Virginia announces team awards at annual banquet
The Virginia football program held its annual awards banquet Saturday to recognize team and individual accomplishments from the 2022 season.
The Virginia football program held its annual awards banquet Saturday to recognize team and individual accomplishments from the 2022 season.
UNC has been a recruiting force within the borders of Virginia since Bly, a former Tar Heel All-American from Chesapeake, joined the Carolina staff in 2019. Bly has helped Brown’s program pluck such stars as 5-star Tony Grimes and Zach Rice right from under the noses of UVA and Tech.
Virginia continued to shore up its secondary via the transfer portal on Monday when the Cavaliers gained a commitment from former Iowa State cornerback Tayvonn Kyle.
Terry Heffernan joins the Virginia program after spending the last two seasons as the offensive line coach at Stanford for head coach David Shaw.
Former Virginia linebacker Nick Jackson, who entered the transfer portal on Dec. 12, is visiting Auburn this weekend.
Ugonna Nnanna, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound guard/tackle from the University of Houston, announced on Twitter that he had committed to the Cavaliers. Nnanna has three years of eligibility remaining.
Several former Virginia football players that entered the transfer portal announced their destinations over the weekend, including record-breaking quarterback Brennan Armstrong, in addition to one player who flipped his commitment to UVA and went elsewhere.
Brennan Armstrong, who led Virginia’s offense for the past three seasons, is expected to commit to NC State as early as this weekend, according to sources familiar with both programs.
Cam’Ron Kelly, who entered the portal on Dec. 5, played four years for the Tar Heels and posted 180 career tackles, five interceptions, 12 passes broken up, one forced fumble and two tackles for loss.
Fentrell Cypress, rated the No. 2 overall player in the 2023 transfer class by On3, broke in the New Year with a bang on Sunday when he announced he had committed to Florida State.
Chris Graham gets Jerry Ratcliffe to share details from his coverage of early signing day on Wednesday, with a look at how the roster for the 2023 Virginia football team might be taking shape.
Virginia’s 2023 football recruiting class got a boost hours after Tony Elliott announced it to the Cavaliers fan base Wednesday, when linebacker Kam Robinson signed with UVA.
Kobe Pace, who was recruited out of high school in Cedartown, Ga., by then-Clemson assistant coach Tony Elliott, committed to Elliott’s Virginia program on Tuesday.
Virginia football has made a run on defensive linemen this final week leading into National Signing Day, having picked up a commitment from Georgia native Mekhi Buchanan.
Jason Hammond II, a 6-foot-3, 283-pound lineman from St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, announced on his Twitter that he had committed to UVA.
Virginia’s offensive line took another blow on Friday when one of its top players, starting left tackle Logan Taylor, entered the transfer portal.
UVA Ortho and Sports Medicine’s Dr. Brian Werner breaks down the various shoulder injuries in sports, particularly football in today’s podcast with Hootie.
The family of one of three slain Virginia football players, D’Sean Perry, held a press conference on Thursday in honoring their son’s life, and called on UVA to cooperate in leading the charge to prevent another future tragedy.
Having lost cornerback Fentrell Cypress and safety Chayce Chalmers to the transfer portal, Virginia has reached out to former Harvard defensive back Alex Washington with an offer.
This past season, Nick Jackson posted 104 tackles (41 solo), seven tackles for loss, five sacks, four passes defended, four QB hurries and a fumble recovery for a much-improved defense that kept UVA in most games.