BLACKSBURG – A year ago on this date, Justin Fuente had been on the job for less than two months, and he and his staff were trying to keep the 2016 recruiting class intact, while adding selective pieces to it.
They managed to put together a fairly good class, several of whom played this past season. But rest assured, it was a tad stressful.
“Last year was speed dating,” Fuente said.
The formulation of the 2017 recruiting class took a little more traditional approach this time around, as the staff brought in a 26-member haul that included nine who enrolled for the spring semester and 17 who signed letter-of-intents Wednesday – a day known in college football as “National Signing Day.