Jordan Williams, a redshirt junior defensive lineman from Virginia Beach, goes through the drills in the team’s spring training workouts.
Virginia Tech head football coach Justin Fuente and the Hokies have wrapped up another week of spring practice, passing the halfway point of their spring workouts during the week.
After COVID-19 and the quarantine stripped Tech of its entire spring schedule in 2020, Fuente is appreciative for every opportunity to get on the field this year
“We’re grateful for every single one of them,” the head Hokie said of Tech’s allotted 15 practices for the spring. “You look across the country at teams that have had to pause – I think there’s three of them in our league – probably nine or 10 across the country that have had to pause. We’ve been fortunate so far, and we’ve got our fingers crossed. We’ve gotten in good work on fundamentals and special teams.”
The Hokie football team was busy going through drills this week outside at Lane Stadium in preparation of the 2021 fall season.
Fuente indicated that Tech delved more into situational football this past week. Throughout spring practice, numerous players have pointed to Tech’s 33-15 win against Virginia last December as a “complete game” and a sign of the potential of this squad in 2021.
Perhaps the most unusual bit of news that was broken this week came on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football. Although it was no secret in the Tech locker room, Herbert revealed that he was born with 12 fingers (six on each hand) and six toes on his left foot. Among more predictable tidbits the Tech running back dropped was the fact that his favorite NFL running back of all time is LaDainian Tomlinson, who owns a similar physique and running style. Combined with the fact that his birthday is April 21, the No. 21 that Herbert wore in college is also an homage to Tomlinson.
–VT Athletics