DL
Brandon Adams: Georgia Tech (former commit, flipped 1 week before NSD)
2016: 7 tkl 0.5 TFL
2017: 10 tkl 1 TFL
Bradlee Anae: Utah (VU came real close, but parents wanted him further west)
2016: 4 tkl 2 TFL 2 sacks
2017: 39 tkl 10 TFL 7 sacks 2 FR
JaQuan Bailey: Iowa St
2016: 23 tkl 6 TFL 3.5 sacks
2017: 33 tkl 10.5 TFL 6.5 sacks 2 FF
Lyric Bartley: Washington St
2016: RS
2017: Left team before season
Drew Birchmeier: VU
2016: RS
2017: 2 tkl
Christian Brooks: Virginia
2016: RS with injury
2017: Did not play due to injury
Jake Burton: UCLA
2016: RS as an OL
2017: 5 games as reserve OL
Christian Colon: Colorado St
2016: RS
2017: Dismissed from team
Alex Criddle: Purdue (VU was close before he camped and VU passed on)
2016: 1 tkl
2017: Did not play
Jeremy Darvin: WKU (From Father Ryan, VU looked but didn't offer)
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl 1.5 TFL
Nolan DeFranco: N.Carolina
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Derek Dorsey: Louisville
2016: RS
2017: 8 tkl
Andrew Fitzgerald: Texas
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Shug Frazier: NC St
2016: RS
2017: 13 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
Zack Gilbert: Pitt
2016: RS with heart condition
2017: Did not play due to heart condition (announced xfer after season)
Micheal Johnson: Baylor
2016: 4 tkl
2017: 5 tkl 1 TFL
Ellison Jordan: Penn St
2016: RS
2017: 9 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
Daniel Joseph: Penn St
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 3 TFL 3 sacks 1 FF
Josh Keeler: Yale
2016: 2 tkl
2017: 9 tkl 1 sack
Isaiahh Loudermilk: Wisconsin
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 1.5 TFL 1.5 sacks
Kelvin Lucky: Troy (VU looked real close but passed late)
2016: RS
2017: 12 tkl 4.5 TFL 2.5 sacks
Jalen Madden: WKU (VU look, but no offer)
2016: RS
2017: No stats (4 games before knee injury)
Andre Mintze: VU
2016: RS with injury
2017: 5 tkl 1.5 TFL
Bryce Morais: Boston College
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Chidi Okonya: Duke (7 month UT commit, had offer pulled late in process)
2016: 3 tkl 0.5 TFL
2017: Did not play
Jayden Palauni: Weber St (VU looked early but didn't offer)
2016: RS
2017: 8 tkl 2.5 TFL
Mike Panasiuk: Michigan St
2016: 14 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
2017: 23 tkl 3 TFL
Bo Peek: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: Did not play
Michael Perry: TSU (VU looked but didn't offer)
2016: 3 tkl
2017: 2 tkl 1.5 TFL
Garrett Rand: Wisconsin
2016: 5 tkl
2017: 13 tkl
Prince Sammons: Auburn
2016: RS
2017: 1 game as reserve OL
Josiah Sa'o: VU (late addition after losing Brandon Adams)
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Thomas Schaffer: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 1 tkl
Ben Stille: Nebraska
2016: RS
2017: 24 tkl 9.5 TFL 3.5 sacks 1 FF
Jovan Swann: Stanford (Cam Tidd's teammate)
2016: Did not play
2017: 23 tkl 2.5 TFL 0.5 sacks 1 INT
Boss Tagoloa: UCLA
2016: 18 tkl
2017: 32 tkl 2.5 TFL 1 sack
Cameron Tidd: VU
2016: RS
2017: 16 tkl 1 TFL 1 sack 1 FF
Rashad Wheeler: Pitt
2016: RS
2017: 4 tkl
Josh White: Georgia Tech (HS QB, recruited as a DE)
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Amandre Williams: Washington
2016: RS
2017: 6 tkl 1.5 TFL 1.5 sacks
Chris Willis: Appalachian St (early VU look, but no offer)
2016: RS
2017: 15 tkl 1.5 TFL 1 sack
Zander Zimmer: Wake Forest
2016: RS
2017: No stats
LB
Daniel Bituli: Tennessee (VU looked, but admissions were an issue)
2016: 9 tkl
2017: 90 tkl 3 TFL 1 INT (97 yd TD) 1 FF
Cameron Brown: Penn St
2016: 33 tkl 1.5 TFL 0.5 sack
2017: 30 tkl 1 TFL
Tyrel Dodson: Texas A&M (VU never offered - academics, from Centennial HS)
2016: 27 tkl 1.5 TFL 1 FR
2017: 104 tkl 10 TFL 5.5 sacks 3 INT (1 TD)
Camilo Eifler: Washington
2016: RS
2017: 6 tkl
Donta Evans: Ole Miss
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl 1 TFL
Xander Gagnon: Duke
2016: RS
2017: 3 tkl
Cameron Goode: Cal (VU came close but couldn't close, VU then moved on to K.Hebert)
2016: RS
2017: 46 tkl 5.5 TFL 1.5 sacks 1 INT (32 yd TD) 1 FF
Mark Gooden: Northwestern
2016: RS
2017: 5 tkl 1 TFL
Tim Hart: Memphis (7 month Tennessee commit, was dumped 3 weeks before NSD for higher rated recruits)
2016: RS
2017: 49 tkl 3 TFL 1 sack 1 INT (60 yard Td) 2 FF
Kenny Hebert: VU (snagged after missing on Cameron Goode)
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Tre' Lamar: Clemson
2016: 17 tkl 3 TFL 1 sack
2017: 50 tkl 5 TFL 4 sacks 1 FF 1 FR
LaRonde Liverpool: Wake Forest
2016: RS during transition to TE
2017: No stats
Dru Mathis: San Diego St, then juco (VU looked early and then once again late but never offered)
2016: RS
2017: 85 tkl 8 TFL 2 sacks 1 INT 1 FR (Moorpark College)
Jeremiah Moon: Florida
2016: 3 tkl (medical RS)
2017: 23 tkl 1 TFL 0.5 sack
Stephen Moye: Virginia, now James Madison
2016: 3 tkl 1 TFL 0.5 sack
2017: 18 tkl 1.5 TFL 0.5 sack (violated UVA honor code and dismissed late in season)
Keenan Pili: BYU
2016: LDS mission
2017: LDS mission
Koby Quansah: Duke
2016: 12 tkl 1 TFL
2017: 51 tkl 4 TFL 1 sack 1 FF 1 FR
Keith Simms: Oregon
2016: 10 tkl
2017: RS
Bryce Youngquist: Oklahoma
2016: Never enrolled anywhere
CB
Treyjohn Butler: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 1 tkl
Frank Coppet: VU
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Nygel Edmonds: Cal (9 month Stanford commit, didn't clear final admission)
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Mark Gilbert: Duke
2016: 18 tkl 2 TFL 2 PBU
2017: 35 tkl 3 TFL 6 Int 15 PBU (1st Team All-ACC, Duke record for PBU)
Elijah Hamilton: VU
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Damar Hamlin: Pitt
2016: 8 tkl
2017: 41 tkl 1 TFL 1 Int
Tahj Herring: UConn (VU offered then backed off after seeing him in camp)
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl, 1 TFL
Javon Jackson: Duke
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Khalil Ladler: Virginia Tech
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 2 TFL 1 FF 1 PBU
David Long: Michigan
2016: No stats
2017: 21 tkl 2 TFL 0.5 sack 2 Int 6 PBU
Nick McCloud: NC St (VU looked but liked Hamilton and Coppet better)
2016: 15 tkl 3 PBU (7 tkl and 2 PBU in bowl vs VU)
2017: 34 tkl 1 INT 7 PBU
Donte Vaughn: Notre Dame
2016: 22 tkl 1 INT 6 PBU
2017: 6 tkl
Joejuan Williams: VU
2016: 19 tkl 1.5 TFL 2 PBU
2017: 39 tkl 2.5 TFL 10 PBU 1 FF
Safety
Malik Antoine: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 30 tkl 0.5 TFL 3 PBU 1 FF 1 FR
Malique Fleming: Mercer (Hillsboro HS, no VU offer)
2016: 3 tkl 1 PBU / 3 KR 53 yds
2017: 53 tkl 1 TFL 1 Int 4 PBU 2 FF 1 FR
Thomas Jones: VU
2016: Drafted in MLB draft and signed
Jordan Mack: Virginia
2016: 40 tkl 4 TFL 1.5 sacks 2 FF
2017: 114 tkl 7 TFL 3 sacks 2 FF
DJ Morgan: Notre Dame
2016: Did not play
2017: 2 tkl
Jacob Morgenstern: Duke
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Ikenna Okeke: Texas A&M (Smyrna)
2016: RS
2017: 4 tkl
Austin Quillen: VU
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Traveon Redd: Wake Forest (VU came real close)
2016: 11 tkl
2017: RS with elbow injury
Chanse Sylvie: Oklahoma
2016: 5 tkl
2017: 15 tkl 1 TFL
Chacho Ulloa: Arizon
2016: 4 tkl
2017: 5 tkl 1TFL
Collin Wilder: Houston
2016: 9 tkl / 9 PR 39 yds
2017: 2 tkl (2 games before knee injury)
Punter
Blake Gillikin: Penn St
2016: 61 punts 2,611 yds 42.8 avg
2017: 52 punts 2,244 yds 43.2 avg
Sam Loy: VU, now Colorado
2016: 68 punts 2,832 yds 41.6 avg
2017: 64 punts 2,575 yds 40.2 avg
Brandon Adams: Georgia Tech (former commit, flipped 1 week before NSD)
2016: 7 tkl 0.5 TFL
2017: 10 tkl 1 TFL
Bradlee Anae: Utah (VU came real close, but parents wanted him further west)
2016: 4 tkl 2 TFL 2 sacks
2017: 39 tkl 10 TFL 7 sacks 2 FR
JaQuan Bailey: Iowa St
2016: 23 tkl 6 TFL 3.5 sacks
2017: 33 tkl 10.5 TFL 6.5 sacks 2 FF
Lyric Bartley: Washington St
2016: RS
2017: Left team before season
Drew Birchmeier: VU
2016: RS
2017: 2 tkl
Christian Brooks: Virginia
2016: RS with injury
2017: Did not play due to injury
Jake Burton: UCLA
2016: RS as an OL
2017: 5 games as reserve OL
Christian Colon: Colorado St
2016: RS
2017: Dismissed from team
Alex Criddle: Purdue (VU was close before he camped and VU passed on)
2016: 1 tkl
2017: Did not play
Jeremy Darvin: WKU (From Father Ryan, VU looked but didn't offer)
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl 1.5 TFL
Nolan DeFranco: N.Carolina
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Derek Dorsey: Louisville
2016: RS
2017: 8 tkl
Andrew Fitzgerald: Texas
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Shug Frazier: NC St
2016: RS
2017: 13 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
Zack Gilbert: Pitt
2016: RS with heart condition
2017: Did not play due to heart condition (announced xfer after season)
Micheal Johnson: Baylor
2016: 4 tkl
2017: 5 tkl 1 TFL
Ellison Jordan: Penn St
2016: RS
2017: 9 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
Daniel Joseph: Penn St
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 3 TFL 3 sacks 1 FF
Josh Keeler: Yale
2016: 2 tkl
2017: 9 tkl 1 sack
Isaiahh Loudermilk: Wisconsin
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 1.5 TFL 1.5 sacks
Kelvin Lucky: Troy (VU looked real close but passed late)
2016: RS
2017: 12 tkl 4.5 TFL 2.5 sacks
Jalen Madden: WKU (VU look, but no offer)
2016: RS
2017: No stats (4 games before knee injury)
Andre Mintze: VU
2016: RS with injury
2017: 5 tkl 1.5 TFL
Bryce Morais: Boston College
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Chidi Okonya: Duke (7 month UT commit, had offer pulled late in process)
2016: 3 tkl 0.5 TFL
2017: Did not play
Jayden Palauni: Weber St (VU looked early but didn't offer)
2016: RS
2017: 8 tkl 2.5 TFL
Mike Panasiuk: Michigan St
2016: 14 tkl 0.5 TFL 0.5 sacks
2017: 23 tkl 3 TFL
Bo Peek: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: Did not play
Michael Perry: TSU (VU looked but didn't offer)
2016: 3 tkl
2017: 2 tkl 1.5 TFL
Garrett Rand: Wisconsin
2016: 5 tkl
2017: 13 tkl
Prince Sammons: Auburn
2016: RS
2017: 1 game as reserve OL
Josiah Sa'o: VU (late addition after losing Brandon Adams)
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Thomas Schaffer: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 1 tkl
Ben Stille: Nebraska
2016: RS
2017: 24 tkl 9.5 TFL 3.5 sacks 1 FF
Jovan Swann: Stanford (Cam Tidd's teammate)
2016: Did not play
2017: 23 tkl 2.5 TFL 0.5 sacks 1 INT
Boss Tagoloa: UCLA
2016: 18 tkl
2017: 32 tkl 2.5 TFL 1 sack
Cameron Tidd: VU
2016: RS
2017: 16 tkl 1 TFL 1 sack 1 FF
Rashad Wheeler: Pitt
2016: RS
2017: 4 tkl
Josh White: Georgia Tech (HS QB, recruited as a DE)
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Amandre Williams: Washington
2016: RS
2017: 6 tkl 1.5 TFL 1.5 sacks
Chris Willis: Appalachian St (early VU look, but no offer)
2016: RS
2017: 15 tkl 1.5 TFL 1 sack
Zander Zimmer: Wake Forest
2016: RS
2017: No stats
LB
Daniel Bituli: Tennessee (VU looked, but admissions were an issue)
2016: 9 tkl
2017: 90 tkl 3 TFL 1 INT (97 yd TD) 1 FF
Cameron Brown: Penn St
2016: 33 tkl 1.5 TFL 0.5 sack
2017: 30 tkl 1 TFL
Tyrel Dodson: Texas A&M (VU never offered - academics, from Centennial HS)
2016: 27 tkl 1.5 TFL 1 FR
2017: 104 tkl 10 TFL 5.5 sacks 3 INT (1 TD)
Camilo Eifler: Washington
2016: RS
2017: 6 tkl
Donta Evans: Ole Miss
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl 1 TFL
Xander Gagnon: Duke
2016: RS
2017: 3 tkl
Cameron Goode: Cal (VU came close but couldn't close, VU then moved on to K.Hebert)
2016: RS
2017: 46 tkl 5.5 TFL 1.5 sacks 1 INT (32 yd TD) 1 FF
Mark Gooden: Northwestern
2016: RS
2017: 5 tkl 1 TFL
Tim Hart: Memphis (7 month Tennessee commit, was dumped 3 weeks before NSD for higher rated recruits)
2016: RS
2017: 49 tkl 3 TFL 1 sack 1 INT (60 yard Td) 2 FF
Kenny Hebert: VU (snagged after missing on Cameron Goode)
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Tre' Lamar: Clemson
2016: 17 tkl 3 TFL 1 sack
2017: 50 tkl 5 TFL 4 sacks 1 FF 1 FR
LaRonde Liverpool: Wake Forest
2016: RS during transition to TE
2017: No stats
Dru Mathis: San Diego St, then juco (VU looked early and then once again late but never offered)
2016: RS
2017: 85 tkl 8 TFL 2 sacks 1 INT 1 FR (Moorpark College)
Jeremiah Moon: Florida
2016: 3 tkl (medical RS)
2017: 23 tkl 1 TFL 0.5 sack
Stephen Moye: Virginia, now James Madison
2016: 3 tkl 1 TFL 0.5 sack
2017: 18 tkl 1.5 TFL 0.5 sack (violated UVA honor code and dismissed late in season)
Keenan Pili: BYU
2016: LDS mission
2017: LDS mission
Koby Quansah: Duke
2016: 12 tkl 1 TFL
2017: 51 tkl 4 TFL 1 sack 1 FF 1 FR
Keith Simms: Oregon
2016: 10 tkl
2017: RS
Bryce Youngquist: Oklahoma
2016: Never enrolled anywhere
CB
Treyjohn Butler: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 1 tkl
Frank Coppet: VU
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Nygel Edmonds: Cal (9 month Stanford commit, didn't clear final admission)
2016: RS
2017: Did not play
Mark Gilbert: Duke
2016: 18 tkl 2 TFL 2 PBU
2017: 35 tkl 3 TFL 6 Int 15 PBU (1st Team All-ACC, Duke record for PBU)
Elijah Hamilton: VU
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Damar Hamlin: Pitt
2016: 8 tkl
2017: 41 tkl 1 TFL 1 Int
Tahj Herring: UConn (VU offered then backed off after seeing him in camp)
2016: RS
2017: 17 tkl, 1 TFL
Javon Jackson: Duke
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Khalil Ladler: Virginia Tech
2016: RS
2017: 11 tkl 2 TFL 1 FF 1 PBU
David Long: Michigan
2016: No stats
2017: 21 tkl 2 TFL 0.5 sack 2 Int 6 PBU
Nick McCloud: NC St (VU looked but liked Hamilton and Coppet better)
2016: 15 tkl 3 PBU (7 tkl and 2 PBU in bowl vs VU)
2017: 34 tkl 1 INT 7 PBU
Donte Vaughn: Notre Dame
2016: 22 tkl 1 INT 6 PBU
2017: 6 tkl
Joejuan Williams: VU
2016: 19 tkl 1.5 TFL 2 PBU
2017: 39 tkl 2.5 TFL 10 PBU 1 FF
Safety
Malik Antoine: Stanford
2016: Did not play
2017: 30 tkl 0.5 TFL 3 PBU 1 FF 1 FR
Malique Fleming: Mercer (Hillsboro HS, no VU offer)
2016: 3 tkl 1 PBU / 3 KR 53 yds
2017: 53 tkl 1 TFL 1 Int 4 PBU 2 FF 1 FR
Thomas Jones: VU
2016: Drafted in MLB draft and signed
Jordan Mack: Virginia
2016: 40 tkl 4 TFL 1.5 sacks 2 FF
2017: 114 tkl 7 TFL 3 sacks 2 FF
DJ Morgan: Notre Dame
2016: Did not play
2017: 2 tkl
Jacob Morgenstern: Duke
2016: RS
2017: No stats
Ikenna Okeke: Texas A&M (Smyrna)
2016: RS
2017: 4 tkl
Austin Quillen: VU
2016: RS
2017: 1 tkl
Traveon Redd: Wake Forest (VU came real close)
2016: 11 tkl
2017: RS with elbow injury
Chanse Sylvie: Oklahoma
2016: 5 tkl
2017: 15 tkl 1 TFL
Chacho Ulloa: Arizon
2016: 4 tkl
2017: 5 tkl 1TFL
Collin Wilder: Houston
2016: 9 tkl / 9 PR 39 yds
2017: 2 tkl (2 games before knee injury)
Punter
Blake Gillikin: Penn St
2016: 61 punts 2,611 yds 42.8 avg
2017: 52 punts 2,244 yds 43.2 avg
Sam Loy: VU, now Colorado
2016: 68 punts 2,832 yds 41.6 avg
2017: 64 punts 2,575 yds 40.2 avg