ROANOKE – Senior defensive tackle Woody Baron headlined a list of 12 Virginia Tech football student-athletes selected to the all-state college football team of The Roanoke Times.
Baron capped a sensational campaign with 18.5 tackles for loss to tie for the sixth-highest tally in the ACC. A first-team All-ACC selection by The Associated Press and ESPN.com, the Nashville native also racked up a career-high 56 tackles (37 solo) and 5.5 sacks on the season. Baron led a Virginia Tech defense that ranked second among Power Five squads in third-down defense (27.5%), fourth in tackles for loss (113.