BLACKSBURG – Over the past four days, two of the most celebrated Hokies from Tech’s 1999 squad announced their NFL retirements. QB Mike Vick indicated to ESPN on Feb. 3 that he’s hanging up his cleats for good, while K Shayne Graham announced on Feb. 6 his intent to pursue a career as a special teams coach.
While neither player was on an NFL regular season roster in 2016, Graham was in training camp with Atlanta after seeing duty in six games for the Falcons in 2015 and was still working in Blacksburg during the year in the event he was called back into action.