Placekicker
There’s no doubt second-year special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Stu Holt has some solid depth at the kicker position.
Tech returns two players who started games at kicker last fall – Will Ross and John Love – and then brings back redshirt junior Kyle Lowe, who handled the kickoff duties a year ago and racked up an impressive 32 kickbacks.
Ross, a fifth-year senior who has had stops at Coastal Carolina and South Carolina, went 8-of-10 in field goal attempts in 2022, booting through a career-long 49-yard kick and going 20-of-21 in PAT attempts.
Love, on the other hand, started the final two games for the Hokies a season ago, knocking in a 23-yard field goal in the Nov. 19 win over Liberty, as well as converting a successful fake field goal run for 11 yards and a first down that led to a score against the Flames.
Punter
Two-year starter Peter Moore is back at punter for the third consecutive year, while redshirt sophomore Nick Veltsistas, who has had a nice spring, and redshirt freshman Bryce LaFollette add some depth behind Moore.
Moore, a former All-ACC honoree and Ray Guy Award watch list member, punted the ball 73 times – with no blocks – for 3,042 total yards in 2022, averaging a solid 41.7 yards per kick and placing the ball inside the 20 an impressive 24 times in his redshirt sophomore campaign.
Then the punting unit allowed just 36 punt return yards last fall, marking the fourth-fewest allowed in the country and looks to build off of that in 2023.
Long Snapper
When looking at the success of a special teams unit as a whole, you can’t ignore the long snapper position.
Fifth-year senior Justin Pollock comes back to campus for the upcoming season after splitting time as the starter at the position a year ago. The Amelia County, Virginia product appeared in all 11 contests a season ago, and will now turn his attention to becoming a big-time contributor once again in his final year suiting up in orange and maroon.
Redshirt freshman Christian Epling is also back for another season in the long snapping corps, while Tech welcomed Louisiana Tech transfer Griffin Armstrong this spring, and both could be a viable option.
Kick Returner
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