Former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer will tell you that no one did more to put the Hokies on the college football map than quarterback Michael Vick. On Friday night, Beamer will be there to see Vick get inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. Vick and his fellow inductees will then be introduced at halftime Saturday against Old Dominion.
We talked to 11 former coaches, teammates, opponents and future Virginia Tech quarterbacks to ask for their first memories watching Vick play, and what made him so special.
Tommy Reamon, Vick's high school coach: "He was in the ninth grade, and he came out for football, and we had a little chat.