Going into the 2025 season, the Virginia Tech football team has seen a lot of players land on some preseason award watch lists. On Friday, that trend continued when tight end Benji Gosnell landed on the Mackey Award Watch List.
The award honors the top tight end in college football, and he should be a big focal point this fall of Philip Montgomery's offense with quarterback Kyron Drones. The redshirt junior from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, headlines the Hokies' tight end room with Harrison Saint Germain, as both recorded touchdown receptions in Virginia Tech's Military Bowl win over Tulane in December of 2023.