HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech football team placed 13 players on the 2016 Virginia Sports Information Directors University Division All-State Football Team, the most for the school since the 2010 season. The eight first-team selections are also the most since 2010, when the Hokies had 10 on the first team, while the five defensive first-team honorees are the most since 2001.
After the 2001 season, Tech had six members voted to the all-state first team and since four times the Hokies had four members (2004, 2007, 2010, and 2012). The five Hokies that made the first team on defense in 2016 were led by senior defensive linemen Woody Baron and Ken Ekanem.