Virginia Tech Hokies

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
71	Ben Abramowitz B. Abramowitz	OL	6'4"	236	SO
85	Billy Allen B. Allen	TE	6'2"	174	SO
43	Billy Anderson B. Anderson	RB	5'10"	145	JR
82	Bobby Beamer B. Beamer	TE	5'11"	159	SO
22	Dickie Beard D. Beard	RB	5'9"	166	SO
31	Don Booth D. Booth	FB	5'9"	178	SR
60	Gordon Bowman G. Bowman	OL	5'11"	205	SO
73	Frank Brown F. Brown	OL	6'1"	196	SO
11	Leo Burke L. Burke	QB	5'10"	163	SO
87	Hayes Burleson H. Burleson	TE	6'1"	190	SO
40	Doug Creger D. Creger	RB	5'9"	184	SO
10	Johnny Dean J. Dean	QB	6'1"	199	JR
44	Dave Ebert D. Ebert	RB	5'10"	167	SO
13	Glen Fleenor G. Fleenor	QB	5'9"	155	SR
74	Ed Gentry E. Gentry	OL	6'0"	198	SO
63	Harold Grizzard H. Grizzard	OL	5'11"	190	SR
64	Jim Haren J. Haren	OL	5'10"	210	JR
86	Jim Hedrick J. Hedrick	TE	6'4"	190	SO
81	Charles Herb C. Herb	TE	6'1"	209	SR
77	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	OL	6'3"	224	SR
72	Bill Jamerson B. Jamerson	OL	6'3"	195	SO
20	Ed Kavanaugh E. Kavanaugh	RB	5'9"	170	SO
61	Billy Kerfoot B. Kerfoot	OL	5'11"	188	JR
42	Julian King J. King	RB	5'8"	165	SR
66	Bobby Legat B. Legat	OL	5'10"	199	SO
80	Bob Luttrell B. Luttrell	TE	6'1"	171	JR
23	Don Mitchell D. Mitchell	RB	5'10"	170	JR
33	John Moody J. Moody	FB	5'8"	167	SO
30	Dan Penny D. Penny	QB	5'10"	175	SO
84	Tom Petty T. Petty	TE	6'1"	171	JR
75	George Preas G. Preas	OL	6'1"	207	JR
53	Jim Randall J. Randall	OL	6'1"	205	SO
76	Tom Richards T. Richards	OL	6'2"	201	SO
41	Bobby Scruggs B. Scruggs	RB	5'8"	159	SO
83	Roger Simmons R. Simmons	TE	6'5"	205	SO
45	Don Sink D. Sink	RB	5'8"	155	SO
54	Hunter Swink H. Swink	OL	5'10"	186	SR
52	Roosevelt Takesian R. Takesian	TE	5'10"	170	SO
25	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	RB	5'8"	145	SO
67	Milton Von Mann M. Von Mann	OL	5'6"	180	SO
51	Charles Webb C. Webb	OL	6'0"	186	SO
65	Joe Weiss J. Weiss	OL	5'11"	190	SO
32	Don Welsh D. Welsh	FB	6'1"	204	JR
12	Jackie Williams J. Williams	QB	5'11"	180	SR
62	Ernie Wolfe E. Wolfe	OL	5'10"	175	JR
24	Bobby Wolfenden B. Wolfenden	TE	6'0"	172	SO
21	Howie Wright H. Wright	RB	5'10"	180	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.8

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

520.1

518.1

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

343.8

339.1

331.0

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	5	.500
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	7	.300

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	3	.700
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	6	4	.600
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	5	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400