It’ been quite the past couple of months for the Virginia Tech football program when it comes to extended eligibility.
Former Florida Gator Justus Reed transferred into the Virginia Tech football team in April. Because of a handful of injuries, the defensive end will use his seventh (!!!) season of eligibility with the Hokies.
On Twitter Sunday, Tyrell Smith confirmed that he has been granted a sixth season of eligibility by the NCAA. This will serve as his final season in Blacksburg. Unless he is on the Justus Plan, of course.
The Last Dance😎🤪 #Hokies pic.twitter.com/23m9MmU7KW
— Coach Juice (@TyrellSmith79) June 7, 2020
Smith was a three-star member of the Virginia Tech Class of 2015. The New Jersey native was rated as the No. 5 prospect regardless of position in the Garden State. The lineman actually signed with Tech in 2014 but failed to qualify academically. He spent that year at a prep school in Massachusetts.
As a true freshman in 2015, Smith took a redshirt. In 2019, Smith played in the first four games before being sidelined with a patella tendon injury. Smith was named as a captain prior to the start of this past campaign
In between those two seasons, Smith appeared in 40 straight games from 2016-18. Most of that action came on special teams.
