2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by fourth-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. They competed as members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In one of the most devastating loses in recent memory, the Hokies lost to arch rival Virginia for the first time since 2003. The loss cost the Hokies the Coastal Division and a trip to the Orange Bowl.

2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Belk Bowl, L 30–37 vs. Kentucky
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
2019 record8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Cornelsen (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (25th season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 66,233)
Uniform
2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^  8 –0     14 –1  
Louisville  5 –3     8 –5  
Wake Forest  4 –4     8 –5  
Florida State  4 –4     6 –7  
Boston College  4 –4     6 –7  
Syracuse  2 –6     5 –7  
NC State  1 –7     4 –8  
Coastal Division
Virginia x  6 –2     9 –5  
Virginia Tech  5 –3     8 –5  
Miami  4 –4     6 –7  
Pittsburgh  4 –4     8 –5  
North Carolina  4 –4     7 –6  
Duke  3 –5     5 –7  
Georgia Tech  2 –6     3 –9  
Championship: Clemson 62, Virginia 17
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Virginia Tech was predicted to finish in third in the Coastal Division.[1]

Media poll (Coastal Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Virginia1003 (82)
2Miami (FL)992 (55)
3Virginia Tech827 (20)
4Pittsburgh691 (8)
5Duke566 (6)
6North Carolina463 (1)
7Georgia Tech302 (1)

Schedule

In non-conference play, Virginia Tech played home games against Old Dominion of Conference USA, Furman of the Southern Conference, and Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, as well as a road game against Notre Dame, a football independent. In ACC play, the Hokies will play the other members of the Coastal Division as well as Boston College and Wake Forest from the Atlantic Division.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 314:00 p.m.at Boston College
ACCNL 28–3535,213
September 712:00 p.m.Old Dominion*
ESPNUW 31–1757,282
September 1412:00 p.m.No. 16 (FCS) Furman*
ACCNW 24–1752,314
September 277:00 p.m.Duke
ESPNL 10–4559,537
October 53:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
ESPNW 42–3553,183
October 124:00 p.m.Rhode Island*
ACCNW 34–1751,716
October 193:30 p.m.North Carolina
ACCRSNW 43–41 6OT65,632
November 22:30 p.m.at No. 16 Notre Dame*
NBCL 20–2177,622
November 93:30 p.m.No. 19 Wake Forest
ACCNW 36–1765,632
November 163:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ACCRSNW 45–043,263
November 233:30 p.m.Pittsburgh
ESPN2W 28–055,936
November 2912:00 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 24
ABCL 30–3952,619
December 3112:00 p.m.vs. Kentucky*
ESPNL 30–3744,138

Source:[2]

Personnel
2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Hendon Hooker  So
QB 3 Braxton Burmeister  So
QB 4 Quincy Patterson II  Fr
QB 5 Ryan Willis  Sr
WR 6 Hezekiah Grimsley Jr
QB 6 Trevor Jackson Fr
WR 8 Phil Patterson  Jr
WR 9 Luke Bussel Fr
WR 11 Tré Turner So
QB 12 Knox Kadum Fr
RB 13 Jalen Holston Jr
WR 14 Damon Hazelton  Jr
WR 16 Darryle Simmons  Fr
RB 24 Terius Wheatley  So
TE 29 Dalton Keene (C) Jr
RB 30 Caleb Steward  Fr
RB 33 DeShawn McClease  Jr
WR 34 Tink Boyd  Fr
RB 35 Keshawn King Fr
RB 37 Carter Rivenburg Fr
RB 38 Nashaun Overton So
RB 39 Tahj Gary Fr
WR 40 Travis Williams  Fr
TE 41 Ty Eller Jr
TE 42 Cole Blaker  So
RB 43 Cole Beck  Fr
RB 44 J'Wan Evans Fr
WR 45 Jacob Van Landingham  Fr
RB 46 Malik Bell  Fr
WR 47 John Ransom Fr
WR 48 Nikia Peerman Fr
WR 49 William Kakavitsas Fr
OL 50 Will Pritchard Fr
OL 51 Gene Kastelburg  So
OL 52 Austin Cannon  Jr
OG 54 Lecitus Smith  So
OL 58 Walker Culver  Fr
OL 60 Silas Dzansi  So
OL 61 Bryan Hudson Fr
OL 61 Gabe Sesco Fr
OL 66 Louis Mihota  Fr
OG 71 T. J. Jackson  Jr
OL 72 Jesse Hanson Fr
OL 74 Doug Nester Fr
OL 75 Zachariah Hoyt  Jr
OL 76 Brock Hoffman Jr
OT 77 Christian Darrisaw So
OL 79 Tyrell Smith (C)  Sr
WR 80 Kaleb Smith  Fr
TE 82 James Mitchell So
WR 83 Tayvion Robinson Fr
WR 85 Jaden Payoute Fr
TE 86 Nick Gallo Fr
WR 87 Jacob Pinckney Fr
WR 88 Elijah Bowick Fr
TE 89 Drake Deiluiis  So
TE 90 Sam Brooks Fr
WR 94 Conner Dusenbury Fr
OT 95 Luke Tenuta  Fr
WR 97 Keondré Banks  Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 1 Reggie Floyd (C) Sr
DB 2 Jeremy Webb  Jr
DB 3 Caleb Farley  So
LB 4 Dax Hollifield So
DL 5 Jarrod Hewitt (C)  Jr
DB 7 Devon Hunter  So
DL 8 Emmanuel Belmar  Jr
DB 9 Khalil Ladler  Jr
DB 12 Nadir Thompson  Fr
DL 13 Zion Debose  So
LB 15 Keshon Artis So
DB 17 Divine Deablo  Jr
DB 18 Tyree Rodgers  Jr
DB 19 J. R. Walker Fr
DB 20 Ny'Quee Hawkins Fr
DB 22 Chamarri Conner So
LB 23 Rayshard Ashby Jr
DB 26 Jovonn Quillen Sr
DB 27 Armani Chatman  Fr
DB 28 Jermaine Waller So
DB 29 Ishmiel Seisay  Sr
DB 30 Tyler Matheny  Fr
DB 31 Nasir Peoples  Fr
DB 32 Hunter Green  Fr
LB 34 Alan Tisdale  Fr
LB 35 Matt Johnson Fr
DL 36 DaShawn Crawford Jr
DB 37 Brion Murray So
LB 38 Amaré Barno Jr
LB 40 Ben Skinner Fr
DL 41 Jaylen Griffin  So
LB 43 Michael Peterson Fr
LB 44 Dylan Rivers Jr
DL 45 TyJuan Garbutt  So
DL 46 Eli Adams  Fr
LB 47 Dean Ferguson Fr
LB 48 Daniel Griffith  Jr
DB 49 Ed Robinson Fr
LB 50 Tré Maxwell Fr
DL 53 Aiden Brown  So
DL 58 Josh Fuga Fr
DL 90 Jaevon Becton  Fr
DL 92 Jaden Cunningham Jr
DL 93 Mario Kendricks Fr
DL 94 Nigel Simmons  Fr
DL 96 Norell Pollard Fr
DL 99 Maxx Philpott Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 64 Sam DeLuke  Fr
LS 85 C. J. Scott Fr
P 91 Oscar Bradburn Jr
K 92 Mark Applegate Fr
K 93 Brian Johnson  Jr
K 96 John Parker Romo Jr
LS 97 Oscar Shadley So
K 98 Caleb Quick  Fr
LS 99 Justin Pollock Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Zohn Burden (RB)
  • Brad Cornelsen (OC/QB)
  • Bud Foster (Assoc. HC/DC/LB)
  • Justin Hamilton (S)
  • Ben Hilgart (Str + Cond)
  • Jerry Kill (Spec. Asst.)
  • Adam Lechtenberg (Ast. HC/Exec. Dir. of Play Dev.)
  • Brian Mitchell (CB)
  • James Shibest (ST/TE)
  • John Tezzi (Recruiting)
  • Vance Vice (OL)
  • Charley Wiles (DL)
  • Jafar Williams (WR)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

at Boston College
1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 7 7 7 7 28
Eagles 7 21 0 7 35
See also: 2019 Boston College Eagles football team

Old Dominion
1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 0 7 7 17
Hokies 10 7 7 7 31
See also: 2019 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

Furman
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 (FCS) Paladins 0 14 0 3 17
Hokies 3 0 14 7 24
See also: 2019 Furman Paladins football team

Duke
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 21 10 14 45
Hokies 3 0 7 0 10
See also: 2019 Duke Blue Devils football team

at Miami (FL)
1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 21 7 0 14 42
Hurricanes 0 7 7 21 35
See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team

Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 6 11 0 17
Hokies 10 7 7 10 34
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

North Carolina
1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT4OT5OT6OT Total
Tar Heels 10 7 7 7370000 41
Hokies 7 14 0 10370002 43
See also: 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Starting with the 2019 season, every overtime period starting with the fifth overtime consists solely of one two-point attempt per team from the three yard line.

at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 7 7 3 3 20
No. 16 Fighting Irish 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

After poor performances against USC and Michigan, Notre Dame stepped up defensively against Virginia Tech. The hokies were held to their lowest total yards game since 2015 and lowest yards per play since 2016 in what was billed as "one of the best group effort performances" ever seen by Sports Illustrated sportswriter Bryan Driskell.[3] Yet, Notre Dame still needed a late touchdown to win the game by a final score 21-20 and Notre Dame extended their home winning streak to 16 games.[4]

Wake Forest
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Demon Deacons 3 7 7 0 17
Hokies 3 3 17 13 36
See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 14 17 14 0 45
Yellow Jackets 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2019 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Hokies 14 7 0 7 28
See also: 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

at Virginia
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Hokies 3 3 21 3 30
Cavaliers 13 0 7 19 39
See also: 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

vs Kentucky (Belk Bowl)
1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 10 7 10 3 30
Wildcats 7 7 10 13 37
See also: 2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team and 2019 Belk Bowl

Honorary #25 Beamer Jersey

Since the start of the 2016 season, during the week before each game, Head Coach Justin Fuente selects an outstanding player to wear the #25 jersey in honor of former head coach, Frank Beamer, who wore #25 as a player for Virginia Tech. The jersey represents hard work, toughness, good sportsmanship and being a exemplary teammate. At first, the distinction was intended strictly for special teams players, but has since been expanded to include all team members.

The players honored in the 2019 season are:[5]

Game Opponent Player(s)
Game 1 Boston College Tyree Rodgers
Game 2 Old Dominion Divine Deablo (2)
Game 3 Furman Dylan Rivers
Game 4 Duke Oscar Bradburn (3)
Game 5 Miami Jarrod Hewitt
Game 6 Rhode Island Devon Hunter
Game 7 North Carolina Rayshard Ashby
Game 8 Notre Dame Armani Chatman
Game 9 Wake Forest Divine Deablo (3)
Game 10 Georgia Tech Khalil Ladler (2)
Game 11 Pittsburgh James Mitchell
Game 12 Virginia Dalton Keene (2) & Rayshard Ashby (2)
Belk Bowl Kentucky Brian Johnson   

Rankings
Further information: 2019 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 15 Final 
AP RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 RV NR  
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV  
CFP Not released NR NR NR 24 NR NR Not released

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2020 NFL Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
3101Dalton KeeneTENew England Patriots

References
  1. "Clemson Favored to Continue ACC Football Championship Run". theACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. "2019 Virginia Tech Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. Driskell, Bryan (November 4, 2019). "Grades: Notre Dame Defense vs. Virginia Tech". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  4. Berardino, Mike (November 2, 2019). "No. 16 Notre Dame needs late touchdown to get past Virginia Tech". USA Today. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  5. "Brian Johnson to wear Beamer No. 25 jersey for Belk Bowl". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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