James Franklin's first rising senior high school recruiting class at Virginia Tech has been a good one, with the Class of 2027. Most recruiting outlets have the Hokies well within the Top 25 in terms of rankings and even inside the Top 20.
However, on Monday night, Franklin began the day with 26 recruits committed to the class and suffered a huge loss when four-star wide receiver Anthony Roberts, who committed back in the spring, flipped his commitment to Jake Dickert and Wake Forest to remain in his home state to begin his college career. That was a tough hit out of nowhere.
Now, one day later, there appears to be another recruit, JP Jones-Priest, who is getting a lot of love and will be taking a visit to Oregon this weekend, with another potential flip possibly in the works.
Virginia Tech Class of 2027 commit JP Jones-Priest taking visit to Oregon this weekend
When Virginia Tech got a commitment from Jones-Priest back in May, it was a huge win in terms of the other schools Franklin beat out for him. Jones-Priest picked Virginia Tech over SMU, TCU, Oklahoma State, Florida, Northwestern, and Oregon. As is always the case with Ducks coach Dan Lanning, he never gives up in recruiting and will look to flip anyone at any time.
According to Max Torres of ScoopDuck, Jones-Priest will be making a visit to Eugene this weekend when Oregon, which is coming off a statement road win at Ohio State, hosts Michigan in a Big Ten showdown. According to Torres, Jones-Priest has made multiple trips to Oregon for visits, and this weekend will be another one.
NEW: Virginia Tech 4-star RB commit JP Jones-Priest will be taking an official visit to Oregon this weekend, @mtorressports reports🦆
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This season, Jones-Priest has rushed for over 1,000 yards and 27 touchdowns while averaging 7.3 yards per carry. He also has three touchdown receptions and 212 receiving yards on 16 catches. The 4-star-rated Arlington, Texas, high school standout is also hearing from other schools in an attempt to flip him from Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech has two more home games, beginning this weekend when Stanford visits, and there are going to be more visits and then likely some more Thanksgiving Weekend when Virginia visits. Franklin has built a very good recruiting class for his high school one in Blacksburg, but it feels like things might be starting to go off the rails a little bit. We'll see what comes out of this visit for Jones-Priest with Oregon and Lanning, but this might not be the last time Hokies fans will be hearing something like this in the weeks ahead, before early signing day in early December.
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