Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Justin Hamilton learned what a special player/person Divine Deablo is during his sophomore year.
Deablo spent the 2018 season dealing with various, nagging injuries. Yet he continued to go out and be a leader and playmaker for the Hokies’ secondary without a complaint or even a wince.
“I asked him about how he kept going,” Hamilton, who also coaches the Hokies’ safeties, told Silver and Black Pride in an interview on Friday. “And he told me that’s what he saw his parents do growing up. They just always kept going and he felt like he needed to do the same.