Virginia Tech Hokies

1997 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
89	Robert Adams R. Adams	TE	6'3"	247	SO
68	Cliff Anders C. Anders	DB	5'8"	227	SO
65	Ryan Baird R. Baird	OL	6'0"	260	SO
67	Brad Baylor B. Baylor	OL	6'4"	298	SR
25	Shane Beamer S. Beamer	WR	5'11"	187	SO
16	Cory Bird C. Bird	LB	5'11"	212	FR
77	Carl Bradley C. Bradley		6'2"	273	SO
53	Jason Buckland J. Buckland	DL	6'1"	225	SO
1	Keion Carpenter K. Carpenter	DB	6'0"	187	JR
85	Derek Carter D. Carter	TE	6'2"	256	FR
3	Ike Charlton I. Charlton	DB	6'0"	196	FR
5	Al Clark A. Clark	QB	6'1"	199	JR
21	Manny Clemente M. Clemente	LB	6'0"	235	FR
99	Chris Cyrus C. Cyrus	DL	6'2"	243	SO
64	Gennaro DiNapoli G. DiNapoli	OL	6'3"	296	SR
2	Tyron Edomond T. Edomond	LB	6'1"	201	JR
44	Shelly Ellison S. Ellison	FB	6'1"	249	SO
96	John Engelberger J. Engelberger	DL	6'4"	257	SO
6	Lorenzo Ferguson L. Ferguson	DB	6'0"	193	FR
37	Jamie Forrest J. Forrest	LB	5'11"	211	FR
15	Marcus Gildersleeve M. Gildersleeve	WR	5'7"	166	SO
17	Shayne Graham S. Graham	K	5'11"	192	SO
11	Larry Green L. Green	DB	5'7"	179	SR
93	Kerwin Hairston K. Hairston		6'2"	270	SR
48	Ken Handy K. Handy	WR	5'9"	165	JR
83	Angelo Harrison A. Harrison	WR	6'1"	180	JR
43	Michael Hawkes M. Hawkes	LB	6'0"	228	SO
42	Cullen Hawkins C. Hawkins	FB	6'0"	207	SO
33	Steven Hunt S. Hunt	DB	5'9"	180	SO
91	Caleb Hurd C. Hurd	RB	6'1"	203	SO
26	Korey Irby K. Irby	LB	6'0"	192	SR
23	Rashad Jenkins R. Jenkins	WR	5'10"	160	FR
12	Loren Johnson L. Johnson	DB	5'10"	175	JR
76	Dave Kadela D. Kadela	OL	6'7"	261	FR
4	Andre Kendrick A. Kendrick	RB	5'7"	180	FR
95	Jimmy Kibble J. Kibble	K/P	5'10"	177	SO
18	Mike Kocicka M. Kocicka	QB	6'3"	214	JR
59	Anthony Lambo A. Lambo		6'3"	287	FR
69	Matt Lehr M. Lehr	OL	6'3"	253	FR
13	Dave Meyer D. Meyer	QB	6'3"	197	FR
9	Anthony Midget A. Midget	DB	5'11"	181	SO
56	Corey Moore C. Moore	DL	6'0"	221	SO
80	Greg Myers G. Myers	TE	6'2"	225	FR
28	Ken Oxendine K. Oxendine	RB	6'1"	224	SR
34	Marcus Parker M. Parker	FB	5'10"	227	SR
7	Lamont Pegues L. Pegues	RB	5'9"	209	JR
20	Pierson Prioleau P. Prioleau	DB	5'10"	186	JR
79	Josh Redding J. Redding	OL	6'4"	285	FR
81	Brian Remley B. Remley	WR	6'2"	199	FR
40	Sean Ruffing S. Ruffing	LB	5'10"	204	FR
22	Shawn Scales S. Scales	WR	5'11"	193	SR
62	Tim Schnecker T. Schnecker	OL	6'0"	270	SO
19	Greg Shockley G. Shockley	WR	5'11"	170	SO
52	keith Short k. Short	DB	6'3"	267	SO
74	Derek Smith D. Smith	OL	6'6"	297	JR
46	Jamel Smith J. Smith	LB	6'1"	222	SO
47	Ryan smith R. smith	DL	6'2"	237	JR
14	Nick Sorensen N. Sorensen	QB	6'3"	195	FR
36	Chris Steadley C. Steadley	FB	5'8"	191	FR
31	Michael Stuewe M. Stuewe	WR	6'1"	189	SR
88	Sean Sullivan S. Sullivan	TE	6'4"	235	SR
8	Phillip Summers P. Summers	DB	6'0"	191	FR
49	Steve Tate S. Tate	LB	6'1"	238	SR
57	Dwight Vick D. Vick	OL	6'4"	303	JR
75	Todd Washington T. Washington	DB	6'3"	317	SR
90	Danny Wheel D. Wheel	DL	6'2"	237	SR
92	Nat Williams N. Williams		6'2"	274	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250