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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Virginia
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  07/15/20 - Tony Poljan, rSr/2021, Virginia, 6-7, 251 (DS#7 TE) + More +

  Tony Poljan won't be finishing his career at Central Michigan. The fifth-year senior quarterback-turned-tight end announced in a Twitter post Wednesday that he will pursue a grad transfer and use his final season of eligibility elsewhere. - Detroit News

(DS#7 TE) rSr/2021 TE Tony Poljan, Virginia
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  07/13/20 - Charles Snowden, Sr/2021, Virginia, 6-6, 243 (DS#16 OLB) + More +

  The Maxwell Football Club announced its watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is given annually to the best defensive player in college football. Two Wahoos made the watch list, and they'll look to become the first UVa winner of the award since its inception in 1995. Both of UVa's players are on the watch list come from the linebacker position. Senior Charles Snowden and junior Noah Taylor made the list. In total, 18 ACC players earned spots on the watch list, including six linebackers from the conference. There are 90 players on the list and 20% of them come from the ACC. That's the most of any conference.

Interestingly, Virginia is the only program in the nation to put two linebackers on the list. Snowden finished last season with 72 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and five sacks. Taylor racked up 57 tackles, including an impressive 13.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. Both players use elite length to disrupt plays. They combined to break up eight passes a season ago, and Taylor finished the year with two interceptions. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#16 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Charles Snowden, Virginia
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  06/27/20 - Charles Snowden, Sr/2021, Virginia, 6-6, 243 (DS#16 OLB) + More +

  Voluntary workouts for returning University of Virginia football players will begin July 5, the school's athletic department announced Friday. Required activity will begin July 15 and allow players to work for no more than eight hours, including weight training, conditioning and film review. That will increase to 20 hours from July 26-Aug. 8, with fall camp to start one day later. There will be an acclimatization period before a 25-day fall practice period gets under way. Virginia's season begins Sept. 7 against Georgia in Atlanta.

"Protocols and plans for student-athletes' return have been coordinated through the UVa Health System, which has collaborated with officials at the local, state and national levels," the UVa news release stated. Athletes and staff will receive COVID-19 education and will undergo COVID-19 testing, with positive results to be reported to the Virginia Department of Health and all testing results reported to UVa team physicians. - Roanoke Times

(DS#16 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Charles Snowden, Virginia
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  06/13/20 - Charles Snowden, Sr/2021, Virginia, 6-6, 243 (DS#16 OLB) + More +

  Standing 6-feet-7-inches tall and weighing 235 pounds, Snowden possesses a blend of speed, size and length that makes NFL scouts drool. He finished the 2019 season with 72 tackles, including 11 tackles for loss and five sacks. Long arms aren't just good for tackling - he's broken up 15 passes in the past two seasons. A menace in passing lanes and a disruptor in the backfield, Snowden has started in all 27 of Virginia's games in the past two seasons. Athlon Sports named him a preseason second team All-ACC player entering the 2020 season. He's a star on the gridiron. "Talking to an NFL scout last week, I told him I don't know if I've been around a player that has as much energy as Charles," co-defensive coordinator Kelly Poppinga said in late May. "Every single day Charles shows up, pumping the arms up, hyped up. It doesn't matter if it's a run, if it's a lift, if it's a practice. Charles is always bringing that energy and trying to be contagious with it."

Snowden brings the on-field energy in bunches. Given his commitment on the field and his engagment off it, Snowden earns the respect of his peers. When the massive linebacker speaks, players listen. "You walk into a room and that guy, man, he fills up the room," Poppinga said. "His personality, his character, the presence that he has, the way that he talks - he kind of has this booming voice - kind of carries through the room, so people listen to him when he talks." - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#16 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Charles Snowden, Virginia
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  06/05/20 - Tony Poljan, rSr/2021, Virginia, 6-7, 251 (DS#7 TE) + More +

  According to NCAA Bylaw 20.9.9.1, a school must sponsor at least 16 sports and six of those sports must be a men's sports to remain compliant for the FBS, the NCAA's top rung of football. After cutting men's track and field in May, the school submitted a waiver to the NCAA to allow the school to remain compliant to the body's requirements of six men's sports. CMU was down to five men's sports when it cut men's track and field. CMU Athletic Director Michael Alford said in a statement the waiver has been granted for the 2020-21 and the 2021-22 academic years. CMU must add another men's sport by 2022 to remain FBS compliant. - Morning Sun

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  05/30/20 - Keytaon Thompson, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-4, 218 (DS#47 WR) + More +

  Until it was reported that Virginia had taken a spring commitment from a transfer quarterback, it had been a well-kept secret by UVa quarterbacks coach Jason Beck. Beck clearly was involved in the recruitment of Keytaon Thompson, a former Mississippi State quarterback who was the 2016 Gatorade state player of the year in Louisiana. "We knew we needed another guy in the [quarterback] room for competition, for depth and for the stability of the program," said Beck, whose good fortune it was to have record-setting Bryce Perkins taking snaps for the past two seasons. The heir apparent, for now, is left-hander Brennan Armstrong, the back-up in 2019, who has three more seasons of eligibility.

Thompson has attempted 105 passes in his college career, including 66 as a freshman at Mississippi State in 2017. Armstrong has 25 career attempts and Stone has five. "He'll [Thompson] be a great fit and give us great competition between him and Brennan," Beck said. "We're pretty excited about Brennan. Lindell is a perfect option for us as well because he knows the offense. He doesn't have to take many reps. "He doesn't quite have the skills we want in that 'thorterback.'?" That's a term used by UVa head coach Bronco Mendenhall and staff when dual threat Taysom Hill played quarterback for them at Brigham Young. - Roanoke Times

(DS#47 WR) rSr/2023 WR Keytaon Thompson, Virginia
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  05/30/20 - Darrius Bratton, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-0, 183 (DS#110 CB) + More +

  Even before All-ACC cornerback Bryce Hall suffered a season-ending ankle injury in October, Virginia's football staff knew that it would need a successor in 2020. Although the Cavaliers would win five games without Hall, a protege was waiting in the wings. Hall, known for studying film and analyzing statistics, didn't hesitate to train Darrius Bratton in his craft. "I picked up a lot from Bryce in terms of how to organize and plan and prepare," said Bratton, a graduate of William Fleming High School. "With him, it's all about 'prepare, prepare, prepare.' Bryce took me under his wing."

Bratton was in a position to start for the Cavaliers, or at least be a regular in UVa's five-man nickel packages, when he suffered a torn ACL on the first day of fall practice. That prevented him from playing in the regular season and he would not have gone through spring practice before the coronavirus pandemic made that a moot point. Bratton has been in Roanoke during the spring, working out at gyms he knew from earlier times and running the hills near his home. "This [past] season was very hard for me mentally and physically," he said. "Not going into battle with my teammates was the hardest challenge I had to overcome." - Roanoke Times

(DS#110 CB) rSr/2023 CB Darrius Bratton, Virginia
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  05/27/20 - Tony Poljan, rSr/2021, Virginia, 6-7, 251 (DS#7 TE) + More +

  The Mid-American Conference athletic landscape has changed significantly in recent weeks as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, on May 15, the MAC announced it was implementing a cost-cutting plan for football heading into the 2020 season. As it stands the travel rosters for conference games will drop from 76 to 70 this fall and host teams will no longer be staying in hotels on the nights before games. These cost-cutting measures will save the conference a significant amount of money this fall. Players will now stay in their apartments or dorm rooms the night before game day. On May 12 the MAC announced it was eliminating eight conference tournaments and modifying the format to seven other conference tournaments. At Central Michigan University the athletic program has also cut pay to numerous coaches and administrators as a byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Morning Sun

(DS#7 TE) rSr/2021 TE Tony Poljan, Virginia
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  05/12/20 - RaShaun Henry, rSr/2022, Virginia, 6-2, 185 (DS#77 WR) + More +

  The Virginia football program has added graduate transfer Ra'Shaun Henry to its roster, the program announced Tuesday. Henry comes to Charlottesville after spending four seasons at the FCS level with St. Francis in Pennsylvania. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver will have one year of eligibility remaining and can play immediately. Henry broke onto the scene in 2019 as a redshirt junior, tallying 90 receptions for 1,118 yards and nine touchdowns. He recorded 53 of those receptions in the team's final five games. Henry finished fifth among all FCS wide receivers in receptions last season.

St. Francis finished the 2019 season with a 6-6 record, ending the year with a 3-4 mark in Northeast Conference. The talent difference between FCS schools and Power 5 schools is noticeable, and the gap between the NEC and the ACC is big. Against one of the better FCS defenses last season in James Madison, Henry recorded five receptions for 60 yards. St. Francis as a team only completed 11 passes for 96 yards in the game, meaning Henry accounted for 62.5% of the team's receiving yards in the 44-7 loss. The Red Flash didn't face an FBS team in 2019. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#77 WR) rSr/2022 WR RaShaun Henry, Virginia
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  05/12/20 - RaShaun Henry, rSr/2022, Virginia, 6-2, 185 (DS#77 WR) + More +

  The Virginia football program announced today it has added a transfer, according to head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Wide receiver Ra'Shaun Henry of St. Francis (Pa.) has signed a grant-in-aid document and will enroll at UVA this summer. Henry will have one year of eligibility for the Cavaliers and will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. - Virginia Athletics

(DS#77 WR) rSr/2022 WR RaShaun Henry, Virginia
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  05/03/20 - Keytaon Thompson, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-4, 218 (DS#47 WR) + More +

  Virginia's starting quarterback competition just became significantly more interesting. While the Cavaliers still aren't practicing due to COVID-19, they added graduate transfer Keytaon Thompson from Mississippi State on Friday. Thompson will be immediately eligible for UVa with two years of eligibility remaining. He'll likely compete with returning quarterback Brennan Armstrong for the starting quarterback position. "Keytaon is big, physical, fast, dynamic. An exceptional athlete," Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall said in a video posted by the program's official Twitter account.

"To win the Coastal Division and the ACC championship, two quarterbacks are always necessary, not just one. So in addition to Brennan Armstrong, who we already love, we get the chance to welcome Keytaon Thompson to our program. That just increases our chances to have the season we are all hoping for." At Mississippi State, the former four-star recruit played sparingly in recent seasons. In 2019, Thompson didn't throw a pass or carry the football, but he did bring in one reception for eight yards. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#47 WR) rSr/2023 WR Keytaon Thompson, Virginia
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  05/01/20 - Dejon Brissett, Sr/2020, Virginia, 6-1, 195 (DS#203 WR) + More +

  The Toronto Argonauts drafted former Virginia wide receiver Dejon Brissett with second overall pick in the 2020 Canadian Football League Draft. The Mississauga, Ontario native fit the draft eligibility requirement, having lived in Canada for at least seven years before turning 15. Brissett, a 6-foot-1 wide receiver with good speed and size, contributed sparingly to Virginia's offense in 2019. The graduate transfer from Richmond played in 12 of the Cavaliers' 14 games, but he hauled in just two receptions for 18 yards the entire season. At Richmond, however, Brissett was one of the best receivers at the FCS level. He recorded 63 receptions for 896 yards and seven touchdowns in 2017, averaging 81.5 receiving yards per contest. That strong play carried through to his senior season with the Spiders. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#203 WR) Sr/2020 WR Dejon Brissett, Virginia
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  05/01/20 - Keytaon Thompson, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-4, 218 (DS#47 WR) + More +

  Keytaon Thompson's time at Mississippi State is over. The redshirt junior quarterback officially put an end to his maroon and white saga via a Twitter post Friday afternoon. Thompson announced he is transferring to Virginia with two years of eligibility remaining. As a graduate transfer, Thompson is eligible immediately. "Thank you to the Hail State family for embracing me for the past 3 years," Thompson wrote in the tweet. "I will forever cherish my time in Starkville, MS. To my teammates and brothers at MSU, I'll never forget the memories we made on and off the field."

Thompson will be remembered as the quarterback who took down Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson in the 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl. He threw for 127 yards and ran for 147 more and three touchdowns. Jackson threw four interceptions in Mississippi State's 31-27 victory. Thompson, a true freshman at the time, was playing in place of injured junior Nick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald returned as Mississippi State's starter as a senior in 2018. Thompson served as his backup for the second-straight season. - The Clarion Ledger

(DS#47 WR) rSr/2023 WR Keytaon Thompson, Virginia
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  04/29/20 - Charles Snowden, Sr/2021, Virginia, 6-6, 243 (DS#16 OLB) + More +

  A rising senior, Snowden's physical traits should thrill NFL teams. Standing at 6-foot-7 and weighing 235 pounds, Snowden is a beast of a man. His frame still looks lean, and Snowden hopes to add a few pounds before the start of the next college football season. "Ideally I'd like to start the 2020 season in the low 240s," Snowden said. "Maintaining weight during the season has always kind of been my thing, so getting to the low 240s, that way, at the end of the season I can still be around 240." Snowden's length and size led to a good junior season. He finished with 72 tackles, including 11.5 tackles for loss and five sacks. He uses his length well to get into passing lanes. He recorded 11 passes defended as a sophomore. At his size, those numbers show he's capable of turning physical traits into on-field production. A senior season similar to his junior campaign should put Snowden squarely in the NFL Draft discussion. A better season could boost Snowden into the first few rounds of the 2021 NFL Draft. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#16 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Charles Snowden, Virginia
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  04/20/20 - Keytaon Thompson, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-4, 218 (DS#47 WR) + More +

  Mississippi State's quarterback room is set to be a little less crowded. A source with immediate knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Dispatch Monday that redshirt junior Keytaon Thompson has entered the transfer portal as a graduate student. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. AL.com's Matt Zenitz was first to report the news. This marks the second time in less than a year that Thompson has entered the transfer portal. He previously did so after losing out on the starting job to Penn State import Tommy Stevens in August but he decided to return to MSU and redshirted last season.

Thompson had also been passed on the depth chart by rising-sophomore Garrett Shrader last season. While he could theoretically return to MSU, his potential departure comes with little surprise as the Bulldogs were slated to head into the fall with five scholarship quarterbacks and Vanderbilt transfer Allan Walters -- who is expected to be put on scholarship down the line. MSU also boasts two quarterback commitments in the 2021 class in four-star passer Sawyer Robertson and three-star recruit Daniel Greek. A former four-star prospect out of New Orleans, Thompson completed 50-of-105 career passes for 846 yards and eight touchdowns to just three interceptions in 17 career games. - The Dispatch

(DS#47 WR) rSr/2023 WR Keytaon Thompson, Virginia
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