We are nine days away from the Virginia Tech football team kicking off the 2025 season at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in Atlanta against South Carolina. This has been hyped as a game between a team that has aspirations of crashing the 12-team College Football Playoff and one looking for a bounce-back season. I think you can tell which team is which.
When the two teams gather at midfield for the coin toss, a former Hokies star on defense, linebacker Divine Deablo, will serve as an honorary captain for Virginia Tech.
Former Virginia Tech standout Divine Deablo to serves as honorary captain for season-opeenr against South Carolina
Deablo was a defensive standout for the Hokies from 2016 to 2020 before being drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.