With just one week remaining in the NFL preseason, several former Virginia football players will have one last chance this weekend to make sure they see their name on the opening-day roster.

Virginia special teams coach Keith Gaither is looking at how the Cavaliers can set up their offense via return yardage, whether it is on kickoff returns or punt returns.

Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong, DL Chico Bennett Jr., WR Billy Kemp IV, LB Nick Jackson, DB Anthony Johnson and WR Keytaon Thompson were all included on the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, released on Wednesday.

Sitting in the press box at Scott Stadium for Virginia’s opener against Duke in 2020, I couldn’t figure out why the Cavaliers were so determined to throw the ball toward a lanky, unknown freshman wide receiver in the first half.

Tony Elliott presented a somewhat bittersweet injury report to media after Monday’s practice, including welcoming back one promising running back and likely losing another for the season.

Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong was featured on both the Manning Award Watch List as well as the College Football Performance Awards National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List on Monday.

Jarvis Lee, a cornerback from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., has decommitted from Virginia.

John Rudzinski knows exactly what it takes to play winning defensive football.

The first Coach’s Corner with Fralin Family head football coach Tony Elliott is slated for Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.

Jonathan Leech has gained weight in the offseason to put him where he was able to solidify his playing weight at right guard.

Anthony Britton, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman from Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, committed to the Cavaliers on Tuesday according to a report by On3. Britton is the seventh in-state commitment for UVA.

The more Brennan Armstrong is exposed to the new system, the more comfortable he becomes, and that was evident at Virginia’s first full-padded scrimmage last Saturday at Scott Stadium.

UVA alum Bryce Perkins made the most of his opportunity as the starting quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champion Rams Saturday in a 29-22 win over the crosstown-rival Chargers.

Coaches can garner a lot of information from a full-padded scrimmage under game-like conditions, and that’s exactly what Tony Elliott was expecting when his Cavaliers went after it Saturday at Scott Stadium.

Chris Slade was a key ingredient to some of Virginia’s best defenses during the George Welsh era and still holds the ACC career record for quarterback sacks.

This week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” begins with updates from UVA football training camp, with focus on the battle for snaps in the backfield, the offensive line and the kicking game. Jerry also goes in-depth with updates on UVA basketball recruiting.

Quarterback Brennan Armstrong will once again have a plethora of difference makers back on offense, with leading receiver Dontayvion Wicks returning with a pair of divisive wide-receiving prospects in Keytaon Thompson and Billy Kemp IV.

Virginia linebacker Hunter Stewart saw and felt an immediate focus of the approach and the idea that Tony Elliott and his staff would have to take the Virginia defense inside of the game.

With the bulk of August training camp ahead, the starting job at running back is there for the taking and veteran Mike Hollins is throwing everything he has at winning the spot for Virginia’s opener.

Rebuilding Virginia’s offensive line has been a slow process, most recently bogged down with players missing practice due to illness.