Well, somehow signing day has come and gone and we have failed to mention anything here on The NEZ (just made that up, let’s see if it sticks). Anyhow, here is the list of Tech’s commitments:
| David Wilson | RB | 5’11″ | 190 | George Washington H.S. (VA ) | RB #5 | 83 | Signed |  |
| Logan Thomas | ATH | 6’6″ | 233 | Brookville H.S. (VA ) | ATH #8 | 81 | Signed | |
| Theron Norman | ATH | 6’3″ | 190 | Hermitage H.S. (VA ) | ATH #16 | 80 | Signed | |
| Lanford Collins | DE | 6’4″ | 240 | Brooke Point H.S. (VA ) | DE #20 | 80 | Signed | |
| Cody Journell | K | 5’11″ | 175 | Giles H.S. (VA ) | K #3 | 79 | Signed | |
| Jayron Hosley | CB | 5’11″ | 175 | Atlantic Community H.S. (FL ) | CB #22 | 79 | Signed | |
| Tariq Edwards | OLB | 6’3″ | 215 | Marlboro County H.S. (SC ) | OLB #27 | 79 | Signed | |
| Antone Exum | ATH | 6’1″ | 198 | Deep Run H.S. (VA ) | ATH #41 | 79 | Signed | |
| D.J. Coles | WR | 6’4″ | 200 | Fork Union Military Academy (VA) | PG | 78 | Signed | |
| Duan Perez-Means | TE | 6’3″ | 220 | Hermitage H.S. (VA ) | TE #35 | 77 | Signed | |
| Jerrodd Williams | CB | 6’0″ | 185 | D. W. Daniel H.S. (SC ) | CB #31 | 77 | Signed | |
| Nubian Peak | RB | 5’11″ | 185 | Pulaski County H.S. (VA ) | RB #64 | 77 | Signed | |
| James Hopper | CB | 5’9″ | 179 | Seventy-First Senior H.S. (NC ) | CB #34 | 77 | Signed | |
| Andrew Miller | OG | 6’5″ | 275 | Bassett H.S. (VA ) | OG #45 | 77 | Signed | |
| David Wang | DT | 6’2″ | 310 | Stone Bridge H.S. (VA ) | DT #44 | 77 | Signed | |
| DeAntre Rhodes | DT | 6’2″ | 279 | Varina H.S. (VA ) | DT #53 | 76 | Signed | |
| Tyrell Edwards | ATH | 6’4″ | 211 | Marlboro County H.S. (SC ) | ATH #100 | 76 | Signed | |
| Telvion Clark | OLB | 6’2″ | 200 | Granby H.S. (VA ) | OLB #90 | 75 | Signed | |
| James Gayle | DE | 6’4″ | 220 | Bethel H.S. (VA ) | 40 | Signed | ||
| Kory Gough | OT | 6’6″ | 260 | Liberty H.S. (VA ) | 40 | Signed | ||
| Tyrel Wilson | OLB | 6’3″ | 215 | Hampton H.S. (VA ) | 40 | Signed |
So there you go, straight from ESPN, the list of the guys who will be playing for us the next few years. Overall, I think we got ranked as the #18 recruiting class, which is nothing to sneeze at. Obviously this is no thanks to Stiney, but the number 5 ranked RB in the country may make him look less an incompetent OC and more a rational human being. We hope.
I can’t help but notice that it seems all the recruits are from VA. Now I know we mainly recruit from in-state, but was Beamer all about going out of state to get some players a few years ago? what happened to that? I mean we didn’t even get one recruit from NJ, and we all know how the Dirty Jerz loves coming down to Virginny in droves. Are all these NJ players going to Rutgers? I guess we’ll never know.
On a completely unrelated note:
“Pants optional today, people. It’s f@#kin’ Truck Day!” (from survivinggrady.com)
Baseball is just around the corner.
Oh and John Lester is already in FL for spring training. My God, this kid is a stud. I’m calling it right now, Lester for AL Cy Young 2009. Book it.
(Thanks to survivinggrady.com for the truck day countdown, etc.)
