Though it may not have gotten a Google logo in honor of the occasion, February 3rd was in fact “Signing Day” for college football recruits. Although many recruits had made up their minds long before Signing Day, there are a few players left who soak up the spotlight and, while cockily grinning, mull over a series of baseball caps (say Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin) before picking one up to the applause of a few superfans in the audience. When the dust settled no superstar recruits had shocked the crowd by donning a VT hat but Virginia Tech fared decently this year, landing the #24 spot for best recruitment class, according to Rivals.com. In the class of young talent is a pair of four-star defensive backs and a small collection of athletic offensive talents from within the Commonwealth.

David Wilson, considered by some to be the top prospect in the state, committed after a personal visit from Bryan Stinespring. Wilson commented later on his choice by saying he said he liked what he heard from the OC. I have my speculations that Stinespring must have said something along the lines of “I’ll be quitting next season.” Another great grab for VT was offensive utility man, Logan Thomas, who was ranked as one of the highly sought five-star recruits by Scout. He has performed well as a high school QB as well as receiver and told reporters “I don’t care which position I play as long as it’s on offense.” Tech pulled most of its recruits (unsurprisingly) from Virginia but also took in players from the Carolinas as well as Florida. Unfortunately, Hampton Roads native and five-star QB talent, Tajh Boyd, went to Clemson after seriously edit: never really considering Virginia Tech.

Tech stayed its course in comparison to other years recruitment classes. Tech has consistently ranked between 17th and 30th among national recruiting classes and history tells us we do well with what we get. I will admit, there are always plenty of reasons to want more from our coaches in the way of recruiting but for a school tucked away in the middle of southwest Virginia we are doing, in my opinion, okay. Comparing results with a school like USC (where a great majority of their recruits come from the state of California) may show a much more favorable crop to the Trojans — but when you have a state with that many athletes, great weather, and a student body made up of polished beach blonde vaginas, it’s no surprise what results. Right now I think consistency shines in Virginia Tech’s program (well … at least for defense) and we have always put forth explosive talent pruned from Virginia high schools (and now beyond), let’s hope that this #24 class is the one that shows that signing with the Hokies is signing with a championship team.