Dyrell Roberts

Transfers and suspensions can radically alter depth charts. Coaching staffs can change on a dime, witness North Carolina’s purging of Butch Davis last July. But after Sunday’s deadline to declare for the NFL draft, now’s as good a...

  THE MILESTONE If you're looking for significant Hokie career moments, there's a lot to choose from on the horizon. Wide receiver Jarrett Boykin needs four catches and 150 yards receiving to become Tech's career leader in both categories. Smithfield...

BLACKSBURG – Sitting in Virginia Tech's running backs meeting room early this week, David Wilson listened intently as running backs coach Shane Beamer detailed the first three plays Tech would run Saturday against Appalachian State. Beamer told...

Thomas Smith could not shake the thought during Lafayette High's game on Saturday against New Kent that it was approaching midnight in Afghanistan, the 10th anniversary of 9/11. So every time he touched the football for the Rams, he thought of his father,...

Virginia Tech beat Arkansas State 26-7 in a non-conference contest Saturday, mustering just enough offense and working on some facets of their game that were lacking against East Carolina on Sept. 10. Virginia Tech — which committed 12 penalties in...

In its two most challenging games this football season, Virginia Tech has scored 20 points combined and failed to complete a pass of longer than 20 yards. That is not the 20/20 you want in an offense. Needless to say, Hokies faithful have noticed, and...

As No. 19 Virginia Tech prepares to open the back end of its football schedule Saturday at Wake Forest, there's more optimism than there could've been at this stage. What if Tech (5-1 overall, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) hadn't gotten that late game-...

With more than a decade of mining the Peninsula for potential college football talent under his belt, Virginia Tech offensive guards and center coach Curt Newsome has seen boom years in the area in terms of recruiting, and he's also experienced the lean...

BLACKSBURG — Receivers are divas. They change their names, prance in the end zone and crave attention. They're high-strung, selfish and temperamental. Or so it seems in an era of T.O., Ochocinco and Randy Moss. Virginia Tech's Jarrett Boykin is...

Dyrell Roberts is sidelined for the season with a broken left arm, but the Virginia Tech senior receiver hasn't given up on returning to uniform. "He said if we make it to the national championship he will want to dress out and just step on the field,"...

Even when his left thigh throbbed and generally made his life miserable during the winter, never did Dyrell Roberts fear not being able to suit up again for Virginia Tech's football team. He always knew he'd have a chance to catch some more passes as...