RADFORD, Va. – Radford’s Zane Rupe signed to play football at Emory and Henry next fall on Wednesday. In 2019, he passed for 878 yards and 9 touchdowns, while rushing for nearly 1,000 yards and 16 touchdowns. Emory and Henry is also making the transition from Division III to Division II, something Rupe is looking forward to. “I’m really looking forward to them move up to D2 and have more competition, I’m excited for that,” Rupe said. “They have a really good football team, I love the coaching staff, they put a lot of effort into recruiting me, I appreciated that.

That put Virginia prep football players trying to get recruited by colleges in a tough position. “So senior season was going to be a big one.”He’s not alone. William Byrd senior Bryson Lutz was depending on his senior season to seal a chance at the next level. “It’s a mouthpiece that makes for more efficiency for the kids, and me as well.”And as Leftwich says, the Twitter recruiting is an all-day, every day deal. That leaves high school football coaches as the liaison between their players and the next level.

ROANOKE, Va. – In July, the Virginia High School League announced it would be suspending its fall sports season to the spring. No fall season has left local high school athletes like Radford senior Pj Prioleau wondering what’s next. “So senior season was going to be a big one.”He’s not alone. William Byrd senior Bryson Lutz was depending on his senior season to seal a chance at the next level. “It’s a mouthpiece that makes for more efficiency for the kids, and me as well.”And as Leftwich says, the Twitter recruiting is an all-day, every day deal.

RADFORD, Va. – Radford Bobcats head coach Matthew Saunders knows its been a quiet off season for his players. “Well, you can tell they haven’t been doing a whole lot so you have to tone it down a little bit,” said Saunders. We do stations of cone drills, ladders, bag drills, we can’t have a ball yet it’s kind of tough. “It’s been tough because you don’t know where to start, what you want to get in, what you don’t want to get in,” said Saunders. Whereas you could start after Labor Day, start in February, I don’t know.”But the Bobcats have still been moving forward, motivated by last season’s finish.