NFL bound? ACC Player of the Year David Wilson schedules press conference for Friday
Virginia Tech fans won’t have to wait long to find out if running back David Wilson is going pro. The junior scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference Friday to announce his decision, although it’s long been suspected he’ll submit his name for the NFL draft.
Wilson ran for 1,709 yards this season in his first year as the Hokies’ starting running back, breaking Ryan Williams‘ 2009 record of 1,655 yards. He was named ACC Overall and Offensive Player of the Year and was a second-team All-America selection by the Associated Press.
Earlier this month, Wilson said he was split on his decision, but he has said if he hears from the NFL draft advisory committee that he’s a first-round pick, he’ll go. Even if he hears second or third round, the track star was confident he could improve his draft stock at the NFL combine.
Wilson is currently ranked No. 22 on ESPN analyst Todd McShay‘s list of draft-eligible prospects.
Teammate Jayron Hosley, a junior cornerback, announced that he was going pro after Virginia Tech’s 23-20 overtime loss to Michigan in the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday.
January 5, 2012 - 9:54 AM
If he was staying , he wouldn’t waist everyone’s time by scheduling this news conference. He is GONE…!!!!
He might want to consider staying another year, After that thirty yard loss fiasco trying to do to much, might have brought his stock down a little.
Let’s see; go pro, make millions, play with the best athletes and coaches in football, or come back next year to run up the gut behind a weak offensive line for one of the most boring and uncreative offensive coordinators in Division 1 football?
DW should leave now, the offensive line at Tech is BAD, and he can only get hurt, there is a reason he ran for over 900 of his yards after being hit. When is Beamer going to realize the o-line and it’s coach, Newsome, are BAD. Even Jim Grobe at Wake forest has made coaching changes to try and better the team, when is Beamer going to see the light ???
If Wilson is watching the same bowl games we have, he knows his competition has demonstrated a better skill set than he has. We know he can run, but his blocking, route running and pass catching skills have not been showcased like the other feature backs. I don’t know why Tech didn’t use him more in the different parts of the offense but he has not shown he is a complete back. If you can’t catch the ball coming out of the backfield in the pros, your value decreases. I know I saw several backs during this bowl season that have showcased more.
Good for DW. There are only so many carries in a RB’s legs; go get paid for as many of them as possible. We’ll certainly miss him though.
He’s gone. You don’t schedule a press conference to say that your staying in school. It’s going to break my 10 year old’s heart. She loves the guy.
He should go pro. He earned it after laboring for 3 years, as a special teamer, and as a starting back. He’ll be greatly missed, but fun to watch on Sundays.
Ironically, the Captcha code was “7RET.”
HokieAl, the simple solution is to buy her a miniature version of his NFL jersey for her birthday or Christmas. Another tip – you could fire off a letter to David c/o the VaTech athletic department. I do know that it would still be forwarded to him, and the odds that she’d get an autographed photo back are high.
Some insiders are claiming he hasn’t been to class since early Nov. If that’s true he’s been on the way out for the last 2 months.
Matt Barkley held a news conference to announce he was staying at USC. If Wilson wants attention this is a good way to do it. I’m not saying he’s staying, just saying a news conference to announce you’re staying in school isn’t unprecedented.
With these developments today, I’m not sure how I will be able to go on.. Perhaps I will drown my sorrows in a huge bottle of Camp sauce, while purchasing a last loaf of bread at the local food mart right while using my ntellos phone after I get my k-guard gutter’s put on.
Somehow I dont think Mr. Beamer is too worried about David Wilson staying another year. He’s known for some time that the best players at the skilled positions always seem to leave early. Its because he knows that they know the Hokie’s don’t have a culture based with the sole purpose of winning a national championship like Alabama or LSU. Harsh? maybe. but this Hokie fan is seeing the eerily similarities of Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden,( less the titles and the allegations)
When will it be time for Frank to leave? Who will tell him? When is it time for a big time donor step up and ask more from this program since more is being given by players and contributors? When do we stop ignoring the fact that fans are waning because of the consistent failure of this coaching staff to produce even half the wins it should vs teams it should dominate? How many more games do we get credit for when teams beat us that helps their schedule? Lastly, When do we take Beamerball back from the opponents that beat us with it? Hokie fans are proud, and just as tired of being embarrassed and broke for 11 of the 19 years weve been going to bowls. No one wins them all naturally, but our spectacular ineptitude on the biggest stages is an epidemic