PLAYERS TO WATCH
–QB Josh Jackson has completed 28 of 42 passes for 424 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions, in two games. He has a passing efficiency rating of 175.04. Jackson passed for 2,991 yards as redshirt freshman last season but had to hold off competition in the offseason to win back the job. Coaches liked his more-aggressive approach.
–CB Caleb Farley, a redshirt freshman who missed last season due to a knee injury, began this season with a splash as he was selected the ACC Defensive Back of the Week after the opener against Florida State, when he intercepted two passes and had a sack among his two tackles. Farley suffered a torn ACL on the first day of 2017 fall camp, when he was playing receiver. He moved to defense in spring ball and then delivered a huge contribution to a new-look secondary.
–WR Damon Hazelton, a transfer from Ball State, has made a good impression at Virginia Tech after sitting out last season. He has six catches for a team-high 129 yards and two touchdowns. He has nice size at 6-foot-2, 222 pounds.
–OL Kyle Chung, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility in the offseason, is part of a veteran line that will try to establish dominance against Old Dominion. Chung, who moved from right tackle to left guard for this season, is the son of Eugene Chung, a 1991 All-American at Virginia Tech and a first-round pick of the New England Patriots. Kyle Chung has started 16 games for the Hokies.
SERIES HISTORY: Virginia Tech leads Old Dominion 1-0, winning 38-0 last season.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “We can ill afford to be anything other than completely devoted to what we’ve got going on right now and quite honestly I don’t think that is going to be an issue. I don’t get that sense from our guys.” — Virginia Tech Justin Fuente, on the possibility of his team looking ahead to games against Duke and Notre Dame.
