Back to the Appalachian State Mountaineers Newsfeed

Virgil at No. 4 on National "Freaks List"

BOONE, N.C. — A fixture on "The Freaks List," App State's has another top-five ranking in 2021.

Virgil is No. 4 overall and No. 1 among offensive skill position players on the national list from Bruce Feldman and The Athletic, marking the fourth straight year he's appeared in a ranking of the most-gifted athletes in college football.

Virgil enters his "super senior" year with 12 career touchdowns, including 10 among his 83 career catches that have totaled 1,210 yards. He has produced nine plays of more than 40 yards in his career, including a go-ahead 100-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter at Georgia Southern in 2020 and a 57-yard kickoff return at South Carolina to set up App State's last touchdown in a 2019 road win against the SEC program.