Former Hokies QB Wants to Come Home

As you might imagine, I keep a close ear to the rail known as “Hokies Twitter”. It’s all pretty generic for the most part. “Fire Brent Pry”. “Member Beamer”. “Nike Pro Combat Black was the Best”. You know, typical internet fodder. Every once in a while, the X platform gives you the tiniest sliver of intel. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I generally overanalyze. When I saw this little nugget on X, I did a spit-take.

Jerod Evans was a total beast for the new fans in the room. He led the Hokies to an A.C.C. Championship game in 2016. That was Justin Fuente’s penultimate year as HBC. It turned out to be Evans’ only year in Blacksburg, leaving Virginia Tech with one year of eligibility remaining. That was always a question mark for me. Why did he leave? Why did he depart a program to be a mid to low-round NFL QB at best? He ended up signing a UDFA deal with the Eagles but never found a home. He was a good mix of size and speed with a more than capable arm. Case in point, this incredible run:

When you read the initial tweet, I wasn’t sure who Evans was talking about. Evans started his collegiate career at the Air Force Academy. After tearing his ACL, he ended up at Trinity Valley Community College. All he did there was shatter more records than Michael Jackson.

When he ended up at Virginia Tech, I was super pumped. The 2016 campaign was electric for the Hokies. New coach, new franchise QB, the sky was the limit. He took the Hokies to the limit and had Clemson on the ropes for most of the title game. I’m more curious why he left in the first place than why he wants to come back.

"How different would the Justin Fuente era be looked at if Evans had returned for his senior season?"

Evans was a quarterback you could easily put your faith in. He looked the part. He took over games at times, and more importantly, he was a leader. Clearly X Hokie fans want him back in some fashion. It didn’t take me long to see this important reply: