Long snapper Colton Taylor awarded honorary Beamer No. 25 vs. Delaware

Uniform reveal, Settle's first sack and more news of the week

September 7, 2017

BLACKSBURG – Head coach Justin Fuente announced on Thursday that Virginia Tech senior long snapper Colton Taylor has earned the distinction of wearing Frank Beamer’s No. 25 for the Hokies’ home opener vs. Delaware Saturday at Lane Stadium.

Saturday’s game will mark the first time the Salem, Virginia native has received this prestigious honor. Taylor joined the Hokies as an invited walk-on in 2013 and appeared in 13 games for the Hokies in 2016. He will play in his 20th career game for Tech on Saturday at Lane Stadium. Tech is currently ranked No. 18 in both the AP Top 25 and the USA Today Amway Coaches Poll. Head coach Justin Fuente and the Hokies are coming off a thrilling 31-24 win over No. 22 West Virginia at FedExField on Sunday.

At the beginning of last season, head coach Justin Fuente announced that a special teams player of the week would be selected to wear the No. 25 as a tribute to Coach Beamer and his legacy of special teams excellence he spawned for the Hokies.

In other news this week …

Fashion Statement

The Hokies will wear a white helmet with the traditional VT featuring a Hokie Stone motif for Saturday’s game. The team will wear Hokie Stone jerseys that originally debuted at the 2016 Battle at Bristol, along with white pants.

Complete Uniform for the weekend with white pants. #GoHokies pic.twitter.com/ZsLIpFYF5r

— VT Equipment (@VTEquipment) September 7, 2017

Must-See TV

ABC’s Sunday night presentation of West Virginia and Virginia Tech earned a total live audience of 4,737,000 viewers, the most-watched college football game of the night, besting Fox’ game viewership by 48 percent.

Welcome to The Jungle

QB Josh Jackson made his national radio debut with an interview with Jim Rome on CBS Sports Radio.

Listen

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ICYMI - Check out @JoshieJack17 chopping it up with @JimRome

LISTEN ⤵️https://t.co/oXopSc1pI0

HT: @CBSSportsRadio #Hokies 🦃 pic.twitter.com/C3hJUcXtzk

— VT Football (@VT_Football) September 7, 2017

Gatorade & Sacks Do Tim Settle Good

What was it like when DT Tim Settle got his first sack on Sunday. Well, to hear Tim tell it, kind of like a cold Gatorade right after practice.

BIG TIMMY ❗️

✅ Full-time DT
✅ Part-time comedian
✅ Occasional @NASCAR driver
✅ @Gatorade Lover @tim_settle + #LPD 💼 = 💯 #Hokies 🦃 pic.twitter.com/SbpnkdGRou

— VT Football (@VT_Football) September 6, 2017

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