Bronco Mendenhall had his first press conference of the season on Monday ahead of the Virginia Cavaliers’ season opener on Saturday against the Richmond Spiders.
Mendenhall confirmed that Dylan Thompson has indeed arrived on Grounds after graduating from Ohio State. After finishing “acclimation days” and learning the system, Thompson will fill what Mendenhall described as “a position of need” with minimal depth available to the Cavaliers at that spot. Thompson wasn’t listed on Virginia’s first depth chart of the season, and their lack of depth on the defensive line is a point of emphasis late in the preseason.