What’s going on everybody? I just decided to take a crack at this self-interview thing because it will reveal more information about me and the fact is that nobody knows yourself better than you do, so why not ask yourself a few questions I figured. You know which questions would generate the most interesting answers and therefore the interview would be more entertaining and intriguing. Anyways, if you want to know more about me just check out the self-interview I created below. These all are real answers and were all answered by yours truly. Take care.
Why do you have your name listed as Wade Hampton Peery on facebook?
That’s a very good question. I’ve never had anyone ask about it, but it would be a legitimate one. I take great pride in my middle name. I was named after my great uncle, who died at birth. Wade Hampton was actually a general for the South in the Civil War, so the name has a great deal of history behind it and I have a lot of pride in it. Coming to Ohio University has made me become more prideful of where I’m from, the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. It is pretty funny because before I listed my name as “Wade Peery” and now that I list it as “Wade Hampton Peery”, everybody calls me that here at Ohio U. I enjoy it though and I love my middle name, either way is fine with me. Hampton is a classy middle name. I like the way it sounds. That pretty much answers that.
You’ve given some speeches to the Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco class here at Ohio University. Would you like to explain why you decided to do that? What about the decision to stop drinking completely?
A: These are two of the very best questions anybody could ask me and they are very likely to get a lengthy answer. I’ll see if I can boil it down to a concise version for everybody out there. I liked speaking to the Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco class for a few different reasons. First, it helped to polish my public speaking skills a bit. I’ve always been a talker, but I feel like I’ve gotten much better at talking in front of a crowd of 200 plus strangers since I started giving the speech. There is a huge difference between being able to talk a lot and being able to talk a lot in front of a big crowd. The first time I gave the speech I was visibly nervous, but within the first few minutes I calmed myself down and it was smooth sailing. I talked myself out of the nerves, and from then on it was just a thing of beauty. I had everybody laughing a few times throughout the speech even though it was a very serious speech for the most part with some valuable life lessons tied into it. The first speech was 30 minutes total and I was very surprised by the length of it after I got done. Sometimes when I get to talking, it’s pretty much like a waterfall, the words can really flow on forever. The biggest reason I decided to give the speech was to make sure that kids didn’t follow my path, even though I am a firm believer that getting in some trouble is part of the maturation process in college. Tons of people will get in trouble, but then they’ll realize that they are on the wrong track on their own and correct the issues by themselves. This is an amazing process that teaches you a tremendous amount about yourself. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in college, I have been arrested twice, once for public intox, the other was for aiding minors at a party with alcohol. I’m a big believer that mistakes are a very valuable teaching tool in this world as long as you learn from them. I learned from my mistakes and after I was suspended, I decided that I didn’t want to put anything to chance and quit drinking completely.
There really wasn’t any one moment where I can tell you, okay that’s when I decided to stop drinking. It was just one day when I was thinking to myself about my goals, aspirations, and dreams in this world. I really want to become a coach and eventually become a coach/recruiter on the Division 1 level and I just felt like I needed to take matters into my own hands. I know myself the best and I’ve always been bad at balancing things. I have a highly addictive personality that certain activities can just consume me if I don’t get careful. For instance freshman year I was constantly working at WOUB, the student-run television station. It was volunteer work and I wasn’t getting paid, but I knew that I wanted to gain experience in that field because I wanted to go into the sports journalism field ever since I was a little kid. So I worked my tail off there, sometimes spending as much as 12-16 hours a week there in the winter, covering as many as three basketball games a week. It was a pretty crazy schedule and I’m not really sure how I withstood all the stress. I learned a tremendous amount from that experience though and I remember by the end of that winter, I had effectively taught myself so many critical elements of videography, thanks to the keen guidance of Keith Cawley and Steve Vesey to help me along the way. To this day I have a tremendous amount of respect for both of those guys and I think we’re going to be seeing them in a very big market sometime in the near future. They’re good enough for SportsCenter, but that is a tough gig to land and I’m sure there are a lot of politics involved. My time at WOUB was very stressful, but at the same time it was very rewarding and I met a lot of great people there that I still keep in touch with to this day. Gridiron Glory is a tremendous high school football production at WOUB that I worked with for a few years and it gave me a lot of knowledge about the high school football in the Southeast Ohio area and just the state of Ohio in general. Sure, I had to sacrifice my Friday nights during my freshman year, but I simply didn’t care because I was gaining experience and I was watching football. Football has always been my favorite sport to watch. It was really fun and I enjoyed going out to the high school football games in the area. The fans in the Southeast Ohio area truly appreciate the coverage and I am glad they do because the students pour in an endless amount of volunteer hours into that production. That is what makes the show the “high-quality” production that it is today. Those students do excellent work and I’m proud to say I was a part of a great team there. Kyle Craig was one of the greatest leaders I’ve ever been around. His tremendous energy and passion for the game of football were downright infectious. He had more energy than anybody I’ve ever met in my life and I think that was a very big reason why he was such a good leader. Kyle was excellent at making sure that every single individual on the team felt appreciated and that was one of my favorite parts about his leadership style.
Do you always get off-topic like that?
It happens all the time. It’s what I like to call my “stream of conscientious”. The thoughts just keep pouring out of my head and a lot of times I’ll just keep going, forgetting the initial topic. But yeah, stopping drinking was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life. It has saved me a tremendous amount of money and I rarely get sick anymore, so that is pretty cool. I quit drinking about a year and a half ago and haven’t had a drop since, something I am very proud of. Some people think it is pretty hard to stop drinking like that but I’m a firm believer that if you truly want to get something done, then you find ways to get it done. I’ve always had a “bulldog” inside of me that can kick in when I really want to do something like finish an article or work hard in a certain area. It’s all about knowing yourself and in the end I knew I could do it. I have a pretty intense work ethic when I want to dig into it and it’s evident in some of the articles I’ve written that are over 4,000 words.
A lot of people on campus know that you work with the Ohio football team. What exactly do you do for them?
That’s a very good question and I get that a lot. I screen recruits for our coaches and basically tell them whether or not they should waste their time on offering a prospect. Our defensive backs’ coach, Coach David Brown has allowed me to look at his Illinois recruits for him, which I finished over the summer and I’m getting around to working on the Michigan recruits pretty soon. I love watching highlights of prospects and evaluating them, it’s something I’ve done since I was a little kid. I was so excited when Coach Brown told me I could evaluate them for him, I was jumping up and down like a little kid. I don’t get paid for doing it, but I don’t mind at all because it is my way of helping our coaches back for sharing their football knowledge with me. Coach Brown has let me sit in on film sessions a couple times a week since last Spring and I’ve learned a great deal. It’s pretty exciting when you see something from the film sessions in a real game and recognize it. That part is really cool for me. I’m a football junkie and can never get enough of the game. I would be sitting in on more film sessions, but the class schedule only allows a few times a week. Plus, I’ve got to try and make some money by writing some articles. I’ve gotten the chance to meet a bunch of the players and just get to know them as people and that’s been a very fun part of it for me. Most of the players share the same passion for the game of football that I do and I always love talking football with all of them. A lot of people might think that Division 1 football players are prima donnas and don’t appreciate what they have, but nearly all of the players at Ohio U. have a true respect for the game and have an unwavering passion for it. They are high-quality kids who are just trying to get through the game of life like the rest of college kids.
Who is your favorite musician?
That’s another great question, but I love O.A.R. It was funny I listened to them in high school, but I never got into them until I got into college, probably around my sophomore year in college. I love their sound. They have such an excellent combination of trumpets, guitar, and their lead singer has an amazing voice. When I used to throw parties I would have five different CDs in the CD player and all of them would be O.A.R. I loved it. Their sound is incredible and they just have an incredible way of bringing great memories back for me. The memories are so good for me back when I used to throw parties at my house on Elliott Street. I think those memories are so very good because I loved throwing parties. It was something I was tremendously good at, going through the cell phone and hyping the party up, and telling everybody about it. I was extremely good at generating excitement for the event and just having a great time. I think I can relate with golf analyst/comedian David Feherty when he said he became an alcoholic because his friends thought he was so much funnier when he was drunk. I know that I can generate some laughter sober, but there were times when I was drunk when I would just get in this amazing place I like to call the zone, where the people around me were laughing, the music was blasting, and the good times were rolling. I love to entertain and I wouldn’t say I was an alcoholic, I was just addicted to the atmosphere of being an entertainer at a party. I was very good at it, I enjoyed it very much, and had a great time. It is over now. I will always be an entertainer, just not a partying entertainer.
Coalminer is one of my all-time favorites of O.A.R. Risen is another great one. I love so many of their songs there are really too many to list here. I’m a pretty big Coldplay fan as well. They are a pretty amazing band with an overwhelming sound.
I’ve been listening to this new band called Polydream lately, they are pretty amazing. They remind me a lot of Coldplay and I think they could explode any day now into the mainstream. They are from Wisconsin and they are very good. You should check out their myspace page.
What is your favorite sport to watch?
This one is pretty easy, without a doubt, college football. Football is the greatest game ever and I’ve always had a very strong passion for the game of football ever since I was a little kid. I remember my first college football game was in 1990, when my father was holding my hand and walking me through the tunnel in the upper deck Scott Stadium. I’ll never forget the huge smile it brought to my face and it was an overwhelming feeling. I loved it. I’ve been a die-hard Virginia football fan ever since then and I’ve been a huge sports fan ever since then as well. I follow Virginia football the most intensely of any team, but I’m still a college football die-hard and I can never get enough. I look at a lot of the pre-season magazines in my free time before the season starts just to get a good look at how each team is going to be. Me and my good buddy Brian Vornberg are two of the more intense college football fans you will ever meet. Shawn Nelson is one of the biggest sports fans you will ever meet. The kid has a photographic memory when it comes to sports knowledge and some people think I am a “sports guru”. I’m nothing compared to Nelson, the kid is an endless database of facts.
It is funny some kid at a party the other night was like, “I’m pretty sure you know everything about football.” I have pretty good knowledge of the game, but I am still a young pup in the overall scheme of things. There are certain parts of the game that I know very well, but at the same time there is plenty out there left to learn. You never know it all, whether you are Bill Parcells, Bear Bryant, etc. There is always room for improvement.
I have always had a passion for sports in general since I was very young and I feel like it was just a matter of destiny for me to work in sports. Without them, I am honestly not very sure what I would be doing. Sports has always been such a big part of my life.
You’re one of the biggest sports fans ever. What was your favorite sport to play growing up?
I’ve told a lot of people about this because it was one of the happiest times of my life, little league soccer was incredible. Everything was so simple back then. School was a breeze, we were winning, my mother and brother were a part of the team. Man was that team a thing of beauty. Our team was the black team, we were called the Cosmos. The days of little league soccer are my fondest because we were so incredibly dominant. We were able to move the ball up and down the field with such a high level of efficiency it was ridiculous. Me, David Cockerham, and Tee Jackson were on the front line for about 3-4 years and we were all extremely good at playing any of the positions on the front. Granted, the competition in our area wasn’t the strongest and the defenses were atrocious because the defenders would just stand still and wait until you dribbled past them. Haha… attack the ball people. Attack the ball.
Little league soccer was so much fun for me to play because it was something I learned very fast at a very young age. Dribbling just came naturally to me. There was nothing quite like the feeling of thinking you were going to score every time your feet touched the ball. I loved putting on the gear though, soccer cleats just gave me a good feeling and I loved wearing shin guards.
I even wrote a paper in my Youth and Sport classes about getting into the zone on a penalty kick I made. It was for a teacher named Dr. Morris—she loved it. She wanted to use it for future classes to show them good examples of writing. That made me smile and things like that always make you feel good inside. One thing that never gets old are compliments and kind words. I tell you. Never.
Here is an excerpt from that paper about the zone: “One of my experiences with the zone came when I was playing little league soccer. We had a direct kick on the goal for some reason and I was going to be the player who got to kick, because I was one of my team’s best players. The kick was from about 10-15 yards out and it was right in the center of the field. The other players on the team formed a wall of about 5 players in front of me, but I really wasn’t paying attention to them. I was incredibly relaxed and confident I would drill the shot into the back of the net. I took a few steps back from the ball, took a deep breath, then began running towards the ball. I don’t remember seeing the crowd, goalie, or any of the players in front of me. All I remember seeing was the ball. Then I planted my left foot beside the ball and kicked it with my right foot. I don’t think the ball ever came so cleanly off my foot in my entire soccer career. I didn’t even feel it and I knew I’d hit it extremely well. Everything after that point was moving in slow motion, the ball seemed to slowly soar above every players’ head and into the back of the net. I still remember the image of some players tilting their heads back and watching the ball as it soared in the night sky past them. It was a really nice goal, but I remember right after it I really didn’t think much of it because it was so easy for me. I was ready to play some more soccer. That moment was one of my favorite moments in little league soccer, simply because everything just seemed to fall into place at the right time. The zone is truly a magical place.”
Little league soccer people. Those were the days. I have always been a very competitive person and I remember one time in little league when we were facing the Bandits(the red team). This kid named Patrick Carroll scored and he tied up the game. As soon as they scored their entire team started celebrating and yelling, naturally. A bomb went off inside me that I wasn’t going to let my team lose, not on this day. Absolutely not. I walked up to him and barked, “It aint over yet Patty Cake.” Haha. He said something back and then my team got ready to kick the ball off. We drove the ball down the field and I remember it was a throw-in play. David Cockerham was throwing it in and I was calling for the ball because I was open. That and I wanted the ball, because I knew I could make something happen. I left footed the ball and I swear I have never seen a soccer ball roll so slowly in my life. It was like the ball was in slow motion, but finally the ball crossed the plane and hit the side of the net. My team went wild and we won the game, because there was very little time left on the clock. What a great feeling, being challenged, seeing the challenge, and stepping up to it. There are very few feelings that are better in sports.
Another sport I was really good at was tennis. I learned the actual technique and stroke at a very young age from an old woman named Polly. She was a great coach. I’ll never forget her. She taught me the basics. Then in middle school I started playing pretty intensely one summer with an old friend named Wood Beeler, I think he now goes by William, but me and Wood were great friends. We would spend all summer on the tennis courts just rallying and hitting balls. That is how we learned how to play. It was great and I loved it. I was on the JV Tennis team in high school for two years. I was a hustler and I was the master of the drop shot, but I was never a power player because I didn’t hit my growth spurt until very late in high school. Believe it or not, I was short and skinny until my senior year in high school. I was pretty solid at the number 6 spot and I think the only kid I ever lost to on JV in singles was a kid from Jefferson Forest. Not to worry, I still drove him nuts the entire game because I was always keeping the ball in play. His mom kept yelling from the fence, “Put him away!” I was loving every minute of it and I made him grind it out until the very end. I lost the first two sets, but I remember them being very close.
I wasn’t the greatest tennis player, but I overcame a lot of my deficiencies with great hustle and pure determination. I was always a hustler. I had excellent touch around the nets and really became a master of the drop shot. Me and this kid named Patrick Kruse in high school would always have the most intense battles in tennis because we had similar playing styles and we would both play so conservatively, always keeping the ball in play and putting the onus on our opponent to make mistakes.
You work with the football team. Who are your best friends on the team?
I like to think that I am a pretty easy guy to get along with, but as is the case with anything I don’t get along with everybody. Most of the guys on the football team love me because I can remember their stats and we share the passion for the game of football. I remember I was talking about how big of a sports fan I have been since I was a little kid and one of our cornerbacks, Idris Lawrence, was smiling. They love it.
Jacob Williamson is one of my better friends on the football team, simply because I know him the best. Me and “Jeweler” as he is known by many people on campus, have hung out a bunch and he’s a good man. We disagree on pretty much anything football related, so I’ve given up on trying to convince him that players like John Beck are good. Me and Jeweler always talk about a variety of things from women to sports to a variety of other topics.
Mark Parson is another guy that I’ve become pretty good friends with because he was in my journalism class and he is from Virginia. Mark is a good person and he’s one of the few players that can remember some of the Virginia football moments that I recount. He loves Virginia football too and went to many of the games growing up. I remember one time when I said, “Herman Moore…greatest receiver in Virginia football history,” Mark was like, “I thought Billy McMullen broke his record.” He did, but I still say Herman Moore is the greatest because he left after his junior year at UVA. He was the best deep ball threat in the history of the program. A lot of Lions fans love Herman Moore and he is one of my favorite players ever. Mark is a great guy who brings great leadership to the cornerback position in the film room. He has a tremendously high football IQ and while he is not having the greatest season, I think he will recover from it.
I got to know Taj Henley pretty well because he was in one of my classes as well—Taj is a tremendous person and he is the type of guy that arouses a tremendous amount of loyalty in his followers. He is a vocal leader that brings tremendous energy and passion to everything he does. I remember the first time I met him I could feel the positive energy surrounding him. He’s an amazing person and I love him. I’ll never forget the time that Taj was in English class one day and I was in my bed sleeping. Taj gave me a call when I wasn’t there and was like, “Everybody is asking where you are…”. Even if that wasn’t true, those were just the words to get me out of bed and walking up to Ellis Hall. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I like to call leadership. Taj Henley is one of my favorite people I’ve ever met in my life.
Julian Posey is another one of my favorites, a super athletic corner from Cincinnati LaSalle high school. Julian is a great guy who is always talking about his brother Devier, who is verbally committed to play for Ohio State next fall. Julian has tremendous knowledge about the former guys he played with and where they are. “Joonie” as he is known by teammates and friends, has a great heart and is still learning the cornerback position, but he has made tremendous strides. I think he’ll be a great one for the Bobcats.
Thad Turner from Marietta, Georgia is a tremendous guy too. I love talking to him about football. Thad is a little bit undersized and we switched him from the wide receiver position to cornerback(not sure why), but he is a great person. I have gotten to know him better since he’s been in a couple of my classes and it has been a great time. Thad has great respect for me and the abilities that I bring to the table. He is a quiet kid at first but once you get to talking to him he will open up. Thad is a great person.
Kalvin McRae is a tremendous leader and a tremendously warm-hearted person. I see a great person who has genuine concern for the people around him, and that, ladies and genetlemen is what leadership is all about. Kalvin is a pretty quiet guy and he deserves all of the good things that have come his way. He’s the best tailback in Ohio football history and I don’t care if he doesn’t break the record, because he has had horrible blocking while he’s been here, which hasn’t helped things at all.
There are many others that I love talking to as well, but simply too many to list in this space. If you want to know more just hit me up.
How are the women at Ohio University?
The women at Ohio University are amongst the most stunningly beautiful women in the nation. Our women here are flat out amazing and I sometimes wonder if I am in the middle of some weird dream with so many stunningly good looking women in such a short area of space. The hot women in Athens flow like the salmon of Capistrano.
Those that know me well know that I’m extremely selective in my selection of women, some guys call me too picky, I say I’m just adhering to my rightful standards. I can’t talk to quiet women, with me girls have to be able to talk and carry on a conversation, because if they can’t then it is just going to be me talking for hours and hours upon end, and that is just boring.
I love naturally beautiful women. They have always been my favorite. I remember one of the first women I was ever interested in was this girl named Lauren Lowe in 2nd grade. I have no idea what she is doing now, but I saw her back home a while back in a bar and she still looks the same, stunningly beautiful. It was funny because Lauren would always whine over the phone and our conversations would be so long and I would wonder why I would even talk to her, but then I saw her and all of a sudden I remembered why. Haha. Two words: natural beauty. There is something truly special about a woman that doesn’t have to wear any make up and still look amazing. It is a great thing.
I’ve met some pretty amazing women here at Ohio University, but I have never been in a serious relationship with any of them. I talked to a few of them for more than a couple of months, but that was about it, talking.
Women are amazing, they give you a natural high that no drug on this green earth can achieve. They will make you feel like you are on top of the world or they can put your heart in a blender. You have to take the good with the bad, that is the case with anything in this world.
Who are some of the bigger influences on your life?
My grandmother, my mother, Paul Huber, Granny Batch, my father.
My grandmother Bettye Vandyke is a very special woman who has a genuine concern for other people. It is pretty funny I never really realized how special of a person she was until the past couple of years. She is a warm-hearted person who does a tremendous amount of good for this world and is always doing some sort of humanitarian cause. I’m amazed by the level of energy she still has in her 70s. I am very impressed by it. Her gravy and biscuits are quite possibly the greatest breakfast item I have ever eaten in my life. They are my favorite.
My mother is one of the more entertaining people I know—she enjoys talking to people a lot and she is always talking to some random people in the city. She saved my life more than a few times, one time when I was choking on a piece of bread, the other few times in the car when she was driving she avoided car wrecks. I have a special relationship with my mother and she has given me a lot of her personality.
Paul Huber is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. He might seem shy at first, but he’s one of the most warm-hearted people you will ever meet. The man truly cares about his students and he was my French teacher at boarding school and eventually became my advisor. He was very good about counseling me through my hard times at Woodberry Forest, and it seemed like he always had the right thing to say. Whatever he said always made so much sense and had such logic to it. I’ve never met a man smarter than Mr. Huber and probably never will again in my life.
Granny Batch was my dad’s mother who is no longer living. She had a warmth about her. My grandmother actually got to play bridge with Dwight Eisenhower during World War II. That was pretty much her claim to fame. She made some of the best chocolate milkshakes ever and I always remember those whenever we would visit her in Richlands, Virginia. She was a great woman and I’ll never forget her.
My dad is a good man who is highly revered in the city of Galax, Virginia. People think this man can walk on water. I’m not even kidding. Haha. My father isn’t perfect, but none of us are. He has made his fair share of mistakes, some of them bigger than others, but he has done a tremendous amount of good for this world. He’s a general surgeon and he truly loves what he does. He views himself as a “humanitarian” as most doctors do. My father has always had a tremendous amount of difficulty balancing work and family and I think that is why I am so horrendous at balancing things. I’m good at devoting my energy towards one task and completing that task very thoroughly and methodically. Multi-tasking has never been my strong suit. He is a good man who does a lot of good things, but at the end of the day, he’s human like the rest of us.
What is your secret with remembering names?
That is a really good question and Eric Schwartz, a member of the club soccer team has asked me that before, but I really don’t have a good answer for you or him. It just comes to me. It is tough to say why or how, it just does. Sometimes when great athletes do great things, they can’t explain why they did something, it just happened. Remembering names is something I’ve always been good at ever since I was a little kid. I remember when I would go to Virginia football games and I would be spitting out information about certain players on Virginia’s roster, my dad and my brother would think nothing of it. It was pretty funny, there was one time I was sitting in the dining hall and one of the players(receiver William Norwood) challenged me to name five players on the roster from Virginia. Definitely the wrong man to challenge William. I rattled off five players, the city where they are from, and where they went to high school. Then Norwood starting pointing out random players that were walking in and I just got into a zone where I couldn’t be stopped. I got like seven or eight in a row before I hit a block. Of course, the one guy whose name I messed up took it personally. Haha, I mean I hadn’t even met this kid before and he was stressing over me not remembering his name because he was a big-time recruit. It’s a tough world I tell you. You can never please everybody, that is for sure. My good friend here at Ohio University Nick Lyden(Lydo aka DJ Lydo Beanz) calls me the “human rolodex” and the name has stuck. There will be certain moments where I will forget names and I will get very mad, because I hold myself to a pretty high standard. I’m not perfect 100% of the time, but I can remember much more than the average person, because the average person always tells me, I’m good with faces, not names.
Why was I given the skill? Not really sure, but I enjoy it and I love showing people it. It is a tremendous talent to have and remembering somebody’s name goes a much longer way than you would think. Of course the one time I do mess up, somebody will get all offended. People are funny I tell ya.
If you want to know any more, just drop me a line with questions at wadepeery@yahoo.com and I will publish all of the answers in a new column coming up shortly!
Former Virginia receiver Fontel Mines is now on the Chicago Bears practice squad. He is currently listed at 6'4, 244 pounds. That's quite a jump from his 215 pound weight in Charlottesville.
Marques Hagans' performance against FSU in the 26-21 victory for the 'Hoos in 2005 was the best performance by a quarterback I have seen in my lifetime. He eluded Seminole defenders with ease all night long and was able to fire amazingly accurate passes. Simply put, Marques Hagans had "the heart of a warrior". He was the ultimate competitor that would never let his team lose. That's why he left Charlottesville as one of the most beloved players in Virginia football history.
Fontel stretches out during the Chicago Bears rookie mini-camp last May.
Fontel remembers his game in 2005 against FSU.
Former Virginia legend John St. Clair has been a tremendous help to Fontel in his adjustment to life in the NFL.
Fontel keeps in touch with fellow Richmond native and current Virginia quarterback, Jameel Sewell.
Fontel Mines would like to say thank you to all the members of Cavalier nation that supported him and his teammates through the good times and the bad.
Punt returner/wide receiver/cornerback/holder Vic Hall needs to see more touches on the offensive side of the ball, in my opinion.
Virginia Tech linebacker Xavier Adibi is one of the best linebackers in all of college football and has been an absolute terror across the middle in Blacksburg over the past couple of seasons.
