clocked at a Becton r-Jr. 20 0 Fuller, K. So. 17 9 Myer Sr. 43 43 Beiro r-Fr. 3 0 Gayle r-So. 16 5 Nosal r-Sr. 31 18 blistering 4.29 in the 40-yard dash and his Bonner r-Fr. 3 0 Gentry Sr. 3 0 Norman r-Fr. 0 0 flair for the outrageous has made him a media Boykin Sr. 44 35 George r-Jr. 6 0 Oglesby r-Sr. 41 0 favorite. He did eight consecutive standing Brooks r-Sr. 33 31 Gouveia-Winslow r-Jr. 26 10 Painter r-Jr. 10 0 back flips at the 2009 Media Day and topped Brown r-Jr. 17 0 Gresh r-Fr. 3 0 Perez-Means r-Fr. 3 0 Carroll r-Sr. 44 44 Gregory r-So. 13 0 Phillips r-Jr. 14 2 himself in 2010 with 10 consecutive standing Clark r-So. 3 0 Halfhide r-Fr. 1 0 Prince r-Jr. 1 0 back flips. He told reporters he taught himself Clayton r-Jr. 5 0 Hamlette r-Jr. 7 0 Rivers r-Sr. 26 14 the flips when he was just 4 years old after Coale r-Sr. 44 43 Hill r-Sr. 41 2 Roberts Sr. 39 14 Coles Jr. 25 0 Hopkins, A. r-Jr. 30 15 Scales r-Jr. 17 0 watching gymnastics on television. Wilson Collins r-So. 17 4 Hopkins, D. So. 16 3 St. Germain r-Fr. 1 0 wore a shirt and tie to school every day his Davis, M. r-Jr. 30 4 Hopper r-So. 15 0 Taylor, B. r-Jr. 24 17 senior year of high school and continues to DeChristopher r-Sr. 41 40 Hosley Jr. 29 16 Thomas r-So. 10 3 Demler r-Jr. 3 3 Jarrett Fr. 3 0 Tucker r-Jr. 13 0 dress up for classes at Tech. Dew r-Fr. 3 0 Journell r-So. 3 3 Tweedy r-Jr. 30 0 • Last year, he opened up the second half DiNardo r-Fr. 3 0 Lanier r-Sr. 25 18 Tyler r-So. 17 1 with a 92-yard kickoff return for a score at Drager r-Sr. 46 15 Leal r-Fr. 1 0 Via r-Jr. 12 3 NC State, had a 68-yard touchdown run Dunn r-Jr. 10 0 Maddy Fr. 3 0 Wang r-So. 7 0 Dyer r-Fr. 1 0 Malleck Fr. 3 0 Whitley Sr. 43 17 against Central Michigan and had a 65-yard Edwards r-So. 17 3 Marshall Fr. 3 0 Wilson, D. Jr. 29 5 touchdown catch and run against Duke. He Exum r-So. 17 8 Martin r-So. 14 1 Wilson, T. r-So. 17 0 gave Tech the lead for good against Georgia Tech with a 90-yard kickoff return for a football player to earn All-America honors in an 81-yard catch to set up the game-winning touchdown. track. Dennis Scott (lettered in football from touchdown pass with 21 seconds left. • He rushed for 619 yards and five 1976-78) finished fifth in the 60-yard dash • He had a career day against Florida State touchdowns last season, returned two kickoffs at the 1978 NCAA indoor meet and Kenny in the 2010 ACC Championship Game when for touchdowns and caught four touchdown Lewis (lettered in football from 1976-79) he had six catches for a career-high 143 yards passes, as well. He opened 2011 with 162 yards finished third in the 60-yard hurdles at the in the win. rushing and three touchdowns with 15 broken 1980 NCAA indoor meet. • Coale averaged 18.8 yards per catch tackles against Appalachian State. • Wilson is the first Tech football player to last season, 11th-best in the FBS, and has a • Wilson says he wears No. 4 in honor of qualify for NCAA Nationals with the Hokie career average of 16.7 yards per catch. The his mother, Shelia, who was born on April 4 track team since André Davis, who was a wide senior enters this week’s game with 116 career (4/4) and because it’s her favorite number. receiver, qualified in 1999 in the 100- and receptions for 1,932 yards and six touchdowns. • He also contributes on the Virginia 200-meter dashes for the outdoor meet and in His 116 receptions rank sixth all-time at Tech Tech track & field team, finishing second at the 2000 indoor 60- and 200-meter dashes. and his 1,932 yards are the sixth-most in the ACC indoor meet in the triple jump this • Wilson’s car matches his demeaner: school history. past February in contributing to Tech’s team flashy and stylish. While at home last winter, • This past spring, he surged unexpectedly conference title (his second ring of the year he spotted a 1978 Ford Thunderbird sitting to the top of the depth charge and could when you count football). in a backyard and decided to go knock on be called on this year as the backup. He punted • Wilson won the triple jump at the the stranger’s front door. He left with the car in high school, but hasn’t since then, and this prestigious Penn Relays and earned All- after negotiating a deal to buy it for $2,000. year, he could contribute as a receiver, punter America honors at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Wilson then proceded to add around $7,000 and punt return man. National Championships in the triple jump by in enhancements, including ostrich skin placing sixth. He became just the third Tech vinyl interior, a new paint job to make it Big-Play Boykin burnt orange, 24-inch rims, new tires and a • Senior Jarrett Boykin became a big-play Rushing = Outcome? customized stereo system. receiver for the Hokies last year and uses • Under head coach Frank Beamer (298 games), the Hokies are 177-32-2 when Athletics Runs In The Family ome un hreat outrushing their opponents, 23-63 when • Danny Coale comes from quite the H R T being outrushed and 1-0 when the rushing athletic family. His brother, Kevin, played David Wilson total is even. midfield for the men’s Career Rushing Avg...... 5.7 lacrosse team. Their father, Jimmy, is the head Career Receiving Avg...... 13.6 • In Tech’s current 18-year bowl run (since strength and conditioning coach at Virginia Career Kickoff Return Avg...... 23.5 1993), Tech is 157-17 when outrushing its Military Institute (VMI). opponents, 19-38 when being outrushed • Danny, who was a first-team all-state Average Per Touch...... 8.7 and 1-0 when the rushing total is even. lacrosse player in high school, set Tech’s • In its current 18-year bowl run (since freshman reception record with 36 catches and Career 2011 1993), Tech is 104-7 when rushing for 200 has caught at least two passes in 34 of 44 career 10+ yard runs: 37 10 yards or more, including 7-0 in 2005. games played, and caught at least one pass in 15+ yard runs: 23 8 40 of 44 contests. 20+ yard runs: 15 5 • Since the start of the 1999 season, Tech is • He had his longest, and most important, 20+ yard plays: 41 7 112-10 when outrushing its opponent and catch in the final minutes of the Nebraska game 12-26 when being outrushed. in 2009, breaking free down the sideline for Broken Tackles in 2011 35

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 9 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com his big hands to help with snagging passes. • Hosley was named a preseason All- ootball ecords Boykin’s hands are so large that he has to wear American by Playboy, SI.com and Sporting ACC F R OVERALL CONFERENCE size-3X receiver’s gloves. His thick fingers bust News prior to this season and flew to California the seams of the gloves, sending him back to in July to film a segment for ESPN Sport SINCE 2004 SINCE 2004 equipment manager Lester Karlin often for a Science. VT 76-21 VT 46-10 replacement pair. • The speedy Hosley is from Delray Beach, BC 63-31 GT 36-20 • Last season, he had a team-leading 53 Fla., where he attended Atlantic High School, Florida St. 59-35 BC 30-19 receptions for 847 yards and six touchdown the same high school as two former Hokies GT 59-35 Florida St. 33-23 receptions. He has 15 career total touchdowns, who play(ed) in the NFL - Brandon Flowers Clemson 56-36 Clemson 32-24 including a rushing touchdown when he (Chiefs) and David Clowney (Panthers). Miami 54-36 Miami 30-27 pounced on a in the end zone against Wake Forest 46-43 UNC 27-30 Virginia in 2009. He is climbing the charts for A Reward For Good Grades Maryland 45-43 Maryland 25-32 career receiving yards at Tech, sitting in second • The Tech football team eats its meals place with 2,216 yards (only the fourth Tech in order of grade-point average range. Those UNC 44-44 Virginia 24-33 player ever to register 2,000 yards or more) and players who have graduated, as well as those Virginia 43-45 Wake Forest 24-33 has 14 touchdowns. He is the school’s leader in players who maintain the highest grade-point NC St. 42-46 NC St. 22-35 career receptions with 133, as he broke Ernest average, eat all team meals first. Coach Beamer Duke 17-68 Duke 7-50 Wilford’s mark of 126 catches at East Carolina invites each player to eat, calling out his name a two-time Virginia Group AA state champion earlier this year. and his GPS range, starting with the highest. and was the No. 3-ranked heavyweight by W.I.N. Magazine following his senior year. Hosley to the House Athletic Offensive Linemen He was also a first-team all-state selection in • Junior Jayron Hosley was the last player • This year’s offensive line is another athletic football. to verbal to Tech before signing day in 2009 one as two starters began their collegiate after getting a late offer from the Hokies. careers at tight end. Starters Greg Nosal (left The Defensive Quarterback He quickly made a name for himself on the guard) and Andrew Lanier (left ) came • Senior Eddie Whitley is the master of all college level as a true freshman, mainly as a to Blacksburg as tight ends before making the trades in the defensive backfield for the Hokies, punt returner with an average of 11.2 yards move to the interior line. as he’s spent time at cornerback, outside per return. He had a 64-yard return for a score • made the same move early linebacker, rover and took over the starting job against Marshall, becoming the first freshman in his career and was a first-round draft pick of at free safety last year. He took the reigns from under head coach Frank Beamer to return a the Houston Texans in 2008 and is in his third three-year starter , who was punt for a score. year as a starter. Brandon Frye did the same drafted by Seattle in 2010 and is now starting • Last year, he made his impact on defense and started at tackle for the Seattle Seahawks for the Seahawks. In preseason, he switched up and was named first-team All-ACC, as well as before getting injured in 2009. Ed Wang also to the rover spot and Antone Exum moved to a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp came in as a tight end and moved to tackle early free safety, but both can play either position. Football Foundation and a second-teamer by on in his career. He was drafted by Buffalo in • Whitley, a North Carolina native, is an the Associated Press. He had a nation-leading 2010 and played for the Bills last season. avid chess player, who’s been playing since he nine interceptions - including three at NC • Sophomore Andrew Miller takes over was 4 years old. He plays online, in the locker State - to tie the school record for picks in a as the center and while he didn’t start as a room, on his computer and even on his iPhone. season. tight end, he’s athletic in his own right. The • Against Central Michigan, he broke free Bassett, Va., native was a standout wrestler in A Family Atmosphere on a punt return, taking it back 80 yards for his high school and has competed for the Hokies’ • Starting defensive tackles Antoine and second career punt return touchdown. nationally ranked wrestling squad. Miller was Derrick Hopkins are just one of several

Offensive Line Play Breakdown (offensive plays only ... S-started; P-played; DNP-dressed, but did not play on offense; DND- did not dress; INJ-injured) ASU ECU ASU MU CU UM WF BC DU GT UNC VA 2011 Career M. Arkema P/9 DNP DNP 9 9 N. Becton P/42 P/33 P/40 115 397 J. Brooks S/41 S/63 S/46 150 1505 B. DeChristopher S/45 S/71 S/75 191 2401 B. Gentry P/13 DNP DNP 13 36 C. Farris P/17 DNP DNP 17 17 A. Lanier S/33 S/38 S/35 106 862 A. Miller S/45 S/71 S/75 191 327 G. Nosal S/41 S/71 S/75 187 1317 V. Pa i n t e r P/30 DNP DNP 30 73 C. Prince P/30 DNP DNP 30 30 M. Shuman INJ DND DNP 0 0 M. Via INJ DNP P/24 24 344 D. Wang P/29 P/8 INJ 37 98

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 10 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com Hokies on the roster to have family ties to the redshirted before serving as a backup last year. BY THE NUMBERS Tech football program. • He is a local product who hails from 1940 … the last time Tech visited Marshall • Redshirt juniors Vinston Painter and Ripplemead, about 30 minutes from campus. for a football game. Randall Dunn are cousins. He came in with impressive credentials after • So are redshirt sophomore Logan earning prep All-America honors coming out .852 … winning percentage for Tech in Thomas and redshirt freshman Zack McCray, of nearby Giles High School. games under Frank Beamer when scoring at as are redshirt senior Jaymes Brooks and • After redshirting as a freshman in 2009, least one TD on defense or special teams. redshirt sophomore Telvion Clark. Journell was slowed by a hip flexor in last year’s • Linebacker Tariq Edwards is the son of spring drills and never could make a serious 165 … rushing yards by David Wilson former Hokie football player Bo Campbell, run for the job. But this year, he had a breakout against Marshall University in 2009 remains who lettered from 1989-92. George George spring to earn the top spot. a career high for the Tech junior. III is a walk-on whose father, George, was on • Journell is the first Tech principal the Tech team in the 1970s. to sign an NLI and come in on 76 … total games won by the Hokies since • Back-up center Bo Gentry is the son of scholarship since Shayne Graham signed with joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in Tech’s Assistant A.D. for Athletic Performance, the Hokies in 1996 and went on to earn first- 2004, the most of any ACC team during that Dr. Mike Gentry. Martin Scales is the cousin team All-Big East Conference honors in all span. of former Hokies Orion and Cam Martin. four seasons as Tech’s kicker before going on to • There are seven players on the team with a standout NFL career. 71 … yards lost on sacks by Tech’s defense brothers who either are playing or did play • Journell will also be the first non-senior to are the most in the ACC. at Virginia Tech. The Hopkins Brothers be Tech’s kicker since Pace was the starter as a (Antoine and Derrick) both start up front junior in 2005. 68 … yards receiving needed by Danny along the defensive line. Wiley Brown is the • Senior kickoff specialist Justin Myer Coale to become just the fifth player in younger brother of former Nekos has a cannon of a leg, but isn’t as accurate or school history to accumulate 2,000 career Brown and David Wang is the younger brother consistent as Journell, and could be called on yards receiving. of former offensive tackle Ed Wang. Redshirt for some attempts of 50 yards or longer. freshman lineman Mark Shuman is the 57… receiving yards needed by Jarrett younger brother of former starting center and From The Beach To The Mountains Boykin (2,187) to pass Ricky Scales (2,272) current weight room G.A. Ryan Shuman. • Junior linebacker Bruce Taylor was thrust for first place on Tech’s all-time pass • Kyle Fuller is a sophomore defensive into the last year after 2009’s receptions list. back who played last year as a true freshman. starter, Barquell Rivers, tore a quad tendon He is joined on the team by his brother, while lifting in spring of 2010. 37 … rushing first downs for Tech this Corey Fuller, who ran track at Kansas for two • Taylor was born in Georgia, but moved season is the same number as the total first seasons before transferring to Tech last year. to Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he went to high downs (rushing, passing & penalty) allowed Both are younger brothers of former Hokie school. He was the first commitment in the in three games by the Hokies’ defense. Vincent Fuller, who played six seasons with the Hokies’ 2008 class and has adjusted nicely in . his time in the mountains. While productive on 36:04 … Tech’s average time of possession the field, Taylor also helps out with the Special tops the Atlantic Coast Conference. Tech’s Kicking Tradition Olympics of Southwest Virginia off the field. • For the first time in five seasons, Tech • Last season, he led the team with 91 21 … pass interceptions for Virginia Tech will not be relying on a senior walk-on for the tackles, including 15.5 for loss. He hurt his during its last 10 games. kicking duties. In 2006, Brandon Pace went 18- shoulder this past spring during practice and for-19 on field goals en route to second-team had to have surgery, but is back full now. 11 … for kickoff man Justin All-ACC honors. In 2007, it was Jud Dunlevy, Meyer on 20 kicks this season. who went 21-for-26 on the season. Back and Forth and Back Again • In 2008, Dustin Keys set a school record • For senior Chris Drager, it’s been a 8.7 … average yards gained by David Wilson with 23 made field goals. In 2009, it was Matt nomad’s journey at Virginia Tech. He arrived every time he has touched the football at Waldron’s turn and he responded by making n the ctive ists Virginia Tech (294 touches; 2,434 yds.). 20-of-23 field goals and scoring 108 points en O A L route to first-team All-ACC honors. Interceptions Jayron Hosley...... 11 8 … current national ranking for the Hokies • And last year, Chris Hazley picked up where the others left off, hitting 21-of-22 field Eddie Whitley...... 3 in total defense (224.67 ypg.) and scoring Jeron Gouveia-Winslow...... 3 defense (10.00 ppg.). goals, including a school-record (for a single season) 21 in a row. Kyle Fuller...... 1 Antoine Hopkins...... 1 7 … combined penalties against Tech’s • The last four were one-year wonders, each winning the job in their final season, and each Tariq Edwards...... 1 opponents during the first three games. Derek DiNardo...... 1 going on to score over 100 points. The previous Blocked Kicks five seasons, the five kickers combined to make 5.5 … tackles for loss by cornerback Kyle Tony Gregory...... 1 Fuller tie him for the ACC lead. 103 of 119 field-goal attempts (86.6 percent) Non-Offensive Touchdowns and produce 525 points with two earning All- Jayron Hosley...... 2 4 … Tech’s current national ranking in ACC honors. David Wilson...... 2 rushing defense (55.3 ypg.) and pass • This year, it’s Cody Journell’s time to Dyrell Roberts...... 1 efficiency defense (78.97 rating). shine. He’s taken a different route as he was Jeron Gouveia-Winslow...... 1 a scholarship signee in February of 2009 and Kyle Fuller...... 1

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 11 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com at Tech in 2007 and saw the field as a true and began master’s classes in the fall. He freshman helping out on special teams and finished the class part of his master’s program Virginia Tech Football at tight end. He suffered a season-ending this past summer and now just has to write his Conference Affiliations knee injury while making a 9-yard reception thesis, which should take all of this school year • 1892-97: Independent against William & Mary and received a medical and will hopefully graduate next spring. • 1898: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc. hardship waiver. • Drager had a 3.83 grade-point average as • 1899-1906: Independent • As a redshirt freshman in 2008, he again an undergraduate and has over a 3.9 GPA in • 1907-21: South Atlantic Intercollegiate played a lot of special teams and contributed grad school. He’s doing his thesis on the effects Athletic Association at tight end, catching three passes. After a of docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid, • 1922-64: Southern Conference breakout spring season in 2009, he was moved on resistance training and muscle damage and 1963 champions • 1965-90: Independent to defensive end, a position he hadn’t played has taken the intial steps to apply for a Rhodes • 1991-2003: Big East since high school. He had to learn on the fly Scholarship. 1995 champions in preseason practices and ended up recording 1996 co-champions 22 tackles, including 6.5 for loss with 2.5 From The Gopher State To Blacksburg 1999 champions sacks in 2009. Last year, he started 11 games • Long snapper Collin Carroll is the first • 2004-present: ACC and collected 34 tackles, including six for loss player under Frank Beamer from Minnesota. 2004 champions and two sacks, as he started to flourish at the His father, Jay, played tight end for the 2007 champions position. University of Minnesota in the early ‘80s and 2008 champions 2010 champions • Now, the senior is back as the starting played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings tight end, making the move selflessly to help and the . several videos for Tech’s website this preseason, the team. He has just five catches for 60 yards • Carroll sent out around 70 tapes has handled punt, field goal and extra point for his career, but was moved because of a lack to different colleges in hopes of catching snaps for the Hokies during his career. He’s of experience at the position. someone’s eye. Upon seeing the video, Tech made 401 snaps in his career with just two • The Pennsylvania native got his bachelor’s coach Frank Beamer asked him to come unusable snaps (1 punt and 1 FG in the 2009 degree in human nutrition, foods and exercise down for a visit and eventually offered him a Miami game in the rain). in December of 2009, needing just three scholarship - a rarity for long snappers coming years to do so. He then started the research out of high school. It’s Wiley Brown Time component of his master’s degree last spring • The aspiring journalist, who has cut • Walk-on whip linebacker Wiley Brown is Offensive Individual Career Game Highs THROWERS RUNNERS CATCHERS Josh Oglesby (TB) Logan Thomas (QB) Daniel Dyer (TB) Jarrett Boykin (WR) Rec. 2...... four times Att. 33...... ArkSt, 2011 Att. 6...... AppSt, 2011 Rec. 8...... twice Yd s . 1 4 ...... Alabama, 2009 Comp. 21...... ArkSt, 2011 Yd s . 3 0 ...... AppSt, 2011 Yds. 164...... NC State, 2009 TDs 0 Yds. 292...... ArkSt, 2011 TDs 0 TDs 1...... 14 times Long 13...... Alabama, 2009 TDs 2...... twice Long 13...... AppSt, 2011 Long 64...... MD, 2009 INTs 2...... ArkSt, 2011 Dyrell Roberts (WR) Long 55...... AppSt, 2011 Tony Gregory (TB) Danny Coale (WR) Rec. 6...... WF, 2010 RUSHING Att. 9...... DU, 2010 Rec. 7...... ArkSt, 2011 Yds. 134...... WF, 2010 Att. 11...... ECU, 2011 Yd s . 3 6 ...... DU, 2010 Yds. 143...... FSU, 2010 TDs 1...... five times Yd s . 6 6 ...... ECU, 2011 TDs 0 TDs 1...... six times Long 62...... ECU, 2008 TDs 0 Long 24...... ECU, 2010 Long 81...... Nebraska, 2009 Long 16...... ArkSt, 2011 David Wilson (TB) RECEIVING Josh Oglesby (TB) D.J. Coles (WR) Rec. 3...... UVa, 2010 Rec. 1...... WF, 2010 Att. 12...... Marshall, 2009 Rec. 4...... AppSt, 2011 Yd s . 6 5 ...... twice Yd s . 2...... WF, 2010 Yd s . 6 0 ...... Marshall, 2009 Yd s . 6 1 ...... ArkSt, 2011 TDs 1...... four times TDs 1...... WF, 2010 TDs 2...... twice TDs 1...... ArkSt, 2011 Long 65...... DU, 2010 Long 2...... WF, 2010 Long 34...... Miami, 2009 Long 49...... ArkSt, 2011 KICKERS Mark Leal (QB) Joey Phillips (FB) Marcus Davis (WR) Scott Demler (P) Att. 9...... AppSt, 2011 Att. 3...... ArkSt, 2011 Rec. 6...... DU, 2010 Punts 5...... twice Comp. 6...... AppSt, 2011 Yd s . 2...... ArkSt, 2011 Yds. 140...... AppSt, 2011 Long 44...... AppSt, 2011 Yds. 113...... AppSt, 2011 TDs 0 TDs 2...... twice I20 1...... twice TDs 2...... AppSt, 2011 Long 3...... ArkSt, 2011 Long 80...... BC, 2009 Avg. 37.8...... ECU, 2011 INTs 0 Long 63...... AppSt, 2011 David Wilson (TB) Chris Drager (TE) Cody Journell (PK) RUSHING Att. 26...... ECU, 2011 Rec. 1...... five times FG Made 1...... three times Att. 1...... AppSt, 2011 Yds. 165...... Marshall, 2009 Yd s . 1 5 ...... UNC, 2008 FG Att. 2...... twice Yd s . 5...... AppSt, 2011 TDs 3...... AppSt, 2011 TDs 0 Long 39...... ECU, 2011 TDs 0 Long 68...... CMU, 201 Long 15...... UNC, 2008 PAT Made 9...... AppSt, 2011 Long 5...... AppSt, 2011 PAT Att. 9...... AppSt, 2011 Randall Dunn (TE) Ju-Ju Clayton (QB) Rec. 1...... three times Att. 3...... Marshall, 2009 Yd s . 9...... WF, 2010 Comp. 1...... BC, 2009 TDs 1...... AppSt, 2011 Yd s . 8 0 ...... BC, 2009 Long 9...... WF, 2010 TDs 1...... BC, 2009 INTs 0 George George (TE) Long 80...... BC, 2009 Rec. 1...... ArkSt, 2011 RUSHING Yd s . 3 7 ...... ArkSt, 2011 Att. 2...... BC, 2009 TDs 0 Yd s . - 1 ...... Marshall, 2009 Long 37...... ArkSt, 2011 TDs 0 Long -1...... Marshall, 2009

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 12 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com the son of Chuck Brown a famous songwriter guard, but the senior also is proud that he START CHARTS and performer who is known as the “Godfather scored a touchdown on a run from the fullback Current of Go-Go” music. The elder Brown had the No. position in his last high school game. Offense ‘11 Streak Career 1 national R&B hit in “Bustin’ Loose” in 1978. • The Newport News, Va., native also Boykin 3 27 35 The hook from that song was used by Nelly in excelled in another sport, winning the Virginia Brooks 3 31 31 the 2002 No. 1 hit “Hot in Herre.” Group AAA state indoor track & field shot Coale 3 27 43 • The elder Brown turned 76 in August, put title as a sophomore and finishing second Davis 1 1 4 and in 2009, to honor him, the city of in both the shot put and discus at the State DeChristopher 3 25 40 Washington, D.C., designated the portion of Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet Drager 3 7 15* Seventh Street NW from T Street to Florida his senior year. Lanier 3 17 18 Avenue as Chuck Brown Way. • Brooks, who was born in Zweibrucken, Martin 0 - 1 • Wiley is the younger brother of Nekos, Germany, was thrust into the limelight for the Miller 3 3 3 who started at defensive end in 2009. He Orange Bowl two seasons ago when the starter Nosal 3 17 18 played at Duquesne before transferring in and was ruled ineligible. He responded with a solid Phillips 2 - 2 sitting out in 2009. He was a special teams game in the win and has started every game Roberts 0 - 14 demon, recording 13 special teams tackles for since, a streak of 31 contests. Thomas 3 3 3 the year and a forced fumble in the Orange Via 0 - 3 Wilson 3 3 5 Bowl on kickoff coverage Book End Tackle • Senior offensive tackle Blake Current Defense ‘11 Streak Career Constant On The Sidelines DeChristopher anchors a senior-laden Battle 0 - 2 • Long-time equipment manager Lester offensive line, one that has combined to make Collins 3 3 4 Karlin and Assistant to the Head Coach Billy 113 career starts, third-most in the ACC. th Edwards 3 3 3 Hite are both in their 34 seasons on the Tech DeChristopher, who is in his fourth year as a Exum 3 3 8 staff and have been on the sideline for 401 starter, has started 40 games and has a chance Fuller, K. 3 3 9 consecutive Tech games. to reached the rare 50-game mark this season. Gayle 3 3 5 • An intimidating presence at 6-5, 311 Gouveia-Winslow 3 4 10 Taking Care Of Walk-Ons pounds, DeChristopher proudly carries around Hill 0 - 2 • Former walk-on was a a full beard and shaggy hair, but is also a beast Hopkins, A. 3 15 15 starter for the San Francisco 49ers and Denver in the weight room. He strained a pectoral Hopkins, D. 3 3 3 Broncos, and John Burke played in the Super muscle in off-season max testing, causing him Hosley 3 14 16 Bowl with the in 1987. to miss most of the preseason, but trainers are Rivers 0 - 15 went from a walk-on, to a starter, confident he’ll be ready for the season opener. Taylor, B. 3 17 17 to an All-American, and finally to an NFL Tyler 0 - 1 Draft pick of Tampa Bay in 2009. Giving Them His Finger Whitley 3 9 17 • Current Tech walk-ons who have earned • No one can accuse offensive guard Greg Current scholarships include Jack Tyler, Justin Myer, Nosal of being soft after his performance Specialists ‘11 Streak Career Joey Phillips, Martin Scales and Corey Fuller against CMU last year. The senior got his Carroll (LS) 3 44 44 with others in line should a scholarship open pinkie finger stuck in the facemask of a Demler (P) 3 3 3 up. defender, ripping the fleshy tip of the finger off. Journell (PK) 3 3 3 • Grimm and Will Montgomery (C, After the trainers fished it out of his glove, they Myer (KO) 3 43 43 Washington Redskins) are both former Hokie put the digit on ice and wrapped up Nosal so * - one start came at tight end in 2008; 11 starts walk-ons starting in the NFL this year. he could finish the game. came at defensive end in 2010 • Finally, he went into the training room Give it to Brooks late in the game after the pain medicine wore STARTED EVERY GAME IN 2011 • Offensive guard Jaymes Brooks is making off to get the tip sewn back on, but he played 1/2 Offense (10): Boykin, Brooks, Coale, his living as a third-year starter at offensive two quarters with 9 fingers. DeChristopher, Drager, Lanier, Miller, Nosal, Thomas, Wilson Hokies With NFL Ties Defense (11): Collins, Edwards, Exum, Current Player(s) Tie K Fuller, Gayle, Gouveia-Winslow, Collin Carroll father, Jay Carroll, played in the NFL for the Minnesota A Hopkins, D Hopkins, Hosley, B Taylor, Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Whitley Kyle and Corey Fuller brother, Vincent Fuller, played six seasons as a defensive back Specialists (4): Carroll, Demler, Journell, Myer for the Tennessee Titans Josh Trimble late father, Steve Trimble, played four seasons in the NFL - LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS three with the , one with the Collin Carroll...... 44 - as a free safety Justin Myer...... 43 David Wang brother, Ed Wang, was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2010 as Jaymes Brooks...... 31 an offensive tackle, playing for them last year Danny Coale...... 27 Chase Williams father, Gregg Williams, is the defensive coordinator of the Jarrett Boykin...... 27 2010 World Champion Saints Blake DeChristopher...... 25 Tyrel Wilson father, James Wilson, signed as an UFA with Detroit Andrew Lanier...... 17 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow biological father, Kurt Gouveia, played 13 seasons in the NFL Greg Nosal...... 17 for the Washington Redskins, and San Bruce Taylor...... 17 Diego Chargers as a linebacker

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 13 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com • Nosal’s father, Greg, was promoted in toward second undergraduate degree), PLAY BREAKDOWN 2009 to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy and Josh Oglesby (graduated, working toward No. Name...... O...... D.....ST...... T works at the Pentagon. The younger Nosal second undergraduate degree), Barquell 1 Antone Exum...... 0...... 163.....17...... 180 has lived all over the country, taking residence Rivers (graduated, working toward second 2 Josh Oglesby...... 68...... 0...... 0...... 68 3 Logan Thomas...... 193...... 0...... 0...... 193 in Virginia Beach twice, Jacksonville twice, undergraduate degree), Dyrell Roberts 4 David Wilson...... 128...... 0...... 4...... 132 Washington, D.C. twice and Honolulu once, (graduates in December), Eddie Whitley 6 Mark Leal...... 22...... 0...... 0...... 22 moving six times total. (graduates in December), Tyler Weiss 7 Marcus Davis...... 114...... 0...... 4...... 118 8 Detrick Bonner...... 0...... 28...... 17...... 45 (graduates in December). 9 Cris Hill...... 0...... 109.....20...... 129 Gettin’ It Done In The Classroom • Additionally, junior Courtney Prince 11 Dyrell Roberts...... 60...... 0...... 16...... 76 • Of the 17 seniors on the 2011 roster, graduated this past summer to bring the 12 Ju-Ju Clayton...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 there are eight Hokie graduates, with seven Hokies’ total number of graduates to nine. 13 Randall Dunn...... 30...... 0...... 9...... 39 15 Eddie Whitley...... 0...... 168.....14...... 182 others slated to graduate in December and one • In eight of the past 10 years, Tech has 16 Trey Gresh...... 0...... 0...... 19...... 19 on track to graduate next May. graduated 70 percent or higher of its football 17 Kyle Fuller...... 0...... 166.....21...... 187 • Here’s how the current seniors, class. 18 D.J. Coles...... 58...... 0...... 15...... 73 19 Danny Coale...... 146...... 0...... 9...... 154 listed alphabetically, stand: Kwamaine 20 Jayron Hosley...... 0...... 160.....23...... 183 Battle (graduated, working toward second Impressive Genes 21 Theron Norman...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 undergraduate degree), Jarrett Boykin • Backup offensive guard David Wang 22 Tony Gregory...... 15...... 0...... 17...... 32 23 Boye Aromire...... 0...... 18...... 2...... 20 (graduates in December), Jaymes Brooks comes from athletic parents, both of whom 24 Tariq Edwards...... 0...... 158.....16...... 174 (graduates in December), Collin Carroll were members of the Chinese Olympic team. 25 Martin Scales...... 19...... 0...... 41...... 60 (graduates in December), Danny Coale • David had surgery on his shoulder during 26 James Hopper...... 0...... 20...... 30...... 50 (graduated, working toward second preseason and redshirted in 2009 before seeing 27 Nick Dew...... 0...... 0...... 33...... 33 28 Alonzo Tweedy...... 0...... 16...... 41...... 57 undergraduate degree), Blake DeChristopher the field in five games last year as the top 29 Scott Demler...... 0...... 0...... 12...... 12 (graduated, working toward second backup at left guard. He was the top backup 32 Riley Beiro...... 5...... 0...... 9...... 14 undergraduate degree), Chris Drager at right guard before fracturing his right foot 33 Chris Drager...... 144...... 0...... 30...... 174 34 Kyshoen Jarrett...... 0...... 18...... 34...... 52 (graduated, working on Master’s), Bo against East Carolina and will be out until 36 Chase Williams...... 0...... 13...... 34...... 47 Gentry (scheduled to graduate in summer November. 38 Michael Branthover...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 2012), Cris Hill (graduates in December), • He is the brother of former Hokie Ed 39 Daniel Dyer...... 6...... 0...... 0...... 6 40 Wiley Brown...... 0...... 0...... 20...... 20 Andrew Lanier (graduated, working Wang, who made history in April of 2010 by 41 Derek DiNardo...... 0...... 3...... 10...... 13 toward second undergraduate degree), becoming the first Chinese American to be 42 J.R. Collins...... 0...... 118.....10...... 128 Justin Myer (scheduled to graduate in drafted by an NFL team when Buffalo took 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow...... 0...... 67...... 20...... 87 May), Greg Nosal (graduated, working him in the fourth round. Ed and David were 44 Brian Liati...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 45 Joey Phillips...... 37...... 0...... 9...... 46 47 Jonathan Halfhide...... 0...... 0...... 3...... 3 48 Justin Myer...... 0...... 0...... 20...... 20 Virginia Tech IS “DBU” 50 Collin Carroll...... 0...... 0...... 30...... 30 51 Bruce Taylor ...... 0...... 160.....12...... 172 They like to call themselves “D-Block” or “DBU” and there’s no denying the recent success 52 Barquell Rivers...... 0...... 27...... 5...... 32 (1993-present) of Virginia Tech’s defensive backs. Below is a list of 24 Hokie D-backs who 54 Nick Becton...... 115...... 0...... 19...... 134 have made their mark on the collegiate level or in the professional ranks. 56 Antoine Hopkins...... 0...... 119...... 4...... 123 57 Telvion Clark...... 0...... 17...... 0...... 17 58 Jack Tyler...... 0...... 3...... 17...... 20 Name Pos. Note 59 Courtney Prince...... 30...... 0...... 0...... 30 Antonio Banks CB 4th-round draft pick of Minnesota in 1997 62 Blake DeChristopher...... 191...... 0...... 0...... 191 Cory Bird S 3rd-round draft pick of Indianapolis in 2001 63 Bo Gentry...... 13...... 0...... 0...... 13 64 Matt Arkema...... 9...... 0...... 0...... 9 Rashad Carmichael CB 4th-round draft pick of Houston last year; NFL rookie 65 Joe St. Germain...... 0...... 0...... 1...... 1 Keion Carpenter S UFA; played with and Buffalo 66 Tyrel Wilson...... 0...... 59...... 19...... 78 Kam Chancellor S 5th-round draft pick of Seattle in 2010; starter for Seattle 67 Michael Via...... 29...... 0...... 0...... 29 68 Jaymes Brooks...... 150...... 0...... 19...... 169 Ike Charlton CB 2nd-round draft pick of Seattle in 2000 69 Mark Shuman...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 Tyrone Drakeford CB 2nd-round draft pick of San Francisco in 1994 71 Vinston Painter...... 30...... 0...... 26...... 56 Brandon Flowers CB 2007 1st-team A-A; 2nd-round pick; starter for Kansas City 72 Andrew Lanier...... 106...... 0...... 19...... 125 74 Andrew Miller...... 191...... 0...... 0...... 191 Vincent Fuller S 4th-round draft pick of Tennessee in 2004 75 Greg Nosal...... 187...... 0...... 7...... 194 Torrian Gray S 2nd-round draft pick of Minnesota in 1997; coach at VT now 76 David Wang...... 37...... 0...... 12...... 49 Eric Green CB 3rd-round draft pick of Arizona in 2003 79 Caleb Farris...... 17...... 0...... 0...... 17 DeAngelo Hall CB 2003 2nd-team A-A; #8 overall pick; starter for Washington 80 George George...... 29...... 0...... 31...... 60 81 Jarrett Boykin...... 172...... 0...... 6...... 178 Justin Hamilton S 7th-round draft pick of Cleveland in 2006 82 Willie Byrn...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 CB 2008 1st-team A-A; drafted by Philadelphia 83 Corey Fuller...... 17...... 0...... 0...... 17 Jayron Hosley CB 2010 1st-team A-A; led nation in INTs in 2010 85 E.L. Smiling...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 86 Eric Martin...... 20...... 0...... 0...... 20 Kevin McCadam SS 5th-round draft pick of Atlanta in 2002 88 Ryan Malleck...... 24...... 0...... 6...... 30 Anthony Midget CB 1999 3rd-team A-A; 5th-round draft pick 89 Cody Journell...... 0...... 0...... 19...... 19 Willie Pile FS 2002 2nd-team A-A; 7th-round draft pick; in CFL 90 Duan Perez-Means...... 0...... 30...... 10...... 40 92 Luther Maddy...... 0...... 66...... 0...... 66 Pierson Prioleau S member of champion New Orleans 93 Isaiah Hamlette...... 0...... 6...... 19...... 25 Aaron Rouse S 3rd-round draft pick of Green Bay in 2007 95 Zack McCray...... 0...... 56...... 19...... 75 S UFA; played in NFL with Cleveland for 10 seasons 96 Corey Marshall...... 0...... 65...... 0...... 65 Ronyell Whitaker CB 2001 3rd-team A-A; played with Minnesota and Tampa Bay 98 Derrick Hopkins...... 0...... 120...... 9...... 129 99 James Gayle...... 0...... 118.....10...... 128 Garnell Wilds CB UFA; played with Carolina and Washington * - had to have dressed for a minimum of one game Jimmy Williams CB 2005 unanimous A-A; 2nd-round draft pick of Atlanta in 2006

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 14 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com • Antoine, known as “Hop,” switched from balls taped to the palms of his hands to make Senior Production No. 98 to No. 56 last year, a number he wore him catch the ball with his fingertips. • The senior duo of Jarrett Boykin and in high school. Derrick, the sophomore known • Davis came to Tech as a quarterback, but Danny Coale have been a productive group as “Skip,” had a tremendous spring session and quickly switched to . But he hurt for the Hokies over the past four seasons. will again be wearing Antoine’s old No. 98. The his right shoulder just four practices into the Coale is best remembered for his 81-yard two have a younger brother nicknamed “Jump” 2008 preseason camp and underwent surgery. catch against Nebraska in the waining to complete the trio. After taking a redshirt year, he was moved moments to set up Dyrell Roberts’ 11-yard • Antoine had 45 tackles, including 6.5 back to quarterback the next spring, but was touchdown catch in the 16-15 win. Boykin’s for loss and 2.5 sacks, while Derrick had nine moved back out wide with just a week left in 39-yard catch-and-run for a score gave the tackles, including 1.5 sacks, and a fumble the spring and has been a permanent resident Hokies the lead for good in the 40-31 win recovery last season. of the receiving corps since. at NC State last year, the biggest comeback • The last brothers to play side-by-side for • His first college reception was an 80-yard under head coach Frank Beamer. Both the Hokies were Blake and Brett Warren at touchdown catch in 2009 against Boston are in the top six at Tech in both all-time linebacker in the mid 2000s. College. Against Appalachian State, he receptions and receiving yards. • Other notable brother combinations hauled in three passes for 140 yards and two • Roberts, a senior, broke his arm in the starting together on the same side of the ball touchdowns. Arkansas State game and is eligible to come were Orion and Cam Martin (defensive end back next year. and whip linebacker, respectively) in the late • Below are Boykin and Coale’s career 2000s; Kevin and Jonathan Lewis, starting One Last Shot stats and their total numbers as a duo. defensive tackles side-by-side in 2002, and • Senior linebacker Barquell Rivers has offensive linemen T.J. (RT) and Todd (LG) seen the highs and lows of college football and G Rec. Yds. TD Avg. Washington in 1996. now is trying to go out on top. Boykin 44 133 2216 14 16.7 • In his first college start, Rivers made a big Coale 44 116 1932 6 16.7 The Freak late-game fourth-down stop at the goal line to Total 88 249 4148 20 16.7 • Junior wide receiver Marcus Davis is help preserve the Hokies’ poised to have a major impact on the offense victory over Cincinnati. The next season, in his featured on NFL China in 2010 as a crew came this year after finally settling in at the position. first year as the starting mike linebacker, Rivers over from Beijing to do a story on American • At 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, the was second on the team with 96 tackles. But in football. freakishly athletic Davis runs a 4.37-second the first week of March, 2010, it all changed. • Virginia Tech also holds the distinction of 40-yard dash and set a Tech program record While working out in the Merryman Center having the first Korean American drafted by an with a 44-inch vertical jump in the spring, weight room tore the quadriceps tendon in his NFL team as Eugene Chung was taken by the making him a big target for Logan Thomas to left leg while power cleaning 351 pounds. New England Patriots in the first round of the find anywhere, but particularly on jump ball • Following surgery, recovery and 1992 Draft. situations in the end zone. rehabilitation time was scheduled as five to • In the summer of 2010, Davis worked on six months. He returned to practice in early Hokie Pride his catching skills by catching 100 balls a day. October, but developed patella tendinitis and • Virginia Tech football has always prided Many of those balls were caught with tennis was shut back down. He worked his way back itself on taking care of its players before, during and after their times in Blacksburg. A Coordinator Tidbits testament to the family atmosphere created is During Bud Foster’s 208-game tenure as During Bryan Stinespring’s 124-game tenure the roster of former Hokie players serving in defensive/co-defensive coordinator, Tech has … as offensive coordinator, Tech has … • had 45 different defensive players score • won 94 games and averaged 364.2 yards of some sort of capacity with the football team in touchdowns. total offense. the athletic department. • held opponents to an average of 105.9 yards • averaged 30.6 points per game, finishing Frank Beamer (head coach) rushing and 16.2 points per game. first or second in the ACC in scoring offense in Shane Beamer (asst. coach) • been nationally ranked in the top five of a five of seven seasons. Cornell Brown (asst. coach) major defensive category 35 times. • finished with six of its top nine all-time Torrian Gray (asst. coach) • had at least one defensive player earn All- teams in both total offense and total points. Jarrett Ferguson (strength & conditioning coach) America honors from some publication in all 16 • had 18 players drafted and 33 players total Keith Short (strength & conditioning coach) seasons. Four players gained A-A recognition in sign with NFL teams. Jermaine Holmes (director, SAASS) 1999 and three were honored in 2001. • had five players earn All-Big East honors, John Moody (Hokie Club) • produced six first-team All-Americans including one repeat performer, and 23 who David Everett (Hokie Club) and 11 others who have earned second- or won All-ACC honors, with five repeat picks. (G.A. coach) third-team All-America honors from one of the • produced a Rimington Trophy winner and Ryan Shuman (G.A.; weight room) recognized groups. unanimous All-American in Jake Grove. • had 34 players drafted by NFL teams. Brandon Dillard (G.A.; weight room) • produced the ACC Player of the Year • produced its first Lombardi Award winner and Offensive Player of the Year for 2004 John Candelas (G.A. coach) and its first Nagurski Trophy winner in Corey () and 2010 (Tyrod Taylor), Jimmy Martin (G.A.; video) Moore. and the 2009 ACC Rookie of the Year (Ryan Mike Burnop (radio color commentator) • produced two BIG EAST defensive players Williams). of the year – , who earned the • featured 1,000-yard rushers Ryan Hop and Skip honor in both 1998 and 1999, and Cornell Williams, Kevin Jones, Lee Suggs, Darren • Defensive tackles Antoine Hopkins and Brown, who won it in 1995. Evans and Branden Ore, the two top passing Derrick Hopkins will line up beside each • featured 10 players who have recorded nine leaders in school history and five of the top other on the defensive line this year as starters. or more interceptions in their career pass catchers in school history.

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 15 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com to play on the kickoff team in the Orange Bowl syndrome. Without the surgeries, he could’ve against Stanford and is coming off a nice spring suffered permanent muscle damage. Tech Players With NFL session. • Roberts missed the rest of the season and Father Connections • Rivers, who has already graduated, was practiced sparingly in the spring, but returned Current Players one of the four game captains for the opener this fall and broke the school record for career Jeron Gouveia-Winslow (Kurt Gouveia) against Appalachian State and continues to kickoff return yards with a 25-yarder against Collin Carroll (Jay Carroll) work his way back into the playing rotation. Appalachian State. But against Arkansas Josh Trimble (late father Steve Trimble) State, he suffered another tough injury on a Chase Williams (Gregg Williams) 25 for No. 25 kickoff return when he broke his left arm on Tyrel Wilson (James Wilson) • Head coach Frank Beamer, who wore the opening return. He had surgery the next No. 25 when he played at Tech in the 1960s, is day and is likely out for the rest of the year, Former Players in his 25th season at the helm of the Hokies. but is eligible to return next year as he hasn’t Beau, Blake and Brett Warren (Don Warren) • During Beamer’s time in Blacksburg, the redshirted yet. Chad and Cody Grimm () other 11 ACC programs have employed a Chad Beasley (Tom Beasley) combined 51 head coaches. Coaches at Their Alma Maters Billy Hardee, III (Billy Hardee, Jr.) • Stanford has had eight head coaches • Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer is one of Kenny Lewis, Jr. (Kenny Lewis, Sr.) over the past 25 years, the most among the 18 head coaches working at their alma maters Ken, Jr. and Jason Barefoot (Ken Barefoot, Sr.) 67 programs (six major conferences plus this season. Notre Dame) with automatic BCS qualifying Chris Ault - Nevada The fact that he is able to punt is a small privileges. Frank Beamer - Virginia Tech miracle since he has chronic back pain. • Five of his nine assistant coaches, plus Bill Blankenship - Tulsa • Demler, from Washington Crossing, Pa., three of the four GAs, played for him either at Troy Calhoun - Air Force has facet syndrome in his back, which causes Murray State (Bud Foster, Charley Wiles) or Jon Embree - Colorado him to have back pain every day. He hurt his Virginia Tech (Shane Beamer, Cornell Brown, Steve Fairchild - Colorado State back his second day of preseason practice at Torrian Gray, plus GAs John Candelas, Jimmy - Northwestern Tech in 2008 and doctors back home said he Martin and Orion Martin). - Oklahoma State injured the third vertebrae in his back. Doug Marrone - Syracuse • Doctors advised him not to punt or do Another Tough Break Ruffin McNeill - East Carolina certain activities, but Demler did a lot of rehab • Senior wide receiver Dyrell Roberts was Rick Neuheisel - UCLA and core strengthening to get back to health. looking to return to form this fall after having Luke Fickell - Ohio State He still wakes up sore every day, but is playing emergency surgery last fall following a game. Joker Phillips - Kentucky through the pain. Roberts, a speedster who was one of the top Larry Porter - Memphis kickoff return men in 2009, was hit on the David Shaw - Stanford thigh on a return in the Georgia Tech game last Willie Taggart - Western Kentucky year. Don Treadwell - • After the game, it was bruised, but Paul Wulff - Washington State nothing out of the ordinary. As the night went on and the pain increased, he was finally Fighting Through the Pain rushed to Montgomery Regional Hospital and • Junior walk-on punter Scott Demler won had a series of surgeries over the next week to the starting punting job in the preseason and relieve pressure in his thigh from compartment takes over for All-ACC punter Brian Saunders.

Hokies In The Pros (updated 9/19/11) No. Name Pos. Team Of Note GP/GS By Team #57 Xavier Adibi LB Minnesota Vikings (1 GP/0 GS) AFC #50 James Anderson OLB Carolina Panthers 12 tackles (2 GP/2 GS) Baltimore (1): Tyrod Taylor #76 Duane Brown OT Houston Texans starter at left tackle (2 GP/2 GS) Buffalo (1): Ed Wang Rashad Carmichael CB Houston Texans injured reserve (shoulder) #31 Kam Chancellor S Seattle Seahawks 19 tackles (2 GP/2 GS) Denver (1): Eddie Royal #32 Darren Evans TB inactive (0 GP/0 GS) Houston (2): Duane Brown, #24 Brandon Flowers CB 7 tackles, 5 PD, 1 INT (2 GP/2 GS) Rashad Carmichael #35 Cody Grimm W S Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 tackles (2 GP/2 GS) Indianapolis (1): Darren Evans #23 DeAngelo Hall CB Washington Redskins 10 tackles, 2 PD (2 GP/2 GS) Kansas City (1): Brandon Flowers #87 Jeff King TE 4 rec., 97 yds, 2 TD (2 GP/1 GS) Pittsburgh (1): #63 Will Montgomery W OG Washington Redskins starter at center (2 GP/2 GS) #84 Joshua Morgan WR San Francisco 49ers 5 rec., 63 yds (2 GP/2 GS) NFC #73 Carlton Powell DT (2 GP/0 GS) #19 Eddie Royal WR Denver Broncos 4 rec., 51 yds (2 GP/2 GS) Arizona (2): Jeff King, Ryan Williams Andre Smith TE Chicago Bears (PS) Atlanta (1): Carlton Powell #55 Darryl Tapp DE Philadelphia Eagles 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF (1 GP/0 GS) Carolina (1): James Anderson #2 Tyrod Taylor QB Baltimore Ravens (0 GP/0 GS) Chicago (1): Andre Smith (PS) #7 QB Philadelphia Eagles 429 yds pass, 4 TD; 122 yds (2 GP/2 GS) Minnesota (1): Xavier Adibi Ed Wang OT Buffalo Bills injured reserve (shoulder) Philadelphia (2): Darryl Tapp, #34 Ryan Williams TB Arizona Cardinals injured reserve (knee) Michael Vick #97 Jason Worilds OLB 3 tackles (2 GP/0 GS) San Francisco (1): Josh Morgan W - came to Tech as a walk-on Seattle (1): Kam Chancellor Tampa Bay (1): Cody Grimm Washington (2): DeAngelo Hall, Will Montgomery

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 16 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com The Virginia Tech football program prides itself on the family atmosphere it instills. That atmosphere hasn’t gone unnoticed as several sets of brothers and sons of former Hokies have followed in their footsteps and decided to play for head coach Frank Beamer and his staff. Below is a comprehensive list of the players who have followed in the footsteps of their relatives. Current players Chad Grimm (lettered 2006) Wiley Brown (redshirt junior) Brother: Cody Grimm (lettered 2006-09) Brother: Nekos Brown (lettered 2006-09) Billy Hardee, Jr. (lettered 1973-75) Tariq Edwards (redshirt sophomore) Son: Billy Hardee III (lettered 2000-02) Father: Bo Campbell (lettered 1989-92) Scott Hawkins (lettered 1969 & 1971) Kyle Fuller (sophomore) and Corey Fuller (redshirt junior) Son: Cullen Hawkins (lettered 1996-97, 1999-00) Brother: Vincent (lettered 2001-04) Danny Hill (lettered 1976-79) Bo Gentry (senior) Brother: Scott Hill (lettered 1986-89) Father: Dr. Mike Gentry (Assistant AD for Athletic Performance) Bill Houseright (lettered 1973-77) George George III (redshirt junior) Sons: Bill Houseright, Jr. (lettered 1995) Father: George George, Jr. (played in the ‘70s) and Jake Houseright (lettered 1998-01) and Jonas Houseright (lettered 2006-08) Griffin Hite (freshman) Father: Billy Hite (Assistant to the Head Coach and Senior Advisor) Billy Leeson (lettered 1982-84) Son: Nick Leeson (lettered 2003, 2005-06) Antoine Hopkins (redshirt junior) Brother: Derrick Hopkins (sophomore) Kenny Lewis, Sr. (lettered 1977-79) Son: Kenny Lewis, Jr. (lettered 2006-08) Mark Shuman (redshirt freshman) Brother: Ryan Shuman (lettered 2006-08) Kevin Lewis (lettered 2000-04) Brother: Jonathan Lewis (lettered 2002-05) David Wang (redshirt sophomore) Brother: Ed Wang (lettered 2006-09) Orion Martin (lettered 2005-08) Brother: Cam Martin (lettered 2006-09) Former Players Nathaniel Adibi (lettered 2000-03) Joe Moss (lettered 1958-59 & 1961) Brother: Xavier Adibi (lettered 2004-07) Sons: Andrew Moss (lettered in 1990) and Billy Moss (lettered in 1992) Ken Barefoot (lettered 1965-67) Sons: Ken Barefoot, Jr. (lettered 1987-88) D.J. Parker (lettered 2004-07) and Jason Barefoot (on the 1988-90 teams) Brother: Matt Wright (on 2006 team)

Frank Beamer (lettered 1966-68) Willie Pile (lettered 2000-02) (head coach 1986 to present) Brother: Ben Barber (on 2009 team) Son: Shane Beamer (lettered 1996-99) (associate head coach 2011-present) Dennis Semones (lettered in 1966) Son: Brandon Semones (lettered 1993-96) Tom Beasley (lettered 1973-76) Son: Chad Beasley (lettered 1998-01) Terry Smith (lettered in 1990) Brother: Eric Smith (lettered in 1992) Mike Borden (lettered 1979-80) Brother: Karl Borden (lettered 1987-88, 90) Lenny Smith (lettered 1968-70) Son: Ryan Smith (lettered 1997-98) Mike Burnop (lettered 1970-72) Son: Greg Burnop (played in 2002) Billy Swarm (lettered 1991-92) Brother: Joe Swarm (lettered 1992-93) Tom Cooper (lettered 1974-76) Son: Chad Cooper (lettered 2001-04) Anthony Thibodeau (lettered in 2000) Brother: John Thibodeau (on 2003-04 teams) Ron Davidson (lettered 1966-68) Son: Ron Davidson, Jr. (on the 1987-90 teams) Michael Vick (lettered 1999-00) Brother: (lettered 2003, 05) Ken Edwards (lettered 1967-69) Son: Tommy Edwards (lettered 1993-94) Blake Warren (lettered 2002-05) Brothers: Brett Warren (lettered 2004-05, 2007-08) George Evans (lettered 1979-82) and Beau Warren (lettered 2007-10) Son: Zac Evans (played in 2009) T.J. Washington (lettered 1994-96) Keith Gray (lettered in 1994) Brother: Todd Washington (lettered 1995-97) Brother: Kirk Gray (on 1990-92 teams) Rich Williams (lettered 1987-88) Brother: Ryan Williams (lettered 1991-94) Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 17 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com

Game-By-Game Captains and Award Winners

Game Captains Wes Worsham * Offense Defense Special Teams

Appalachian St. Coale, Drager, Rivers, Whitley Wilson Davis Fuller Myer

ECU Drager, Oglesby, Roberts, Whitley Oglesby Miller Hill F Beamer †

Arkansas St. DeChristopher, Drager, Hill, Oglesby Coale Coles Edwards Hosley

Marshall Coale, Drager, Nosal, Whitley

Clemson

Miami

Wake Forest

Duke

Georgia Tech

North Carolina

Virginia

* - Wes Worsham Award given only after a victory to game’s MVP, as determined by Worsham.; † - given for 200th VT win by captains

HOT & COLD Coldest Games at Kickoff Under Beamer (not factoring in wind chill, strictly temperature at kickoff) Rk. Date Opponent Location Stadium Kickoff Time Temperature Score 1. Nov. 21, 1987 Cincinnati Blacksburg, Va. Lane 1:00 PM 25 W, 21-20 2. Nov. 22, 2008 Duke Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 5:34 PM 29 W, 14-3 3. Nov. 9, 1996 East Carolina Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 7:06 PM 30 W, 35-14 4. Nov. 8, 2003 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. Heinz Field 7:47 PM 32 L, 28-31 5. Nov. 4, 1995 Syracuse Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 3:36 PM 34 W, 31-7 6. Oct. 27, 2001 Syracuse Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 12:08 PM 35 L, 14-22 Nov. 9, 1991 Akron Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 1:01 PM 35 W, 42-24 8. Dec. 4, 2010 Florida State Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America 7:52 PM 36 W, 44-33 Nov. 26, 2005 North Carolina Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 7:48 PM 36 W, 30-3 10. Nov. 24, 2007 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Smith/Harrison/Scott 12:03 PM 37 W, 33-21 Nov. 25, 2000 Virginia Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 7:35 PM 37 W, 42-21 Nov. 14, 1992 Southern Miss Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 1:00 PM 37 L, 13-12 Hottest Games at Kickoff Under Beamer (not factoring in heat index, strictly temperature at kickoff) Rk. Date Opponent Location Stadium Kickoff Time Temperature Score 1. Oct. 29, 1994 Miami Miami, Fla. Orange Bowl 3:34 PM 88 L, 3-24 Sept. 18, 1993 Miami Miami. Fla. Orange Bowl 4:06 PM 88 L, 2-21 3. Sept. 21, 2002 Texas A&M College Station, Texas Kyle Field 2:37 PM 86 W, 13-3 Sept. 5, 1998 East Carolina Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 4:06 PM 86 W, 38-3 5. sept. 10, 2011 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Dowdy-Ficklen 3:40 PM 85 W, 17-10 Sept. 13, 2008 Georgia Tech Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 3:37 PM 85 W, 20-17 Oct. 7, 1995 Navy Annapolis, Md. Navy-Marine Corps MS 1:30 PM 85 W, 14-0 Sept. 7, 1991 NC State Raleigh, N.C. Carter-Finley 1:02 PM 85 L, 0-7 Sept. 9, 1989 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. Williams-Brice 7:00 PM 85 T, 17-17 10. Sept. 25, 2010 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. Alumni 12:10 PM 83 W, 19-0 11. Oct. 6, 2007 Clemson Clemson, S.C. Clemson Memorial 6:04 PM 82 W, 41-23 Sept. 8, 2007 LSU Baton Rouge, La. Tiger 8:22 PM 82 L, 7-45 Sept. 17, 2005 Ohio Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 3:35 PM 82 W, 45-0 Sept. 4, 2005 NC State Raleigh, N.C. Carter-Finley 7:15 PM 82 W, 20-16 Aug. 28, 2004 Southern Cal Landover, Md. FedExField 7:53 PM 82 L, 13-24 Aug. 25, 2002 Arkansas State Blacksburg, Va. Lane/Worsham Field 2:35 PM 82 W, 63-7 Sept. 12, 1998 Clemson Clemson, S.C. Clemson Memorial 1:00 PM 82 W, 37-0 Sept. 17, 1994 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. Alumni 12:00 PM 82 W, 12-7 Sept. 15, 1990 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Ficklen 7:00 PM 82 W, 24-23 Sept. 1, 1990 Maryland College Park, Md. Byrd 12:00 PM 82 L, 13-20

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Virginia Tech’s History of Virginia Tech Football ilestone ictories M V • Virginia Tech is in its 118th football season and has compiled a 682-431-46 all-time record in 1,159 games. Win Result of Game (Date and Site) 1 VT 14, St. Albans 10 • Tech won its 650th game on Sept. 3, 2008, with a 20-17 win over Georgia Tech. Oct. 21, 1892; Blacksburg • The Hokies played their first football game on Oct. 21, 1892, with a 14-10 win over St. Albans in a 50 VT 12, Cumberland 0 game played on Tech’s campus. Oct. 6, 1905; Blacksburg • Virginia Tech is 16th among Division I schools in terms of all-time wins. 100 VT 34, Ole Miss 13 Oct. 11, 1913; Blacksburg • The Hokies have compiled 13 10-win seasons, including seven in a row and 10 in the last 12 seasons.

150 VT 26, VMI 7 • Tech has won conference football titles in the Southern Conference, the Big East Conference and the Nov. 24, 1921; Roanoke, VA Atlantic Coast Conference.

200 VT 24, VMI 0 Nov. 27, 1930; Roanoke, VA History of Lane Stadium/Worsham Field

250 VT 13, Washington & Lee 3 • Virginia Tech’s on-campus home since 1965, Lane Stadium/Worsham Field (66,233) is one of college Oct. 25, 1941; Lynchburg, VA football’s most hostile venues.

300 VT 46, Richmond 14 • The Hokies have compiled an all-time record of 193-68-6 in 267 games at Lane Stadium/Worsham Oct. 20, 1956; Richmond, VA Field. The Hokies are 119-31-1 at home under Frank Beamer and 101-17 at home since the start of the 1996 season. 350 VT 17, George Washington 12 Oct. 9, 1965; Washington, DC • The stadium is named for the late Edward H. Lane, a graduate of the university and a former member of the Board of Visitors. Lane headed an educational foundation project which raised more than $3 400 VT 56, Florida State 21 million for the original construction. Lane’s personal donation was the first received by the fund. Nov. 16, 1974; Tallahassee, FL • The field was officially dedicated on Sept. 5, 1992 in honor of Wes and Janet Worsham, longtime Hokie 450 VT 28, VMI 0 supporters from Kilmarnock, Va. The Worshams pledged $1 million to the university’s Second Century Sept. 24, 1983; Blacksburg Campaign. The Campaign raised over $18.6 million, almost $1.7 million more than the original goal.

500 VT 20, West Virginia 14 • Lane Stadium has been sold out for 83 consecutive games, starting with the final home game of the Oct. 5, 1991; Morgantown, WV 1998 season against Virginia.

550 VT 38, East Carolina 3 • The original cost of the stadium was $3.5 million with an original capacity of 40,000. Sept. 5, 1998; Blacksburg • The first game played in the new stadium was a freshman game on Sept. 24, 1965, an 8-8 tie between 600 VT 43, James Madison 0 Tech and Maryland. The first varsity game was played a week later, on Oct. 2 with the Hokies beating Sept. 6, 2003; Blacksburg William & Mary 9-7.

650 VT 20, Georgia Tech 17 ll ime lacksburg ecord Sept. 13, 2008; Blacksburg A -T B R

• In addition to its impressive record at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field (1965-present), Virginia Tech has Virginia Tech’s 10-Win made Blacksburg a very difficult place to play for opposing football teams. Football Seasons • Tech has compiled a 353-99-13 record in 465 games in Blacksburg. Year Record Coach 1986 10-1-1 • Virginia Tech’s first game on campus was its first game ever played, a 14-10 win over St. Albans on Oct. 1995 10-2 Frank Beamer 21, 1892. The game was played on an open field behind the Barracks No. 1(Lane Hall) on the northeast 1996 10-2 Frank Beamer side of campus. 1999 11-1 Frank Beamer • A small, ungraded area near the present Memorial Chapel was assigned for both athletic and military 2000 11-1 Frank Beamer drill use in 1894 and was known as Sheib Field, where Tech went 13-1. The area was enlarged in 1902 2002 10-4 Frank Beamer and became known as Gibboney Field, where the Hokies posted a 19-2 record. 2004 10-3 Frank Beamer 2005 11-2 Frank Beamer • In 1909 the area was graded and leveled, the grandstand enlarged, and the name changed to Miles 2006 10-3 Frank Beamer Field, where the Hokies went 60-3-3. Miles Field was used for football, baseball, and track until Miles 2007 11-3 Frank Beamer Stadium was completed in 1926. Tech called Miles Stadium home from 1926-64, posting a 2008 10-4 Frank Beamer 67-25-4 record. 2009 10-3 Frank Beamer 2010 11-3 Frank Beamer • Miles Stadium was razed following the 1964 football season and was superseded by the present Lane Stadium.

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The Game On Radio • The program can be seen on these • Tech’s games can be heard throughout stations: Roanoke (WBDJ-7, Sun., 11 a.m. and Virginia Tech IMG Sports Virginia and much My 19 at 11:30 a.m.), Bristol, Tenn. (WCYB, 2011 Football Affiliates of the mid-Atlantic Sun., 9:30 a.m.), Norfolk (WAVY, Sun., Abingdon WFHG-FM 92.7 Noon), Harrisonburg (WHSV, Sun., Noon), Blacksburg/Radford WBRW-FM 105.3 region on the Blackstone/Petersburg WBBC-FM 93.5 Virginia Tech IMG Richmond (WRIC, Sun., Noon), and Bluefield Bluefield, WV WKOY-FM 100.9 Sports Network. (WVVA, Sun., Noon). Bluefield, WV WKEZ-AM 1240 • Some of the region’s most powerful • The show also airs on Fox Sports South Bristol, TN WFHG-AM 980 radio stations combine to give Virginia Tech every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and on Comcast Charlottesville WKAV-AM 1400 SportsNet-Washington every Sunday at 10:30 Clifton Forge WXCF-AM 1230 tremendous exposure throughout Virginia, Clifton Forge WXCF-FM 103.9 Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and in parts a.m. In addition, VTST airs for a second time Clincho WDIC-AM 1430 of Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, on Fox Sports South each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Clintwood WDIC-FM 92.1 Kentucky, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. and on Comcast SportsNet-Washington each Danville/Gretna WMNA-FM 106.3 • Eight-time Virginia Sportscaster of the Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Galax WWWJ-AM 1360 Gate City WGAT-AM 1050 Year Bill Roth (play-by-play), Hokies’ Hall Harrisonburg WSIG-FM 96.9 of Famer Mike Burnop (analyst) and Adam Hokie Playback Jacksonville, NC WAVQ-AM 1400 Witten (scoreboard anchor) comprise Virginia • See the game again! With Hokie Lebanon WLRV-AM 1380 Tech football’s on-air broadcast crew. Playback, Tech fans can see the re-broadcast Luray WRAA-AM 1330 • The 2011 season marks Roth and of Virginia Tech home games on Sunday Lynchburg WLNI-FM 105.9 afternoons on CSN Washington at 1:30 p.m., Marion WOLD-FM 102.5 Burnop’s 24th season together in the Virginia Martinsville WMVA-AM 1450 Tech radio booth. and on WDBJ-7 in Roanoke, Va., at 11:35 Morningside, MD WHFS-AM 1580 • Coverage begins 90 minutes prior to p.m. In addition, Hokie Playback can be seen New Bern, NC WWNB-AM 1490 kickoff with the Hardees Chicken Tenders on WDBJ’s digital station, My Network TV/ New Bern, NC WWNB-FM 103.9 Tailgate Show and the NTELOS Pre-Game Channel 19, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Norfolk WNIS-AM 790 Friday nights at 11 p.m. Onley WESR-AM 1330 Report. The Kroger Point After is a 90-minute Onley WESR-FM 103.3 post-game scoreboard and interview program. Richmond WRNL-AM 910 Tech Talk LIVE! Richmond WRVA-AM 1140 * Virginia Tech Sports Today • Tech Talk LIVE! airs each Monday from Roanoke WSNV-FM 93.5 • Highlights of Tech’s games, post-game 7-9 p.m. The two-hour long radio talk show Staunton WTON-AM 1240 originates from Bull & Bones, Tazewell WKQY-FM 100.1 interviews and other features can be seen on Warsaw WNNT-AM 690 Virginia Tech Sports Today, Tech’s weekly an upscale sports bar at the First Warsaw WNNT-FM 107.5 television magazine & Main complex in Blacksburg. Washington, DC WJFK-FM 106.7 show presented Coach Frank Beamer, Director Winchester/Front Royal WINC-AM 1400 Wytheville WXBX-FM 95.3 by IMG College of Athletics Jim Weaver, Tech shown weekly in 11 markets throughout the assistant coaches, current and Affiliates and times subject to change; mid-Atlantic region. former players, and a variety of guests join the check www.hokiesports.com for latest listings. • The show, featuring Tech coach Frank show each week. On the Internet: Tech Radio Network broadcasts, Beamer with host Bill Roth, can be seen every • Fans can join in person, listen over the Virginia Tech Sports Today, and Hokie Playback are Sunday on a network of stations throughout radio on local affiliates via the Virginia Tech available on the Internet through Hokies All-Access Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, IMG Sports Network, or on the web at on hokiesports.com. Tennessee, Maryland and Washington, D.C. hokiesports.com. * - Station will carry night games only.

First-Year Starting Quarterbacks Under Beamer Since head coach Frank Beamer took over the helm in 1987, 12 quarterbacks have been full-time starters for the Hokies in those 25 seasons. Below is a list of the regular starters and how they did in their first season ... the same scenario sophomore Logan Thomas is in this season.

Yr. Player (Yr) VT GP/GS Passing Rushing 2011 Logan Thomas (rSo) 3-0 3/3 124.8 eff.; 38-72-3; 52.8 pct; 532 yds; 4 TD; 177.3 YPG 23 att; 111 yds; 0 TD; 37.0 YPG 2008 Tyrod Taylor (So) 11-3 12/10 103.3 eff.; 99-173-7; 57.2 pct; 1036 yds; 2 TD; 86.3 YPG 147 att; 738 yds; 7 TD; 61.5 YPG 2006 (rSo) 10-3 13/13 122.0 eff.; 170-302-11; 56.3 pct; 2191 yds; 11 TD; 168.5 YPG 63 att; -81 yds; 1 TD; -6.2 YPG 2005 Marcus Vick (rJr) 11-2 13/13 143.3 eff.; 177-289-10; 61.2 pct; 2393 yds; 17 TD; 184.1 YPG 147 att; 380 yds; 6 TD; 29.2 YPG 2002 Bryan Randall (So) 10-4 14/12 143.1 eff.; 158-248-11; 63.7 pct; 2134 yds; 12 TD; 152.4 YPG 171 att; 507 yds; 3 TD; 36.2 YPG 2001* (rJr) 8-4 12/12 132.1 eff.; 161-281-11; 57.3 pct; 2095 yds; 17 TD; 174.6 YPG 73 att; -40 yds; 2 TD; -2.8 YPG 1999* Michael Vick (rFr) 11-1 11/11 171.1 eff.; 105-182-5; 57.9 pct; 2065 yds; 13 TD; 187.7 YPG 131 att; 682 yds; 9TD; 62.0 YPG 1997* Al Clark (rJr) 7-5 11/11 131.9 eff.; 119-209-3; 56.9 pct; 1543 yds; 10 TD; 140.3 YPG 101 att; 325 yds; 3 TD; 29.5 YPG 1995* (rJr) 10-2 12/12 121.5 eff.; 169-324-12; 52.2 pct; 2369 yds; 15 TD; 197.4 YPG 63 att; 59 yds; 0 TD; 4.9 YPG 1992*† Maurice DeShazo (rSo) 2-8-1 11/10 113.9 eff; 101-215-11; 47.0 pct; 1504 yds; 12 TD; 136.7 YPG 100 att; 206 yds; 2 TD; 18.7 YPG 1988*† Will Furrer (rFr) 3-8 10/10 83.2 eff.; 128-279-16; 45.9 pct; 1384 yds; 6 TD; 138.4 YPG 58 att; -87 yds; 0 TD; -8.7 YPG 1987*† Erik Chapman (Sr) ^ 2-9 11/10 102.4 eff.; 119-231-14; 51.5 pct; 1340 yds; 10 TD; 121.8 YPG 92 att; -94 yds; 2 TD; -8.5 YPG

* - Under NCAA Rules, Virginia Tech does not count statistics from bowl games in the team or individual statistical totals for games prior to the 2002 season. But for the sake of this chart, their stats are what they would be with the bowl games added in. † - no bowl game added in (Tech didn’t qualify for one) ^ - started the 1986 season under Bill Dooley

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Offense (Pro Set/Multiple) Defense (4-3) 81 Jarrett Boykin 6-2 218 Sr. Charlotte, NC 42 J.R. Collins 6-2 240 r-So. Stafford, VA SE DE 95 Zack McCray 6-4 254 r-Fr. Lynchburg, VA 18 D.J. Coles 6-3 224 Jr. Maidens, VA 90 Duan Perez-Means 6-4 248 r-Fr. Richmond, VA 33 Chris Drager 6-4 264 r-Sr. Jefferson Hills, PA 98 Derrick Hopkins 6-0 301 So. Highland Springs VA TE DT 86 Eric Martin 6-2 269 r-So. Woodbridge, VA 96 Corey Marshall 6-1 253 Fr. Petersburg, VA 72 Andrew Lanier 6-5 306 r-Sr. Moore, SC OR 56 Antoine Hopkins 6-1 306 r-Jr. Highland Springs, VA LT DT 54 Nick Becton 6-6 326 r-Jr. Wilmington, NC 92 Luther Maddy 6-1 283 Fr. Delray Beach, FL 75 Greg Nosal 6-6 297 r-Sr. Virginia Beach, VA 99 James Gayle 6-4 257 r-So Hampton, VA LG DE 59 Courney Prince 6-3 282 r-Jr. Mitchellville, MD 66 Tyrel Wilson 6-1 219 r-So. Hampton, VA 74 Andrew Miller 6-4 290 r-So. Bassett, VA 51 Bruce Taylor 6-2 243 r-Jr. Myrtle Beach, SC C LB 79 Caleb Farris 6-3 309 Fr. Lexington, VA 52 Barquell Rivers 6-0 250 r-Sr. Wadesboro, NC 68 Jaymes Brooks 6-2 307 r-Sr. Newport News, VA 24 Tariq Edwards 6-3 231 r-So. Cheraw, SC RG LB 67 Michael Via 6-7 292 r-Jr. McLeansville, NC 57 Telvion Clark 6-1 228 r-So. Norfolk, VA 62 Blake DeChristopher 6-5 311 r-Sr. Midlothian, VA 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow 6-2 205 r-Jr. Ashburn, VA RT OLB 71 Vinston Painter 6-6 303 r-Jr. Norfolk, VA 28 Alonzo Tweedy 6-2 189 r-Jr. Richmond, VA 4 David Wilson 5-10 205 Jr. Danville, VA 15 Eddie Whitley 6-1 200 Sr. Charlotte, NC TB ROV 2 Josh Oglesby 5-11 218 r-Sr. Garner, NC 23 Boye Aromire 6-0 201 Fr. Washington, DC 45 Joey Phillips 5-11 221 r-Jr. Blacksburg, VA 17 Kyle Fuller 6-0 187 So. Baltimore, MD FB CB 25 Martin Scales 5-11 207 r-Jr. Martinsville, VA 9 Cris Hill 5-11 180 r-Sr. Richmond, VA 3 Logan Thomas 6-6 254 r-So. Lynchburg, VA 1 Antone Exum 6-0 220 r-So. Glen Allen, VA QB FS 26 James Hopper 5-9 180 r-So. Fayetteville, NC OR 6 Mark Leal 6-0 209 r-Fr. Greenacres, FL 21 Theron Norman 6-3 196 r-Fr. Richmond, VA 19 Danny Coale 6-0 200 Sr. Lexington, VA 20 Jayron Hosley 5-10 171 Jr. Delray Beach, FL FL CB 7 Marcus Davis 6-4 228 r-Jr. Virginia Beach, VA 8 Detrick Bonner 6-0 189 r-Fr. McDonough, GA italics indicates true freshman

Specialists 29 Scott Demler 5-11 194 r-Jr. Washington Crossing, PA P 38 Michael Branthover 5-8 179 Fr. Dayton, MD OR 19 Danny Coale 6-0 200 Sr. Lexington, VA 89 Cody Journell 5-11 178 r-So. Ripplemead, VA FG/PAT 48 Justin Myer 6-1 220 Sr. Manheim, PA 50 Collin Carroll 6-3 232 r-Sr. Hopkins, MN Punt Snap 65 Joe St. Germain 6-0 213 r-Fr. Los Alamitos, CA 50 Collin Carroll 6-3 232 r-Jr. Hopkins, MN FG/PAT Snap 65 Joe St. Germain 6-0 213 r-Fr. Los Alamitos, CA 16 Trey Gresh 6-1 205 r-Fr. Blacksburg, VA FG/PAT Hold 6 Mark Leal 6-0 209 r-Fr. Greenacres, FL 48 Justin Myer 6-1 220 Sr. Manheim, PA KO 89 Cody Journell 5-11 178 r-So. Ripplemead, VA 4 David Wilson 5-10 205 Jr. Danville, VA AND 22 Tony Gregory 6-0 190 r-So. Virginia Beach, VA KR 9 Cris Hill 5-11 180 r-Sr. Richmond, VA AND 20 Jayron Hosley 5-10 171 Jr. Delray Beach, FL 20 Jayron Hosley 5-10 171 Jr. Delray Beach, FL PR 19 Danny Coale 6-0 200 r-Sr. Lexington, VA

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 21 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com BEAMERBALL Xavier Adibi, Jason Lallis, Ike Charlton and Ricky Hall each had three scores, • During the Frank Beamer era at Tech, putting points on the scoreboard André Davis had four, Victor Harris had five and DeAngelo Hall had seven. has always been a team effort — the offense, the defense and the special • Since the start of the 1993 season, Tech is 75-13 in games it scores at teams. It’s called BeamerBall, and what sets it apart are the contributions of least one TD on defense or special teams. Tech is 79-23 under Beamer when the defense and special teams. scoring a non-offensive touchdown. • Seven of Tech‘s last 10 teams are ranked among the school’s top 10 highest scoring teams. During that time, a player at every position on the BEAMERBALL II defensive unit has produced at least one touchdown, and 35 different players • Tech’s tradition for blocking kicks is another part of BeamerBall. have scored touchdowns while playing on Tech’s special teams. Altogether, It was carried to new heights in 1998 with 10 blocks during the regular the defense and special teams have combined for 130 TDs since Beamer season and two more in the Hokies’ Music City Bowl game against arrived in 1987, including 113 in Tech’s past 221 games. Alabama. • Under Beamer, Tech’s defense has scored 82 TDs, with 54 coming on • Tech now has 128 blocks in Frank Beamer’s 298 games as pass interceptions, 26 on fumble returns and two on fumble recoveries. The the head coach. The Hokies have blocked 63 punts (17 returned or special teams have added 48 TDs, including 17 on blocked punts, 18 on punt recovered for TDs), 38 field goals and 27 extra points. returns, eight on kickoff returns, four on blocked field goals and one on a • The most prolific kick blockers under Beamer have been defensive fumble recovery. lineman Bernard Basham (7 kicks) and safety Keion Carpenter (6 • Fittingly, the trend started in Beamer’s first game as Tech’s head coach kicks). Basham blocked three field goals and four PATs, while Carpenter when true freshman Jon Jeffries returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown against Clemson. It was the Hokies’ first TD under Beamer, and it was the blocked six punts. first of many scored by the special teams. • During the Beamer era, Tech has blocked two kicks in a game 22 • Under Beamer, 81 different players on defense and special teams have times, winning 16 of those games. Tech blocked two kicks against four scored TDs. Twenty-three of those players scored twice while Eddie Royal, different teams in 1998.

Touchdowns by Defense & Special Teams 1987: Jon Jeffries, 92-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Randy Cockrell (ilb), 90-yd. interception return vs. Navy. 1988: Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Southern Miss; Jock Jones, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. West Virginia; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina; Leslie Bailey (ilb), 19-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina. 1989: Marcus Mickel, 90-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Jock Jones (olb), 55-yd. interception return vs. Tulane; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. North Carolina State. 1990: The ’90 season marked the first and only season to date during Beamer’s tenure that Tech failed to score at least one TD on either defense or special teams. 1991: P.J. Preston (olb), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Oklahoma; Ken Landrum, 18-yd. blocked punt return vs. Cincinnati; Kirk Alexander (fs), 95-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati. 1992: Tyronne Drakeford (cb), 40-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Tony Kennedy, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. Louisville; Ken Brown (olb), 18-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers. 1993: William Ferrell, 7-yd. blocked punt return vs. Rutgers; DeWayne Knight (olb), 23-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Jeff Holland (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Virginia; Lawrence Lewis (de), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Indiana; Antonio Banks, 80-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Indiana. 1994: Torrian Gray (rov), 66-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Stacy Henley, 25-yd. blocked punt return vs. Temple; Lawrence Lewis (de), 60-yd. fumble return vs. East Carolina; Antonio Freeman, 80-yd. punt return vs. Pittsburgh. 1995: Jermaine Holmes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Akron; Hank Coleman (de), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Myron Newsome (ilb), 71-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Larry Green (cb), 37-yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Jim Baron (dt), 46-yd. fumble return vs. Temple; J.C. Price (dt), 19-yd. interception return vs. Temple; Antonio Banks (cb), 65-yd. interception return vs. Virginia; Bryan Still, 60-yd. punt return vs. Texas; Jim Baron (dt), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Texas. 1996: Cornelius White, 60-yd. blocked punt return vs. Syracuse; Keion Carpenter (fs), 100-yd. interception return vs. Miami. 1997: Carl Bradley (dt), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Rutgers; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 43-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Lorenzo Ferguson (fs), 84-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas St.; Anthony Midget (cb), 22-yd. fumble return vs. Pittsburgh. 1998: Keion Carpenter (fs), 16-yd. interception return vs. Pittsburgh; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 85-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Marcus Gildersleeve, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. UAB; Ricky Hall, 17-yd. blocked punt return vs. West Virginia; Ricky Hall, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Loren Johnson (cb), 78-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Ike Charlton (cb), 26-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Jamel Smith (lb), 98-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Anthony Midget (cb), 27-yd. interception return vs. Alabama. 1999: Ike Charlton (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Corey Moore (de), 32-yard fumble return vs. Clemson; Cory Bird (rov), 26-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Phillip Summers (rov), 43-yd. interception return vs. Syracuse; Tee Butler, recovered fumble by punter in end zone vs. Syracuse; Ricky Hall, 64-yd. punt return vs. Miami; Ike Charlton (cb), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Larry Austin (cb), 31-yd. interception return vs. Temple. 2000: Willie Pile (fs), 11-yd. interception return vs. Akron; Cory Bird, 9-yd. blocked punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 87-yd. punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 71-yd. punt return vs. Boston College; André Davis, 76-yd. punt return vs. WVU; Nathaniel Adibi (de), 36-yd. fumble return vs. UCF. 2001: Channing Reed (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Kevin McCadam (rov), 69-yd. interception return vs. UCF; André Davis, 55-yd. punt return vs. UCF; Jim Davis (de), 27 yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Kevin McCadam (rov), 9-yd. fumble return vs. Boston College; Ronyell Whitaker, 71-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Pittsburgh; Brandon Manning, 22-yd. blocked punt return vs. Miami. 2002: DeAngelo Hall, 69-yd. punt return vs. Arkansas State; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 49-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas State; Jason Lallis (dt), 59-yd. fumble return vs. Arkansas State; Alex Markogiannakis (ilb), 25-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; DeAngelo Hall, 51-yd. punt return vs. Rutgers; Darryl Tapp, 11-yd. blocked punt return vs. Virginia; Willie Pile (fs), 96-yd. interception return vs. Miami. 2003: Jason Lallis (dt), 45-yd. interception return vs. UCF; Eric Green (cb), 84-yd. interception return vs. UConn; Mike Imoh, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. UConn; Chris Clifton, 16-yd. blocked punt return vs. UConn; Jimmy Williams (fs), 55-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; DeAngelo Hall, 58-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; DeAngelo Hall, 60-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; Vincent Fuller (cb), 50-yd. fumble return vs. WVU; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Eric Green (cb), 51-yd. interception return vs. Miami; DeAngelo Hall, 52-yd. punt return vs. Cal. 2004: Jason Lallis (de), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; Brandon Flowers (cb), 38-yd. interception return vs. Western Michigan; Vincent Fuller, 74-yd. blocked field goal return vs. West Virginia; Bl. Warren (ilb), 46-yd. interception return vs. Florida A&M; Roland Minor (cb), 64-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Jimmy Williams (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Maryland. 2005: Roland Minor (cb), 23-yd. interception return vs. Duke; D.J. Parker, 78-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Georgia Tech; Xavier Adibi (ilb) 25-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Chris Ellis (de), 29-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Vince Hall (ilb) 15-yd. fumble return vs. Marshall; Vince Hall (ilb) 13-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; James Anderson (olb) 39-yd. interception return vs. Louisville. 2006: Brenden Hill (olb), 69-yd. interception return vs. North Carolina; Eddie Royal, 58-yd. punt return vs. Duke; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 72-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati; Noland Burchette (de), 15-yd. fumble return vs. Kent State; Xavier Adibi (ilb), 35-yd. fumble return vs. Wake Forest. 2007: Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 17-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Brandon Flowers (cb), 49-yd. interception return vs. William & Mary; Eddie Royal, 60-yd. punt return vs. William & Mary; D.J. Parker (fs), 32-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Eddie Royal, 82-yd. punt return vs. Clemson; Victor “Macho” Harris, 100-yd. kickoff return vs.

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 22 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2011 Virginia Tech Football hokiesports.com Clemson; Chris Ellis (de), 5-yd. interception return vs. Florida State; Xavier Adibi (lb), 40-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Justin Harper, 84-punt return vs. Kansas. 2008: Stephan Virgil (cb), 30-yd. fumble return vs. East Carolina; Brett Warren (ilb), 36-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 23-yd. interception return vs. Duke; Orion Martin (de), 17-yd. fumble return vs. Boston College. 2009: Dyrell Roberts, 98-yd. kickoff return vs. Alabama; Jayron Hosley, 64-yd. punt return vs. Marshall; Matt Reidy, 1-yd. blocked punt return vs. Miami; Rashad Carmichael (cb) 22-yd. interception return vs. Boston College. 2010: Rashad Carmichael (cb), 68-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; David Wilson, 92-yd. kickoff return vs. NC State; Jayron Hosley, 80-yd. punt return vs. Central Michigan; David Wilson, 90-yd. kickoff return vs. Georgia Tech; Jeron Gouveia-Winslow (olb), 24-yd. interception return vs. Florida State. 2011: Kyle Fuller, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Appalachian State.

Virginia Tech’s Blocked Kicks Under Frank Beamer Totals: 128 in 298 games (63 punts, 38 FGs, 27 PATs) 1987 (1 punt, 1 PAT, 1 FG) 1996 (5 punts, 1 PAT) 2003 (1 punt, 3 FGs) Syracuse – punt* (Jimmy Whitten) hL Akron – PAT (John Engelberger) aW UConn – punt* (Nathaniel Adibi) hW East Carolina – PAT (na) hL BC – punt+ (Keion Carpenter) aW Rutgers – FG (Jeff King) aW Cincinnati – FG (Roger Brown) hW Syracuse – punt* (Cornelius White) aL Syracuse – FG (Vincent Fuller) hW Temple – punt (Keion Carpenter) hW Miami – FG (Eric Green) hW 1988 (4 punts, 3 FGs) SW Louisiana – punt (Michael Stuewe); Clemson – punt (Jock Jones) aL 2004 (1 punt, 3 FGs) punt+ (Keion Carpenter) hW Southern Miss – punt* (Archie Hopkins) aL W. Michigan – FG+ (Jim Davis); West Virginia – punt* (Archie Hopkins) hL 1997 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 2 FGs) punt+ (Darryl Tapp) hW Cincinnati – punt+ (Jock Jones) aW Arkansas St. – FG+ (Carl Bradley) hW West Virginia – FG* (Jim Davis) hW Louisville – FG (Jimmy Whitten) aL WVU – punt# (Phillip Summers) aL Virginia – FG (Jim Davis) hW Florida State – FG (Roger Brown); Miami – PAT (Carl Bradley) hW 2005 (2 FGs, 1 punt) FG+ (Roger Brown) aL Pittsburgh – PAT (Corey Moore); Georgia Tech – FG* (Jeff King) hW PAT (John Engelberger) aL 1989 (1 punt, 1 FG) North Carolina – FG+ (Darryl Tapp); Virginia – punt (Keion Carpenter); Tulane – punt+ (Archie Hopkins) hW punt+ (Macho Harris) hW FG (John Engelberger) aL NC State – FG (Jock Jones) aW 2006 (3 punts, 2 FGs) 1998 (8 punts, 2 PATs, 2 FGs) 1990 (2 punts, 4 PATs, 1 FG) Northeastern – punt+ (Cary Wade); East Carolina – FG+ (Corey Moore) hW East Carolina – PAT (John Rivers) aW FG (Kory Robertson) hW Miami – PAT (John Engelberger) aW South Carolina – PAT (John Rivers) hL North Carolina – punt+ (Josh Morgan) aW Pittsburgh – FG (Corey Moore); Florida State – punt+ (Scott Jones) aL Cincinnati – punt@ (Josh Morgan) hW punt# (Larry Austin) hW West Virginia – FG+ (Bernard Basham) hW Miami – FG (Duane Brown) aW Boston College – punt (Keion Carpenter); Temple – punt (Archie Hopkins) aL punt+ (André Davis) aW 2007 (2 punts, 1 FG, 1 PAT) NC State – PAT (Bernard Basham) hW UAB – punt* (Larry Austin) aW Duke – punt+ (Stephan Virgil) aW Virginia – PAT (Bernard Basham) hW WVU – punt* (Marcus Gildersleeve); Virginia – punt# (Davon Morgan) aW 1991 (3 punts, 3 FGs) PAT (John Engelberger) hW Boston College (ACC) – FG (Duane Brown) James Madison – FG (Bernard Basham) hW Syracuse – punt* (Anthony Midget) aL PAT ^ (Duane Brown) nW Oklahoma – FG (Bernard Basham) aL Alabama – punt (Keion Carpenter); 2008 (2 PAT, 2 FGs, 1 punt) Cincinnati – punt+ (P.J. Preston); punt+ (Corey Moore) nW East Carolina – PAT^ (John Graves) nL punt* (Kirk Alexander) hW 1999 (1 punt, 1 PAT) Furman – FG (John Graves) hW Louisville – FG (John Rivers) hW Rutgers – PAT^ (Carl Bradley) aW Georgia Tech – PAT (John Graves) hW East Carolina – punt (Marcus McClung) hL Pittsburgh­ – punt+ (André Davis) aW Nebraska – punt@ (Stephan Virgil) aW 1992 (5 PATs, 1 FG) BC – FG# (Jason Worilds) aL 2000 (4 punts, 2 FGs, 2 PATs) James Madison – PAT (John Rivers); Akron – FG+ (Cory Bird) hW FG+ (Kirk Alexander) hW 2009 (1 punt) East Carolina – punt* (Wayne Ward); East Carolina – PAT (Bernard Basham) aL Miami – punt* (Jacob Sykes) hW FG (Larry Austin) aW West Virginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hL Rutgers – punt+ (Eric Green) hW Miami – PAT (Bernard Basham) hL 2010 (2 PAT, 1 punt) Temple – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hW Virginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hL Boise State – punt (Davon Morgan) West Virginia – punt (Lee Suggs) PAT (Andre Smith) nL 1993 (4 punts, 2 FGs) PAT (Lamar Cobb) hW Stanford – PAT (Andre Smith) nL Miami – punt@ (Willie Wilkins) aL Pittsburgh – PAT (David Pugh) hW Maryland – FG (George DelRicco) hW 2001 (5 punts, 2 FGs) 2011 (1 punt) Rutgers – punt* (Marcus McClung) hW W. Michigan – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hW Appalachian State – punt* (Tony Gregory) hW Syracuse – punt+ (William Ferrell) hW Rutgers – punt@ (Eric Green) aW Virginia – punt# (Brandon Semones) aW UCF – punt@ (Brandon Manning) hW * - recovered or returned for TD; Indiana – FG* (Jeff Holland) nW Pittsburgh – FG* (Lamar Cobb) aL + - led to TD; 1994 (2 punts, 2 FGs) Virginia – punt (Wayne Ward) aW @ - led to safety; Arkansas St. – FG (Cornell Brown) hW Miami – FG# (David Pugh); # - led to field goal; Temple – punt* (William Ferrell) hW punt* (Eric Green) hL ^ - led to a two-point defensive extra point Miami – punt# (Michael Williams) aL 2002 (5 punts, 2 FGs) Rutgers – FG (Michael Williams) hW LSU – punt+ (Justin Hamilton); 1995 (4 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG) punt@ (Jason Lallis) hW BC – PAT (Waverly Jackson) hL Marshall – FG+ (Team) hW Cincinnati – FG (Jim Baron); Western Michigan – FG (Jeff King) aW PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hL Pittsburgh – punt+ (Nathaniel Adibi) hL Miami – punt# (Angelo Harrison) hW West Virginia – punt# (Ernest Wilford) hL Pittsburgh – punt+ (Angelo Harrison); Virginia – punt* (Justin Hamilton) hW punt# (Angelo Harrison) aW Akron – punt* (Okesa Smith); PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hW

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TEAM Passed for 3 TDs...... Tyrod Taylor, vs. Florida State, 2010 Scored 90+ points...... 99, vs. Emory & Henry, 1919 Passed for 2 TDs...... Logan Thomas, vs. Arkansas St, 2011 Scored 80-89 points...... 86, vs. Roanoke College, 1905 Two QBs with 2 TD passes apiece...... Logan Thomas and Mark Leal Scored 70-79 points...... 77, vs. Akron, 1995 vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Scored 60-69 points...... 66, vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Had 50+ pass attempts...... 53, Sean Glennon, vs. Georgia Tech, 2005 Scored 50-59 points...... 52, vs. Wake Forest, 2010 Had 40-49 pass attempts...... 42, Jim Druckenmiller, vs. BC, 1995 Scored 40-49 points...... 44, vs. Florida State, 2010 Had 30-39 pass attempts...... 33, Logan Thomas, vs. Ark St., 2011 Back-to-back 40+ games...... vs. CMU (45), vs. WF (52), 2010 Had 20-29 pass attempts...... 20, Logan Thomas, @ ECU, 2011 Three straight 40+ games...... @ NCSU (41), vs. CMU (45), vs. WF (52), 2010 Had 30+ pass completions...... 34, , vs. Houston, 1972 Four straight 40+ games.....NCSU (41), CMU (45), WF (52), Duke (44), 2010 Had 20-29 pass comps...... 21, Logan Thomas, vs. Ark St., 2011 Rushed for 500+ yards...... 500, @ Pittsburgh, 1993 QB rush/pass for 100 yards...... Tyrod Taylor, vs. CMU, 2010 Rushed for 400-499 yards...... 444, vs. Marshall, 2009 (127 rush, 163 pass) Rushed for 300-399 yards...... 332, Duke, 2010 Had 10+ receptions...... 13, Nick Cullen, vs. Southern Miss, 1990 Rushed for 200-299 yards...... 241, @ East Carolina, 2011 Had 250+ yards receiving...... 279, Ernest Wilford, @ Syracuse, 2002 Passed for 500+ yards...... 504, @ Syracuse, 2002 Had 200-249 yards rec...... 213, Ricky Scales, @ Wake Forest, 1972 Passed for 400-499 yards...... 408, @ Wake Forest, 1972 Had 100+ yards receiving...... 128, Danny Coale, vs. Ark. St., 2011 Passed for 300-399 yards...... 314, vs. Wake Forest, 2010 Two players with 100+ receiving...... Wake Forest, 2010 Passed for 200-299 yards...... 292, vs. Arkansas State, 2011 Dyrell Roberts (134) & Danny Coale (103) Rushed/Passed for 200+ yards...... vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Had 4 TD receptions...... Ernest Wilford @ Syracuse, 2002 256 rush, 262 pass Had 3 TD receptions...... Antonio Freeman, vs. Temple, 1993 Had 600+ yards in total offense...... 605, vs. Wake Forest, 2010 Had 2 TD receptions...... Marcus Davis, vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Had 500-599 yards in total offense...... 518, vs. Appalachian St, 2011 Intercepted 3 passes...... Jayron Hosley, @ NC State, 2010 Scored on first offensive play...... vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Intercepted 2 passes...... Jayron Hosley, vs. Arkansas State, 2011 David Wilson 20-yard run Returned a KO for TD...... David Wilson, vs. Georgia Tech, 2010 Won on final offensive play...... @ West Virginia, 1999 Returned punt for TD...... Jayron Hosley, vs. Central Michigan, 2010 Shayne Graham 44 FG Returned an INT for TD...... Jeron Gouveia-Winslow, vs. FSU, 2010 Lost on final offensive play...... vs. North Carolina, 2009 Returned a fumble for TD...... Orion Martin, vs. BC [2], 2008 Casey Barth 21 FG Returned blocked punt for TD...... Kyle Fuller, vs. App State, 2011 Won in overtime...... 24-23, @ Temple, 2003 Returned blocked FG for TD...... D.J. Parker, vs. GT, 2005 Recorded a safety...... vs. Arkansas State, 2011 Returned blocked PAT for 2 pts...... Stephan Virgil, vs. ECU, 2008 Recorded two defensive TDs...... @ Boston College, 2008 Blocked an extra point...... Andre Smith, vs. Stanford, 2011 Zero punts in a game...... vs. James Madison, 2010 Blocked a FG...... Jason Worilds, @ BC, 2008 Zero sacks allowed in a game...... @ East Carolina, 2011 Blocked a punt...... Tony Gregory, vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Recorded a shutout...... @ Boston College, 2010 Scored a def. and special teams TD in a game...... DeAngelo Hall Held opp. to 0 yards or less rushing...... -15, @ East Carolina, 2011 vs. Arkansas St., 2002 (49-yd. INT & 69-yd. PR) Blocked two kicks in a game...... vs. Boise State, 2010 Returned two punts for TDs...... DeAngelo Hall Scored special teams TD...... vs. Appalachian State, 2011 vs. Syracuse, 2003 (58 & 60 yds.) Scored defensive & special teams TD...... vs. Clemson, 2007 Successful 2-point conversion...... @ NC State, 2010 Danny Coale pass from Tyrod Taylor INDIVIDUAL Made 6 FGs...... Mickey Thomas, vs. Vanderbilt, 1989 Rushed for 200+ yards...... 253, Darren Evans, vs. Maryland, 2008 Made 5 FGs...... Chris Kinzer, vs. Vanderbilt, 1986 Rushed for 150-199 yards...... 162, David Wilson, App State, 2011 Made 4 FGs...... Chris Hazley, @ North Carolina, 2010 Two players rushed for 100 yards...... NC State, 2010 Made 3 FGs...... Chris Hazley, vs. Duke, 2010 (Darren Evans, 160 yds. & Tyrod Taylor, 121 yds.) Kicked a 60+ FG...... 61, Wayne Latimer, vs. Florida St., 1975 Three players rushed for 100 yards...... @ South Carolina, 1974 Kicked a 50-59 FG...... 52, Chris Hazley, @ North Carolina, 2010 Phil Rogers (120), Roscoe Coles (111) & George Heath (104) Kicked a 40-49 FG...... 43, Chris Hazley, vs. Florida State, 2010 Had 40+ carries...... 42, Cyrus Lawrence, vs. Memphis St., 1981 Kicked a 70+ punt...... 75, Jimmy Kibble, @ Pittsburgh, 1997 Had 30-39 carries...... 32, Ryan Williams, vs. NC State, 2009 Kicked a 60-69 punt...... 65, Brian Saunders, @ North Carolina, 2010 Had 20-29 carries...... 21, David Wilson, vs. Arkansas State, 2011 Rushed for 6 TDs...... Tommy Francisco, vs. VMI, 1966 Rushed for 5 TDs...... Lee Suggs, @ UCF, 2000 Rushed for 4 TDs...... Ryan Williams, @ Virginia, 2009 Rushed for 3 TDs...... David Wilson, vs. Appalachian State, 2011 Rushed for 2 TDs...... Josh Oglesby, @ East Carolina, 2011 Passed for 500+ yards...... 504, Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002 Passed for 300-499 yards...... 327, Tyrod Taylor, @ Duke, 2009 Passed for 200-299 yards...... 292, Logan Thomas, vs. Ark. St., 2011 Two QBs each pass for 100+ yards...... vs. Appalachian State, 2011 (Logan Thomas, 149 yds. & Mark Leal, 113 yds.) Passed for 5 TDs...... Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002 Passed for 4 TDs...... Bryan Randall, vs. Florida A&M, 2004

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TEAM Had 11+ receptions...... 13, Andre Callender, Boston College, 2007 Scored 70+ points...... 77, Alabama 1973 Had 250+ yards receiving...... NEVER Scored 60-69 points...... 66, Washington & Lee, 1951 Had 200-249 yards rec...... 229, David Tyree, Syracuse, 2002 Scored 50-59 points...... 52, California, 2003 Had 100+ yards receiving...... 110, Brian Quick, App State, 2011 Scored 40-49 points...... 40, Stanford, 2011 Had 4 TD receptions...... Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992 Had 3 TD receptions...... Coby Fleener, Stanford, 2011 Rushed for 500+ yards...... 748, Alabama, 1973 Had 2 TD receptions...... Jerry Harris, Central Michigan, 2010 Rushed for 400-499 yards...... 461, Alabama, 1972 Rushed for 300-399 yards...... 346, Georgia Tech, 2010 Intercepted 3 passes...... Aaron Beasley, West Virginia, 1994 Rushed for 200-299 yards...... 247, Stanford, 2011 Intercepted 2 passes...... Tony Taylor, Georgia, 2006 Had 50-99 yards rushing...... 53, Florida State, 2010 Had FEWER than 50 yards rushing...... -15, East Carolina, 2011 Returned a KO for TD...... Jeyson Wilson, Syracuse, 1993 Returned punt for TD...... Nate Swift, Nebraska, 2008 Passed for 500+ yards...... NEVER Returned an INT for TD...... Aqib Talib, Kansas, 2007 Passed for 400-499 yards...... 403, Syracuse, 2002 Returned a fumble for TD...... Jamie Silva, Boston College, 2007 Passed for 350-399 yards...... 362, NC State, 2010 Returned blocked punt for TD...... T.J. Lee, East Carolina, 2008 Had 50-99 yards passing...... 80, Georgia Tech, 2010 Returned blocked FG for TD...... NEVER Had FEWER than 50 yards passing...... 20, Duke, 2008 Returned blocked PAT for 2 pts...... , FSU, 2010 Blocked an extra point...... Nick Jenkins, Virginia, 2010 Had 800+ yards in total offense...... 833, Alabama, 1973 Blocked a FG...... TEAM, Northeastern, 2006 Had 700-799 yards in total offense...... NEVER Blocked a punt...... Austin Pettis, Boise State, 2010 Had 600-699 yards in total offense...... 604, Syracuse, 2002 Had 500-599 yards in total offense...... 534, Stanford, 2011 2-point conversion...... Alabama, 2009 C. Peek pass from G. McElroy Recorded a safety...... Boston College [2], 2008 Recorded a defensive TD...... Maryland, 2009 Made 6 FGs...... NEVER Shut out Tech...... Cincinnati, 1995 Made 5 FGs...... Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2009 Blocked two kicks in a game...... Duke, 2006 Made 4 FGs...... Will Snyderwine, Duke, 2009 Scored a special teams TD...... Boston College, 2008 Made 3 FGs...... Matt Bosher, Miami, 2008 Scored defensive & special teams TD...... Syracuse, 1996 Kicked a 60+ FG...... NEVER Kicked a 50-59 FG...... 50, Graham Gano, Florida State, 2008 INDIVIDUAL Kicked a 40-49 FG...... 41, Mike Barbour, East Carolina, 2010 Rushed for 200+ yards...... 241, Josh Harris, Wake Forest, 2010 Rushed for 150-199 yards...... 163, Lamar Miller, Miami, 2010 Kicked a 70+ punt...... 76, Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2009 Rushed for 100+ yards...... 114, Stepfan Taylor, Stanford, 2011 Kicked a 60-69 punt...... 62, Alex King, Duke, 2010 Two players rushed for 100 yards...... Syracuse, 1994 Malcolm Thomas (185) & Kirby Dar Dar (108) TURNOVERS Three players rushed for 100 yards...... NEVER The Last Time Tech ... Had 40+ carries...... 44, Paul Palmer, Temple, 1986 Lost two fumbles...... James Madison, 2010 Had 35-39 carries...... 38, Derrick Knight, Boston College, 2003 Lost three fumbles...... North Carolina, 2006 Rushed for 6 TDs...... Willis McGahee, Miami, 2002 Lost four fumbles...... Miami, 2005 Rushed for 5 TDs...... NEVER Lost five or more fumbles...... 5, Kentucky, 1977 Rushed for 4 TDs...... Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992 Rushed for 3 TDs...... Ty Jones, Florida State, 2010 Threw three interceptions...... Duke, 2008 Rushed for 2 TDs...... Joshua Nesbitt, Georgia Tech, 2010 Threw four interceptions...... vs. Miami, 2001 Threw five interceptions...... vs. Virginia, 1994 Passed for 500+ yards...... NEVER Threw six or more interceptions...... 7, vs. Florida St., 1959 Passed for 400-499 yards...... 403, Troy Nunes, Syracuse, 2002 Passed for 300-399 yards...... 362, Russell Wilson, NC State, 2010 The Last Time an Opponent ... Passed for 5 TDs...... NEVER Lost two fumbles...... North Carolina, 2010 Passed for 4 TDs...... Andrew Luck, Stanford, 2011 Lost three fumbles...... NC State, 2009 Passed for 3 TDs...... Ryan Radcliff, Central Michigan, 2010 Lost four fumbles...... Arkansas St., 2002 Had 50+ pass attempts...... 52, Matt Ryan, Boston College, 2007 Lost five or more fumbles...... 5, Clemson, 1985 Had 40-49 pass attempts...... 48, Ryan Radcliff, CMU, 2010 Had 30-39 pass attempts...... 36, Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State, 2011 Threw three interceptions...... Appalachian State, 2011 Had 30+ pass completions...... 30, Dominique Davis, ECU, 2010 Threw four interceptions...... North Carolina, 2010 Had 20-29 pass comps...... 20, Dominique Davis, ECU, 2011 Threw five interceptions...... Georgia Tech, 2007 QB rush/pass for 100 yards...... Jameel Sewell, Virginia, 2009 Threw six or more interceptions...... 6, Rutgers, 1998 120 yds passing, 104 yds rushing

Game 4 vs. Marshall Page 25 Virginia Tech Football Game Notes Virginia Tech Football - 2011 SEASON as of September 18, 2011

RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL TEAM STATISTICS HOKIES OPPonent ALL GAMES 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 SCORING 109 30 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Points Per Game 36.3 10.0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 FIRST DOWNS 63 37 Rushing 37 14 Date Opponent Location TV Score Attend Passing 25 18 Sep 03, 2011 Appalachian State Blacksburg, Va. W 66-13 66233 Penalty 1 5 Sep 10, 2011 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. FSN W 17-10 49404 RUSHING YARDAGE 632 166 Sep 17, 2011 Arkansas State Blacksburg, Va. RSN W 26-7 66233 Yards gained rushing 679 250 CBS Sports Sep 24, 2011 at Marshall Huntington, W.Va. Network 3:30 p.m. Yards lost rushing 47 84 * Oct 01, 2011 Clemson Blacksburg, Va. TBA Rushing Attempts 135 83 * Oct 08, 2011 Miami Blacksburg, Va. TBA Average Per Rush 4.7 2.0 * Oct 15, 2011 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA Average Per Game 210.7 55.3 * Oct 22, 2011 Boston College Blacksburg, Va. TBA TDs Rushing 7 3 * Oct 29, 2011 at Duke Durham, N.C. TBA PASSING YARDAGE 645 508 * Nov 10, 2011 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 8 p.m. Comp-Att-Int 44-81-3 45-100-6 * Nov 17, 2011 North Carolina Blacksburg, Va. 8 p.m. Average Per Pass 8.0 5.1 * Nov 26, 2011 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. TBA Average Per Catch 14.7 11.3 * - Atlantic Coast Conference Game Rankings: (AP/Coaches) Average Per Game 215.0 169.3 TDs Passing 6 1 TOTAL OFFENSE 1277 674 Total Plays 216 183 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Play 5.9 3.7 David Wilson 3 62 400 13 387 6.2 4 48 129.0 Average Per Game 425.7 224.7 Logan Thomas 3 23 123 12 111 4.8 0 16 37.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-224 9-190 Josh Oglesby 3 24 103 4 99 4.1 3 12 33.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-132 3--9 Daniel Dyer 1 6 30 0 30 5.0 0 13 30.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-113 3-34 Danny Coale 3 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 3.0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 28.0 21.1 Mark Leal 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 5.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.0 -3.0 Tony Gregory 3 5 6 3 3 0.6 0 3 1.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 18.8 11.3 Joey Phillips 3 3 3 1 2 0.7 0 3 0.7 FUMBLES-LOST 4-1 2-1 Marcus Davis 3 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.7 PENALTIES-Yards 21-174 7-45 Team 3 9 0 12 -12 -1.3 0 0 -4.0 Average Per Game 58.0 15.0 Total 3 135 679 47 632 4.7 7 48 210.7 PUNTS-Yards 13-450 21-860 Opponents 3 83 250 84 166 2.0 3 16 55.3 Average Per Punt 34.6 41.0 Net punt average 33.8 33.7 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 36:04 23:56 Logan Thomas 3 124.84 38-72-3 52.8 532 4 55 177.3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 22/45 13/44 Mark Leal 1 245.47 6-9-0 66.7 113 2 63 113.0 3rd-Down Pct 49% 30% Total 3 138.25 44-81-3 54.3 645 6 63 215.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/4 1/4 Opponents 3 78.97 45-100-6 45.0 508 1 59 169.3 4th-Down Pct 25% 25% SACKS BY-Yards 9-71 3-9 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G MISC YARDS 0 0 Danny Coale 3 11 178 16.2 1 52 59.3 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 14 4 Jarrett Boykin 3 10 93 9.3 1 20 31.0 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-5 1-3 Marcus Davis 3 8 181 22.6 2 63 60.3 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 D.J. Coles 3 6 90 15.0 1 49 30.0 RED-ZONE SCORES (13-18) 72% (3-5) 60% Dyrell Roberts 3 3 45 15.0 0 31 15.0 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (10-18) 56% (3-5) 60% David Wilson 3 3 11 3.7 0 9 3.7 PAT-ATTEMPTS (14-14) 100% (3-4) 75% Randall Dunn 3 2 10 5.0 1 7 3.3 George George 3 1 37 37.0 0 37 12.3 ATTENDANCE HOKIES Opponent Total 3 44 645 14.7 6 63 215.0 TOTAL 132466 49404 Opponents 3 45 508 11.3 1 59 169.3 Games/Avg Per Game 2/66233 1/49404 Neutral Site Games 0/0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Scott Demler 13 450 34.6 44 1 5 2 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Total 13 450 34.6 44 1 5 2 0 Virginia Tech 33 31 31 14 109 Opponents 21 860 41.0 59 1 4 5 1 Opponents 14 0 9 7 30 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Jayron Hosley 9 99 11.0 0 55 Justin Myer 20 1376 68.8 11 0 190 45.6 24 Tony Gregory 1 24 24.0 0 0 Total 20 1376 68.8 11 0 190 48.3 21 Kyle Fuller 1 9 9.0 1 9 Opponents 9 598 66.4 0 1 224 41.6 28 Total 11 132 12.0 1 55 Opponents 3 -9 -3.0 0 4 PATs SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP safety points KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long David Wilson 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Dyrell Roberts 5 148 29.6 0 35 Cody Journell 0 3-5 14-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 23 David Wilson 2 54 27.0 0 34 Josh Oglesby 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Tony Gregory 1 22 22.0 0 22 Marcus Davis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Total 8 224 28.0 0 35 Jarrett Boykin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents 9 190 21.1 0 25 D.J. Coles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Randall Dunn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Kyle Fuller 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Danny Coale 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Total 14 3-5 14-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 109 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents 4 1-3 3-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Jayron Hosley 2 42 21.0 0 22 Kyle Fuller 1 2 2.0 0 2 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Derek DiNardo 1 0 0.0 0 0 Logan Thomas 3 95 111 532 643 214.3 Eddie Whitley 1 43 43.0 0 43 David Wilson 3 62 387 0 387 129.0 J. Gouveia-Winslow 1 26 26.0 0 26 Mark Leal 1 10 5 113 118 118.0 Total 6 113 18.8 0 43 Josh Oglesby 3 24 99 0 99 33.0 Opponents 3 34 11.3 0 34 Daniel Dyer 1 6 30 0 30 30.0 Danny Coale 3 1 9 0 9 3.0 FG SEQUENCE Virginia Tech OPPONENTS Tony Gregory 3 5 3 0 3 1.0 Appalachian State (28) - Joey Phillips 3 3 2 0 2 0.7 East Carolina 30,(39) 53,(48) Marcus Davis 3 1 -2 0 -2 -0.7 Arkansas State 40,(31) 30 Team 3 9 -12 0 -12 -4.0 Marshall Total 3 216 632 645 1277 425.7 Clemson Opponents 3 183 166 508 674 224.7 Miami Wake Forest FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Boston College Cody Journell 3-5 60.0 0-0 1-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 39 0 Duke Georgia Tech ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G North Carolina David Wilson 3 387 11 0 54 0 452 150.7 Virginia Dyrell Roberts 3 0 45 0 148 0 193 64.3 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Danny Coale 3 9 178 0 0 0 187 62.3 Numbers in [brackets] indicate field goal was blocked. Marcus Davis 3 -2 181 0 0 0 179 59.7 Jayron Hosley 3 0 0 99 0 42 141 47.0 Logan Thomas 3 111 0 0 0 0 111 37.0 Josh Oglesby 3 99 0 0 0 0 99 33.0 Jarrett Boykin 3 0 93 0 0 0 93 31.0 D.J. Coles 3 0 90 0 0 0 90 30.0 Tony Gregory 3 3 0 24 22 0 49 16.3 Eddie Whitley 3 0 0 0 0 43 43 14.3 George George 3 0 37 0 0 0 37 12.3 Daniel Dyer 1 30 0 0 0 0 30 30.0 J. Gouveia-Winslow 3 0 0 0 0 26 26 8.7 Kyle Fuller 3 0 0 9 0 2 11 3.7 Randall Dunn 3 0 10 0 0 0 10 3.3 Mark Leal 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 5.0 Joey Phillips 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 Team 3 -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -4.0 Total 3 632 645 132 224 113 1746 582.0 Opponents 3 166 508 -9 190 34 889 296.3 defensive statistics

TACKLES SACKS PASS DEF FUMbles Blkd LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick SafETY 24 Tariq Edwards 3 9 12 21 4.5-12 0.5-5 ...... 51 Bruce Taylor 3 4 11 15 1.0-8 0.5-6 . . 3 . . . . 17 Kyle Fuller 3 10 3 13 5.5-15 1.5-9 1-2 2 2 . . . . 42 J.R. Collins 3 3 9 12 2.0-17 2.0-17 . . 4 . . . . 98 Derrick Hopkins 3 6 6 12 2.0-10 1.0-8 . . 6 . 1 . . 9 Cris Hill 3 4 7 11 1.0-2 . . 4 . . . . . 15 Eddie Whitley 3 3 8 11 . . 1-43 ...... 20 Jayron Hosley 3 7 3 10 . . 2-42 3 . . . . . 1 Antone Exum 3 5 4 9 1.0-1 . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 95 Zack McCray 3 7 1 8 ...... 66 Tyrel Wilson 3 4 3 7 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 90 Duan Perez-Means 3 2 3 5 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 56 Antoine Hopkins 3 2 3 5 0.5-2 . . 2 2 . . . . 57 Telvion Clark 1 1 4 5 0.5-1 ...... 99 James Gayle 3 3 2 5 2.0-15 2.0-15 . . 3 . . . . 52 Barquell Rivers 3 2 2 4 . . . . 1 . . . . 92 Luther Maddy 3 1 2 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 40 Wiley Brown 3 2 1 3 ...... 93 Isaiah Hamlette 3 . 3 3 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 96 Corey Marshall 3 3 . 3 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 26 James Hopper 3 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 8 Detrick Bonner 2 . 2 2 ...... 43 J. Gouveia-Winslow 3 1 1 2 0.5-6 0.5-6 1-26 . 4 . . . . 34 Kyshoen Jarrett 3 1 1 2 ...... 58 Jack Tyler 3 1 1 2 ...... 28 Alonzo Tweedy 3 1 1 2 ...... 27 Nick Dew 3 2 . 2 ...... 36 Chase Williams 3 . 2 2 ...... 41 Derek DiNardo 3 . 1 1 . . 1-0 ...... 3 Logan Thomas 3 . 1 1 ...... 75 Greg Nosal 3 . 1 1 ...... 48 Justin Myer 3 . 1 1 ...... 23 Boye Aromire 1 1 . 1 ...... TM Team 3 ...... 1 22 Tony Gregory 3 ...... 1 . Total 3 86 100 186 23-97 9-71 6-113 14 30 1-0 1 1 1 Opponents 3 86 182 268 16.0-34 3-9 3-34 9 9 1-0 2 . .

Rushing Tackles Passing Tackles Special Teams Tackles Player No. Player No. Player Total KO Punt Tariq Edwards 11 Cris Hill 9 Wiley Brown 3 3 0 Bruce Taylor 11 Tariq Edwards 9 Jack Tyler 2 2 0 Derrick Hopkins 10 Jayron Hosley 8 Chase Williams 2 2 0 J.R. Collins 9 Kyle Fuller 8 Alonzo Tweedy 2 2 0 Zack McCray 7 Eddie Whitley 6 Zack McCray 1 0 1 Eddie Whitley 5 Antone Exum 5 Nick Dew 1 0 1 Antoine Hopkins 5 Bruce Taylor 3 James Hopper 1 1 0 Duan Perez-Means 5 Tyrel Wilson 2 Justin Myer 1 1 0 Telvion Clark 4 Telvion Clark 1 Derek DiNardo 1 1 0 Tyrel Wilson 4 J.R. Collins 1 Tyrel Wilson 1 1 0 Antone Exum 4 Kyshoen Jarrett 1 Kyshoen Jarrett 1 1 0 Barquell Rivers 4 James Gayle 1 TOTALS 16 14 2 Luther Maddy 3 TOTALS 54 Kyle Fuller 3 Isaiah Hamlette 3 Jayron Hosley 2 James Gayle 2 Detrick Bonner 2 Corey Marshall 2 Cris Hill 2 J. Gouveia-Winslow 1 Boye Aromire 1 James Hopper 1 TOTALS 101 Red Zone Analysis Virginia Tech Time Times Total Rush Pass FG Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FG Att Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 03 Appalachian State W 66-13 8 7 45 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 10 at East Carolina W 17-10 5 3 17 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 17 Arkansas State W 26-7 5 3 17 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 24 at Marshall *Oct 01 Clemson *Oct 08 Miami *Oct 15 at Wake Forest *Oct 22 Boston College *Oct 29 at Duke *Nov 10 at Georgia Tech *Nov 17 North Carolina *Nov 26 at Virginia Totals 13 of 18 (72.2%) 18 13 79 10 7 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0

Opponent Time Times Total Rush Pass FG Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FG Att Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 03 Appalachian State W 66-13 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 10 at East Carolina W 17-10 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17 Arkansas State W 26-7 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 24 at Marshall *Oct 01 Clemson *Oct 08 Miami *Oct 15 at Wake Forest *Oct 22 Boston College *Oct 29 at Duke *Nov 10 at Georgia Tech *Nov 17 North Carolina *Nov 26 at Virginia Totals 3 of 5 (60.0%) 5 3 21 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

money plays Drive start averages Money plays are defined as plays resulting in first down or a touchdow. HOKIES OPPONENTS Obtained # AVG # AVG RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Att Kickoff 9 32.9 20 21.7 David Wilson 19 4 20 62 Danny Coale 7 1 8 11 Punt 21 34.8 13 35.0 Logan Thomas 9 0 9 20 Jarrett Boykin 6 1 7 10 Field goal 2 28.0 2 21.5 Josh Oglesby 6 3 8 24 Marcus Davis 5 2 5 8 Fumble 1 80.0 1 23.0 Daniel Dyer 2 0 2 6 D.J. Coles 3 1 3 6 Interception 6 58.8 3 22.0 Joey Phillips 1 0 1 3 Dyrell Roberts 2 0 2 3 Downs 3 53.7 3 13.7 TOTALS 37 7 40 132 Randall Dunn 1 1 1 2 All drives 42 39.9 42 25.3 George George 1 0 1 1 1st DOWN TOTALS 25 6 27 44 TOTALS 6 3 7 59 1st DOWN 9 1 10 22 2nd DOWN TOTALS TOTALS 19 3 20 54 2nd DOWN 7 2 7 10 3rd DOWN TOTALS TOTALS 11 1 12 17 3rd DOWN 9 3 10 12 4th DOWN TOTALS TOTALS 1 0 1 2 4th DOWN TOTALS 0 0 0 0 Superlatives individual game highs opponent individual game higHs Rushes 25 David Wilson at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Rushes 13 DeAndre Presley, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Rushing 162 David Wilson vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Aplin, Ryan, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) TD Rushes 3 David Wilson vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Rushing 46 Jamal Jackson, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Rush 48 David Wilson vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) TD Rushes 1 Jamal Jackson, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Pass attempts 33 Logan Thomas vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) DOBSON, Michael, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Pass completions 21 Logan Thomas vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Aplin, Ryan, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Passing 292 Logan Thomas vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Long Rush 16 Aplin, Ryan, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) TD Passes 2 Mark Leal vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Pass attempts 38 DAVIS, Dmnque, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Logan Thomas vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Pass completions 20 DAVIS, Dmnque, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Logan Thomas vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Passing 205 Aplin, Ryan, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Long Pass 63 Mark Leal vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) TD Passes 1 Jamal Jackson, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Receptions 7 Danny Coale vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Long Pass 59 DeAndre Presley, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Receiving 140 Marcus Davis vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Receptions 6 Frampton, D., vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) TD Receptions 2 Marcus Davis vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Receiving 110 Brian Quick, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Reception 63 Marcus Davis vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) TD Receptions 1 Brian Quick, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Field Goals 1 Cody Journell vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Reception 59 Brian Quick, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Cody Journell at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Field Goals 1 BARBOUR, Mike, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Cody Journell vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Long Field Goal 48 BARBOUR, Mike, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Field Goal 39 Cody Journell at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Punts 8 Sam Martin, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Punts 5 Scott Demler vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Punting Avg 45.5 RYAN, Ben, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Scott Demler at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Punt 59 Sam Martin, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Punting Avg 37.8 Scott Demler at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Punts inside 20 3 RYAN, Ben, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Punt 44 Scott Demler vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Punt Return 4 Frampton, D., vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Punts inside 20 1 Scott Demler vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Kickoff Return 25 Travaris Cadet, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Scott Demler vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) BOWMAN, Michael, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Punt Return 55 Jayron Hosley vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Tackles 13 DRAKE, Daniel, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Kickoff Return 35 Dyrell Roberts vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Sacks 1.0 Dan Wylie, vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Tackles 10 Tariq Edwards vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Tackles For Loss 2.0 Byrd, Najel, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Sacks 1.5 Kyle Fuller vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Interceptions 1 MAGAZU, Damon, at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Tariq Edwards vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Edwards, Darron, vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Interceptions 2 Jayron Hosley vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Feemster, D., vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011)

Team game highs opponent team game higHs Rushes 50 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Rushes 36 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Rushing 256 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Rushing 117 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Per Rush 5.7 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Per Rush 3.2 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) TD Rushes 4 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) TD Rushes 1 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Pass attempts 33 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Pass completions 21 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Passing 292 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Pass attempts 38 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Yards Per Pass 9.4 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Pass completions 20 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) TD Passes 4 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Passing 205 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Total Plays 73 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Per Pass 6.8 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) TD Passes 1 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Total Offense 518 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Total Plays 67 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Per Play 7.1 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Total Offense 293 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Points 66 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Yards Per Play 4.7 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Sacks By 5 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Points 13 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) First Downs 22 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Sacks By 2 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Penalties 12 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) First Downs 15 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Penalty Yards 92 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Penalties 6 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Turnovers 2 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Penalty Yards 40 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Turnovers 4 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Interceptions By 3 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Interceptions By 2 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Punts 5 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Punts 9 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Punting Avg 45.5 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Punting Avg 37.8 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Long Punt 59 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Punt 44 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Punts inside 20 3 at East Carolina (Sep 10, 2011) Punts inside 20 1 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) Long Punt Return 4 vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) vs Arkansas State (Sep 17, 2011) Long Punt Return 55 vs Appalachian State (Sep 03, 2011) 20-yard plays long plays by the numbers YarDS Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD *63 Pass Marcus Davis from Mark Leal Appalachian State 100+ 0 0 90-99 0 0 55 PR Jayron Hosley Appalachian State 80-89 0 0 55 Pass Marcus Davis from Logan Thomas Appalachian State 70-79 0 0 52 Pass Danny Coale from Logan Thomas Arkansas State 60-69 1 1 50-59 3 0 *49 Pass D.J. Coles from Logan Thomas Arkansas State 48 Rush David Wilson Appalachian State 40-49 4 1 44 Pass Danny Coale from Logan Thomas Arkansas State 30-39 8 0 43 INT Eddie Whitley Appalachian State 20-29 14 2

39 Rush David Wilson East Carolina Long Plays By TYPE No. TD 38 PR Jayron Hosley Appalachian State Rushing 5 1 37 Pass George George from Logan Thomas Arkansas State 35 KR Dyrell Roberts Appalachian State Passing 11 3 34 KR David Wilson East Carolina Punt returns 2 0 34 KR Dyrell Roberts East Carolina Kick returns 8 0 33 Rush David Wilson Appalachian State Interceptions 4 0 31 Pass Dyrell Roberts from Logan Thomas Appalachian State Fumble returns 0 0 Other 0 0 29 KR Dyrell Roberts Appalachian State 28 KR Dyrell Roberts Arkansas State TOTAL 30 4 26 INT J. Gouveia-Winslow Appalachian State 22 KR Dyrell Roberts East Carolina longest plays of the year 22 KR Tony Gregory Arkansas State Rushing *22 Pass Marcus Davis from Mark Leal Appalachian State 22 INT Jayron Hosley Arkansas State 48 David Wilson vs Appalachian State Sept. 3 21 Rush David Wilson Arkansas State 21 Pass D.J. Coles from Logan Thomas Appalachian State Rushing Touchdown 20 KR David Wilson Arkansas State 20 David Wilson vs Appalachian State Sept. 3 20 Pass Danny Coale from Mark Leal Appalachian State 20 Pass Jarrett Boykin from Logan Thomas East Carolina Passing 20 INT Jayron Hosley Arkansas State *20 Rush David Wilson Appalachian State 63 Marcus Davis from Mark Leal * Touchdown Scored On Play vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Passing Touchdown 63 Marcus Davis from Mark Leal vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Punt Return 55 Jayron Hosley vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Kick Return 35 Dyrell Roberts vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Interception Return 43 Eddie Whitley vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Fumble Return None

Punt 44 Scott Demler vs Appalachian State Sept. 3

Field Goal 39 Cody Journell vs East Carolina Sept. 10

20-yard plus plays by player Player No. TD Rush pass KR PR IR FR David Wilson 7 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 Dyrell Roberts 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 Jayron Hosley 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Marcus Davis 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 Danny Coale 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 D.J. Coles 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jarrett Boykin 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tony Gregory 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 J. Gouveia-Winslow 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 George George 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Eddie Whitley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL 30 4 5 11 8 2 4 0 2011 Virginia Tech Scoring Drives

Qtr. Opp. Scoring Play Plays-Yds.-TOP 1 ASU Wilson 20 Rush (Journell) 1-20-0:06 1 ASU FG Journell 28 8-53-3:05 1 ASU Oglesby 4 Rush (Journell) 4-25-1:06 2 ASU Wilson 19 Rush (Journell) 1-19-0:06 2 ASU Wilson 3 Rush (Journell) 14-97-6:38 2 ASU Dunn 7 Pass From Thomas (Journell) 2-14-0:37 3 ASU Boykin 4 Pass From Thomas (Journell) 4-66-1:33 3 ASU k. Fuller 0 yd Punt Return (Journell) - 3 ASU Davis 22 Pass From Leal (Journell) 7-65-3:02 4 ASU Davis 63 Pass From Leal (Journell) 3-65-1:30 2 ECU FB Journell 39 13-42-7:01 3 ECU Oglesby 1 Rush (Journell) 8-78-4:12 4 ECU Oglesby 10 Rush (Journell) 13-89-6:42 1 ASU team Safety - 1 ASU Coles 49 Pass From Thomas (Journell) 5-62-1:50 1 ASU Coale 4 Pass From Thomas (Journell) 4-48-1:55 2 ASU Wilson 3 Rush (Journell) 11-49-5:14 3 ASU FG Journell 31 7-51-3:49

Totals 105-843-45:24 Average Scoring Drive 6.6 plays-52.7 yds.

Virginia Tech Scoring

18 Total Scores (7 Run, 6 Pass, 3 FG, 1 S.T., 1 Safety, 0 Defense) • 6 First Quarter Scores (2 Pass, 2 Run, 1 FG, 1 Safety) • 5 Second Quarter Scores (3 Run, 1 Pass, 1 FG) • 5 Third Quarter Scores (2 Pass, 1 Run, 1 FG, 1 S.T.) • 2 Fourth Quarter Scores (1 Pass, 1 Run) • 0 Overtime Drives

Most plays in a scoring drive: 14 - vs. AppSt (14-97-6:38-TD) Longest scoring drive: 97 yards - vs. AppSt (14-97-6:38-TD) Longest TOP scoring drive: 6:42 - @ ECU (13-89-6:42-TD) Average TOP on offensive scoring drives: 2:50

OPPONENTS Most plays in a scoring drive: 7 - AppSt (7-80-1:46-TD) Longest scoring drive: 80 - AppSt (7-80-1:46-TD) Longest TOP scoring drive: 1:46 - AppSt (7-80-1:46-TD)

Points Off Turnovers VT Total ASU ECU ASU MU CU UM WF BC DU GT UNC VA Opp. TOs 7 4 1 2 Points 21 14 0 7 Opponents VT TOs 4 0 2 2 Points 0 0 0 0 On The Move Drives Drives Ended By Points Pts. Drive Quarterback Started TD FG FGA Punt Downs TO Clock Safety Scored Drive Efficiency Thomas 36 11 3 5 11 2 4 3 0 86 2.39 38.9% Leal 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 14 2.80 40.0% VT Offense 41 13 3 5 13 2 4 4 0 100 2.44 39.0% Opp. Offense 41 4 1 3 21 3 7 2 1 30 0.73 12.2% KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net Avg. Depth Avg. Drive Start Myer 20 1376 68.8 11 0 9.5 70.3 1.2-yd. line (24) 21.7-yd. line (434) Total 20 1376 68.8 11 0 21.1 70.3 Opponents 9 598 66.4 0 1 28.0 41.6 Kickoff Returns (20 yards added to average drive started total for touchbacks; 40 yards for kicks out of bounds; added in team return) Player No. Ret. fC OB TB O-S Avg. Depth Avg. Drive Start Deep Men 8 224 0 1 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 8 224 0 1 0 0 5.3-yd. line (42) 38.3-yd. line (306)