At his December signing day press conference, head coach Bronco Mendenhall said the Virginia Cavaliers would be interested in adding one additional defensive lineman, if they could get someone on the same level as signees Jowon Briggs and Ben Smiley.
On the first Saturday of March Madness, they got him: four-star defensive tackle Jeffrey M’Ba became the final high school commitment of UVA’s 2019 recruiting class.
As you can see in that video, M’Ba’s other finalists were Tennessee and Florida. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound lineman also had offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, Boston College, and Arizona.