2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers are led by third-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and play their home games at Scott Stadium. They compete as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2018 Virginia Cavaliers football
Belk Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
2018 record8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRobert Anae (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Howell (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKelly Poppinga (1st as co-DC; 3rd overall season)
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(Capacity: 61,500)
Uniform
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson x$#^  8 –0     15 –0  
No. 15 Syracuse  6 –2     10 –3  
NC State  5 –3     9 –4  
Boston College  4 –4     7 –5  
Wake Forest  3 –5     7 –6  
Florida State  3 –5     5 –7  
Louisville  0 –8     2 –10  
Coastal Division
Pittsburgh x  6 –2     7 –7  
Georgia Tech  5 –3     7 –6  
Miami  4 –4     7 –6  
Virginia  4 –4     8 –5  
Virginia Tech  4 –4     6 –7  
Duke  3 –5     8 –5  
North Carolina  1 –7     2 –9  
Championship: Clemson 42, Pittsburgh 10
    1. – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Virginia ended the 2017 season with a 6–7 overall record, 3–5 in the ACC, to finish in a tie for fourth place in the ACC Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl, where they were defeated by Navy.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Chuck Bednarik Award[1] Juan Thornhill S SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[2] Olamide Zaccheaus RB SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[3] Juan Thornhill S SR
Paul Hornung Award[4] Joe Reed WR/KR JR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[5] Bryce Perkins QB JR

ACC media poll

The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.

Media poll (Coastal)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Miami998 (122)
2Virginia Tech838 (16)
3Georgia Tech654 (8)
4Duke607 (1)
5Pittsburgh420
6North Carolina370 (1)
7Virginia257

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Richmond*
ACCN ExtraW 42–1340,524
September 87:30 p.m.at Indiana*
BTNL 16–2035,492
September 154:15 p.m.vs. Ohio*
ESPN2W 45–315,438
September 2212:30 p.m.Louisville
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCRSNW 27–334,446
September 2912:20 p.m.at NC State
RaycomL 21–3557,600
October 137:00 p.m.No. 16 Miami (FL)
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPN2W 16–1342,393
October 2012:30 p.m.at Duke
ACCRSNW 28–1420,277
October 2712:20 p.m.North Carolina
RaycomW 31–2143,000
November 27:30 p.m.PittsburghNo. 23
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPN2L 13–2336,256
November 103:00 p.m.Liberty*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCRSNW 45–2441,485
November 173:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ACCRSNL 27–30 OT37,543
November 233:30 p.m.at Virginia Tech
ABCL 31–34 OT60,776
December 2912:00 p.m.vs. South Carolina*
ABCW 28–0 48,263
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. Moved from Scott Stadium in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.[6]

Roster
2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 63 Tyler Fannin  Fr
C, OG 77 Jake Fieler Sr
FB Dylan Crawford Fr
FB 10 Jamari Peacock So
FB 90 Andrew Yavinsky RFr
HB 80 Billy Kemp Fr
HB 4 Olamide Zaccheaus Sr
OG 65 Ben Knutson So
OG 78 R.J. Proctor Jr
OL, LS Daniel Moore Fr
OL 71 Marcus Applefield Sr
OL Joe Bissinger Fr
OL 67 Derek Devine Fr
OL 70 Bobby Haskins Fr
OL Jack Keenan Fr
OL Micah Mariteragi Fr
OL Victor Oluwatimi RFr
OL 53 Gerrik Vollmer RFr
OL 66 Martin Weisz Fr
OT 54 Ryan Nelson RFr
OT 64 Ben Trent So
OT 69 Chris Glaser So
OT 79 Dillon Reinkensmeyer So
OT 72 Ryan Swoboda RFr
OT 74 Ryan Bischoff Jr
QB, LS 99 Joe Spaziani Sr
QB 98 Brennan Armstrong Fr
QB Tristan Hillerich RFr
QB T.J. Kitts RFr
QB DaJuan Moore Fr
QB 3 Bryce Perkins Jr
QB 36 Lindell Stone So
RB 75 Webster Hill IV Fr
RB Chris Jones Fr
RB 92 Perris Jones Fr
RB 88 Justin Zollar Jr
TB 25 Lamont Atkins So
TB 1 Jordan Ellis Sr
TB 6 PK Kier So
TB 31 Chris Sharp Jr
TB Wayne Taulapapa Fr
TE 46 Evan Butts Sr
TE 44 Tanner Cowley Jr
WR 85 Cole Blackman So
WR 82 Riah Burton RFr
WR 19 Chuck Davis So
WR 8 Hasise Dubois Jr
WR Shane Eilers RFr
WR 86 Ross Gardner Sr
WR 18 Ben Hogg Sr
WR 84 Terrell Jana So
WR 27 Tavares Kelly Fr
WR Zain Khokhar Sr
WR 83 Hayden Mitchell RFr
WR 86 Ugo Obasi Fr
WR Darnell Pratt RFr
WR 2 Joe Reed Jr
WR Wooby Theork-Youmans Fr
WR Brandon White Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB Jaylon Baker Fr
CB Mark Chichester Fr
CB 41 Germane Crowell  RFr
CB 20 Nick Grant So
CB 34 Bryce Hall Jr
CB 5 Tim Harris Sr
CB 30 Myles Robinson Jr
DB 32 Darrius Bratton So
DB, WR Josh Clifford Fr
DB, WR 15 De'Vante Cross So
DB 14 Donovan Rolle RFr
DB 23 Shawn Smith RFr
DB 93 Joseph White Fr
DE 16 Richard Burney  Jr
DE 91 Mandy Alonso So
DE 88 Osiris Crutchfield So
DL 61 Isaac Buell RFr
DL 50 Tommy Christ RFr
DL 94 Aaron Faumui Fr
DL 76 Jordan Redmond Fr
DL 62 Samson Reed Fr
DL Christian Smith Fr
DL Trevor Storm Fr
DL Dylan Thompson Fr
DT 58 Eli Hanback Jr
FS 28 Brenton Nelson So
FS 29 Joey Blount So
ILB Parker Chenault Fr
ILB 17 Malcolm Cook  Sr
ILB 45 Reed Kellam Jr
ILB 37 Jordan Mack Jr
ILB 55 Mikey McDonald Sr
ILB 9 Dominic Sheppard  Jr
ILB 22 Robert Snyder So
ILB 40 C.J. Stalker Sr
LB Evan Clark Fr
LB 51 Javar Garrett Fr
LB 57 T.C. Harrison Fr
LB 52 Grant Misch Fr
LB 33 Zane Zandier So
OLB 43 Elliott Brown So
OLB 59 Dre Bryant So
OLB 60 Colin Dixon RFr
OLB 56 Matt Gahm So
OLB 38 Gladimir Paul Jr
OLB 13 Chris Peace Sr
OLB, FS 7 Chris Moore  Jr
OLB 11 Charles Snowden So
OLB 42 Noah Taylor Fr
S Darren Klein Fr
S 96 Cole Lytle Fr
S Vinnie Vladic Fr
SS 21 Juan Thornhill Sr
SS 39 CJ Epps Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jack Collins Fr
K 26 Brian Delaney So
PK 95 A.J. Mejia So
PK 89 Hunter Pearson Fr
P 47 Lester Coleman Sr
PK, P 81 Nash Griffin So
PK, P Jerry Horng Fr
LS Lee Dudley Fr
LS Tucker Finkelston Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Robert Anae (BYU)
    Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers
  • Marques Hagans (Virginia)
    Wide Receivers
  • Mark Atuaia (BYU)
    Running Backs
  • Garett Tujague (BYU)
    Offensive Line
  • Jason Beck (BYU)
    Quarterbacks
  • Vic So'oto (BYU)
    Defensive Line
  • Nick Howell (Weber State)
    Defensive Coordinator, Secondary
  • Kelly Poppinga (BYU)
    Co-Defensive Coordinator Coordinator, Outside Linebackers
  • Shane Hunter (BYU)
    Inside Linebackers
  • Rickey Brumfield (Utah State)
    Special Teams Coordinator
  • Patrick Hickman (BYU)
    Director of Football Operations
  • Justin Anderson (BYU)
    Director of Player Personnel
  • Shawn Griswold (Utah State)
    Director of Football Training & Player Development
  • Matt Edwards (BYU)
    Football Analyst
  • Krik Garner (Virginia)
    Graduate Assistant
  • Matt Johns (Virginia)
    Graduate Assistant
  • Jackson Matteo (Virginia)
    Graduate Assistant
  • Andrew Meyer (Wisconsin)
    Graduate Assistant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2018-07-27

Depth chart

Game summaries

Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 10 0 3 0 13
Cavaliers 14 14 7 7 42
See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

at Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 9 0 7 0 16
Hoosiers 13 7 0 0 20
See also: 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team

vs Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 14 7 3 31
Cavaliers 21 17 0 7 45
See also: 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team

Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 0 3 0 3
Cavaliers 0 6 7 14 27
See also: 2018 Louisville Cardinals football team

at NC State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 7 0 7 7 21
Wolfpack 3 17 7 8 35
See also: 2018 NC State Wolfpack football team

Miami (FL)
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Hurricanes 0 6 0 7 13
Cavaliers 0 13 0 3 16
See also: 2018 Miami Hurricanes football team

at Duke
1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 7 7 6 8 28
Blue Devils 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2018 Duke Blue Devils football team

North Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 7 7 0 7 21
Cavaliers 14 3 7 7 31
See also: 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and South's Oldest Rivalry

Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 0 7 9 23
No. 23 Cavaliers 7 3 0 3 13
See also: 2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 7 10 7 0 24
Cavaliers 14 10 14 7 45
See also: 2018 Liberty Flames football team

at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4OT Total
Cavaliers 14 7 0 60 27
Yellow Jackets 13 3 0 113 30
See also: 2018 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

at Virginia Tech
1 2 3 4OT Total
Cavaliers 0 0 14 170 31
Hokies 0 14 3 143 34
See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team and Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry

vs. South Carolina (Belk Bowl)
1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0 0 0 0 0
Cavaliers 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team and 2018 Belk Bowl

Rankings
Further information: 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 23 NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV NR NR RV RV 22 NR RV RV NR NR  
CFP Not released 25 NR NR NR NR NR Not released

2019 NFL Draft
See also: 2019 NFL Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
263Juan ThornhillSKansas City Chiefs
6198Tim HarrisCBSan Francisco 49ers

References
  1. "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  6. "Virginia Football vs. Ohio Moved to Nashville Due to Hurricane Florence" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  7. "DEPTH CHART" (PDF) (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
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