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

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

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	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
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	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	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	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.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	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	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	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333