UVA football makes offers to transfer portal linemen

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia has offered at least three offensive linemen presently in the transfer portal. The Cavaliers are in dire need of players at those positions after losing their entire starting offensive line, mostly as transfers.

Star center Olusegun Oluwatimi transferred to Michigan, left tackle Bobby Haskins transferred to Southern Cal, guard Joe Bissinger transferred to SMU and right tackle Ryan Swoboda transferred this week to Central Florida. Meanwhile, Ryan Nelson announced Friday that he will be declaring for the NFL Draft.

Meanwhile, UVA’s new coaching staff has reached out to a few linemen from other schools in the portal:

# Georgetown grad transfer Mac Hollensteiner, a 6-6, 310, offensive tackle with two years of eligibility remaining. Hollensteiner holds offers from Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Fresno State, Tulane, East Carolina, Rice and others.

# Lafayette College grad transfer Steven Stilianos, a 6-5, 250, tight end, also with two years of eligibility remaining. He is a two-time, first-team All-Patriot League player. He has been offered by Syracuse, JMU, Rutgers, Temple, East Carolina, Georgia Southern and Rhode Island.

# Tommy Brown, a redshirt junior at Alabama. Brown, who is scheduled to visit Virginia on Sunday (he’s presently visiting Colorado), started one game at right guard for the Crimson Tide this season and filled in at left guard vs. New Mexico State. He appeared in a total of 10 games. He is a former 4-star recruit.