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Virginia Football Projected Depth Chart 4.0: Final Projections Before Gameday
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Fall camp has concluded and just one week remains until the start of the 2024 Virginia football season. With the Cavaliers set to open their season against Richmond on August 31st, we’re going to take one more crack at projecting what UVA’s two-deep depth chart will look like when it is revealed by Tony Elliott on Tuesday.
Of course, this is just an educated guess at what UVA’s week 1 depth chart could be and does not at all reflect the opinions of the coaching staff, with the obvious exception of Anthony Colandrea being named Virginia’s starting quarterback on Saturday morning.
With that said, here is our Virginia Football Projected Depth Chart 4.0:
Offense
Position |
Starter |
Backup |
---|---|---|
QB |
Anthony Colandrea |
Tony Muskett |
RB |
Kobe Pace |
Xavier Brown |
WR |
Chris Tyree |
Suderian Harrison |
WR |
Malachi Fields |
Andre Greene |
WR |
Trell Harris |
Kameron Courtney |
TE |
Sackett Wood |
Tyler Neville |
LT |
McKale Boley |
Houston Curry |
LG |
Noah Josey |
Ugonna Nnanna |
C |
Brian Stevens |
Ethan Sipe |
RG |
Ty Furnish |
Charlie Patterson |
RT |
Blake Steen |
Jimmy Christ |
Notes
- Of course, the headline on the offensive side of the ball is that Tony Elliott has named Anthony Colandrea the starting quarterback for Virginia’s season opener against Richmond next Saturday. This marks the first time that Colandrea will start over a (presumably) healthy Tony Muskett and offers a resolution on the biggest point of suspense for UVA’s week 1 depth chart release this week.
- Xavier Brown appears to be back in practice after missing a big chunk of fall camp with a shoulder injury, so we’ve got him back on the depth chart as Kobe Pace’s backup at running back. Expect Pace, Brown, and Jack Griese to get carries in the season opener.
- We still have Kent State transfer Trell Harris as the third starting receiver with JR Wilson out with an injury. Wilson should at the very least contend for a starting spot when he returns, but since this is a week 1 depth chart projection, he’s still absent from it.
- There are no changes at offensive line or tight end from our previous projections.
Defense
Position |
Starter |
Backup |
---|---|---|
DE |
Kam Butler |
Ben Smiley |
NT |
Jahmeer Carter |
Anthony Britton |
DT |
Michael Diatta |
Jason Hammond |
Bandit DE |
Chico Bennett |
Terrell Jones |
WILL LB |
James Jackson |
Trey McDonald |
MIKE LB |
Kam Robinson |
Dorian Jones |
SPUR |
Corey Thomas |
Malcolm Greene |
Left CB |
Kempton Shine |
Jam Jackson |
Right CB |
Dre Walker |
Kendren Smith |
FS |
Jonas Sanker |
Caleb Hardy |
SS |
Antonio Clary |
Elijah Gaines |
Notes
- We’ve moved Malcolm Greene from cornerback to the SPUR/nickel spot because he’s been moving around the UVA secondary and it seems his most likely final landing spot is behind/alongside Corey Thomas Jr. at SPUR.
- We’ve got Kempton Shine and Dre Walker as our projected starters at cornerback, with Jam Jackson and Kendren Smith right behind them. Those four guys seem to be very close as the cornerback position battle was probably the tightest and most competitive on the roster during fall camp.
- There are no changes at linebacker, safety, or on the defensive line.
Special Teams
Position |
Starter |
Backup |
---|---|---|
Punter |
Daniel Sparks |
Elijah Slibeck |
Kickoff |
Daniel Sparks |
Vadin Bruot |
Placekicker |
Will Bettridge |
Vadin Bruot |
Punt Return |
Ethan Davies |
Suderian Harrison |
Kickoff Return |
Chris Tyree |
Kobe Pace |
Long-Snapper |
Payton Bunch |
Luke Byrne |
Notes
- There are no changes to our projected special teams depth chart.
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Alabama man to face charge of kidnapping teen girl in Springfield
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An Alabama man is in custody in Springfield, charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from a Springfield home in late July.
Springfield Police Department spokesperson Ryan Walsh said 31-year-old Paul Areliano was arrested in Front Royal, Virginia, where he was being held on a fugitive from justice warrant pending rendition to Massachusetts. On Tuesday, Springfield detectives flew to Virginia to bring Areliano back to face a single count of kidnapping.
Walsh said the girl remained in the custody of Virginia authorities after Areliano was arrested. He said while the girl spends summers in Springfield, she also lives in Alabama.
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TikTok food critic Keith Lee boosts business at Virginia restaurants
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A TikTok food critic with millions of followers demonstrated how he can make or break a restaurant with a single video when he visited the D.C. area this week.
Las Vegas native Keith Lee stopped by Okonomi Asian Grill — also known as the “Asian Chipotle” for its custom rice bowls — in Fairfax, Virginia, and business has been booming.
“I literally opened this by myself,” owner Alex Kang said. “So, six months I was doing 130-hour workweeks.”
There were times when he only got six orders a day.
“I can’t sustain this with six orders,” he said. “That’s like 60 bucks. What can you do with 60 bucks?”
Ever since Lee posted a video about Okonomi, they’ve had to put signs on their door saying they can only serve people who order online because they’ve been so busy.
“It’s definitely wild,” Kang said. “I mean, it’s any restaurant owner’s dream to have this much exposure.”
Lee also went to the Flavor Hive food truck in Alexandria where one of the specialties is the walking nacho. Customers bring their own bag of chips – any size, same price – and they fill it up with meat and toppings.
“We had people bring in a size for a whole village,” owner Shihan Chowdhury said. “We still fill it up.”
Flavor Hive also serves quesadillas and tacos.
“It looked really good,” customer Alexia Urieta said about Lee’s TikTok. “When you saw the picture, you could see the flavor in the picture. So. really wanted to come out and try it.”
For those who can’t afford the food, Flavor Hive will give it to them for free.
“Some people will come and say, ‘Hey I don’t get paid until this day, I don’t get paid until that day, can I pick up a meal?’ We’re always open to that,” Chowdhury said.
Lee donated $3,000 to Okonomi because they’ve been dealing with theft issues recently. Kang said he’ll use some of the money to feed local teachers and the rest to provide bonuses to his staff.
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Virginia Colonial-Era Garden Yields Clues to Enslaved Workers
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Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Such plots of land were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to John Custis IV, a tobacco plantation owner who is perhaps best known as the first father-in-law of Martha Washington. She married George Washington after Custis’ son Daniel died. Historians also have been intrigued by the elder Custis’ botanical adventures, reports the AP. And yet this excavation is as much about the people who cultivated the land as it is about Custis.
“The garden may have been Custis’ vision, but he wasn’t the one doing the work,” says Jack Gary, executive director of archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg, which now owns the property. “Everything we see in the ground that’s related to the garden is the work of enslaved gardeners, many of whom must have been very skilled.” Some finds:
- A pierced coin that was typically worn as a good-luck charm by young African Americans. Another is the shards of an earthenware chamber pot that likely was used by enslaved people.
- Animals appear to have been intentionally buried under some fence posts. They included two chickens with their heads removed, as well as a single cow’s foot. A snake without a skull was found in a shallow hole that had likely contained a plant. “We have to wonder … are they West African traditions?” Gary says. “It’s features like those that make us continue to try and understand the enslaved people who were in this space.”
- The garden disappeared after Custis’ death in 1749. But the dig has determined it was about two-thirds the size of a football field, while descriptions from the time reference lead statues of Greek gods and topiaries trimmed into balls and pyramids. In letters, Custis referenced one of the earliest known references in America to growing “apples of love”—ie, tomatoes.
In recent years, the museum has boosted efforts to tell a more complete story about the Black Americans who lived in Williamsburg. It plans to reconstruct one of the nation’s oldest Black churches and is restoring what is believed to be the country’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.
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