Over the last month, there have been several visitors in the Class of 2027 to Virginia Tech and other schools as the Dead Period approaches. When it comes to that class and first-year Hokies' coach James Franklin, recruiting has been booming.
One area of need for Franklin, defensive coordinator Brent Pry, and Virginia Tech is at linebacker in the class. Is it the biggest thing in the world if they fail to land one? No, but it would be a little concerning.
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On Monday, three-star CJ Ohuabunwa from Norcross, Georgia, made his commitment after visiting his final four choices, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Kansas, and Louisville. After visiting the Seminoles over the weekend, he committed to Mike Norvell, which dealt Franklin and other recruiting losses for FSU. However, Ohuabunwa made his commitment on 247Sports with Kolby Crawford and spoke about each of his visits, including Virginia Tech.
Florida State commit CJ Ohuabunwa talks about visit to Virginia Tech
Ohabunwa spoke to Crawford about each of his visits, and his visit to Blacksburg was one where he was impressed with what's already happening despite committing to FSU.
"Virginia Tech was amazing,'' Ohuabunwa said. "It has just what somebody wants for their college experience, like Enter Sandman, like who wouldn't want to run out to Enter Sandman? You think about the coaching, the new coaching staff that just came in, Coach Franklin is building something special with the program (I) guarantee it. He's going to put that program back on top where they belong. That just stuck out to me, they know what they want and they know where they're headed.
"The coaching staff, I loved. Coach Pry is an amazing coach and a humble guy, you know, somebody who was the head coach, got released, and then stepped back up to be DC for another head coach he has a good relationship with. That speaks volumes to me about who he is as a person.''
Those are some rather interesting quotes from someone who committed to another school. To be fair, Ohusbunwa spoke about all his visits and had nothing but good things to say. However, Virginia Tech is certainly in a different position than a lot of other schools, but it is certainly trending upwards.
Franklin is the home run hire that Virginia Tech needed to make after they fired Pry. For Ohuabunwa to say what he said about Pry was eye-opening. It certainly feels like things are headed in the right direction in Blacksburg under the new regime.
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