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Norfolk State (1-1) at Virginia (1-0)
Day/time: Friday, 7 p.m. ET
TV: ACCNX
Tickets: still available
Weather: 73 degrees at kickoff
Line: Virginia -44.5
Over/under: 54.5
Projected final score: Virginia 48, Norfolk State 7
Quick preview: I don’t see the score getting run up too much, just because I anticipate that the game plan from offensive coordinator Des Kitchings will emphasize ground and pound, which will keep the score within some sense of reason.
Offense
QB
QB1 Beau Pribula (Week 0): 9-of-11 on 14 dropbacks, 155 yards, 2 TDs; 14 attempts, 120 yards
QB2 Eli Holstein (Week 0): 6 snaps
QB3 Cole Geer (Week 0): did not play
O line
LT1 McKale Boley (Week 0): 62 snaps, 0 QB pressures
LT2 Ben York (Week 0): 33 snaps (23 at RG, 10 at RT), 0 QB pressures
LT3 Alex Payne (Week 0): did not play
LG1 Noah Josey (Week 0): 62 snaps, 0 QB pressures
LG2 Cole Surber (Week 0): 6 snaps, 0 QB pressures
C1 Drake Metcalf (Week 0): 62 snaps, 0 QB pressures
C2 Ryan Brubaker (Week 0): did not play
or Grayson Reid (Week 0): 6 snaps, 0 QB pressures
RG1 Makilan Thomas (Week 0): 39 snaps, 1 sack
RG2 Dane Wleklinski (Week 0): 6 snaps (3 at RG, 3 at RT), 0 QB pressures
RT1 Monroe Mills (Week 0): 55 snaps, 0 QB pressures
RT2 Jon Adair (Week 0): 6 snaps, 0 QB pressures
Wideout
X1 Ty’Lyric Coleman (Week 0): 35 snaps, 2 catches/2 targets, 31 yards
X2 Dylan Cope (Week 0): 22 snaps
SLOT1 Kameron Courtney (Week 0): 25 snaps, 3 catches/3 targets, 12 yards
SLOT2 Josiah Abdullah (Week 0): 12 snaps, 0 targets
SLOT3 Tyson Davis (Week 0): 4 snaps, 0 targets
Z1 Jacquon Gibson (Week 0): 0 catches/1 target
Z2 Da’Shawn Martin (Week 0): 1 catch/1 targets, 47 yards, 1 TD
Z3 Jack Rhodes (Week 0): 10 snaps, 0 targets
Tight end
TE1 Dakota Twitty (Week 0): 37 snaps, 0 catches/1 target
TE2 Connor Cox (Week 0): 25 snaps, 0 targets
or John Rogers (Week 0): 32 snaps, 0 targets
Tailback
TB1 Jekail Middlebrook (Week 0): 30 snaps, 15 attempts, 64 yards
TB2 Xay Davis (Week 0): 13 snaps, 7 attempts, 13 yards, 1 TD
or Xavier Brown (Week 0): 16 snaps, 8 attempts, 40 yards, 1 TD; 2 catches/2 targets, 58 yards, 1 TD
or Peyton Lewis (Week 0): 7 snaps, 6 attempts, 10 yards
or Noah Vaughn (Week 0): 8 snaps, 6 attempts, 21 yards
Defense
D line
DE1 Fisher Camac (Week 0): 41 snaps, 3 QB pressures, 2 tackles, 1 batted pass
DE2 Nnanna Anyanwu (Week 0): 20 snaps, 1 QB pressure, 3 tackles
DE3 Billy Koudelka (Week 0): 8 snaps, 1 QB pressure, 2 tackles
NT1 Anthony Britton (Week 0): 27 pressures, 1 QB pressure, 1 tackle
NT2 Sichan John (Week 0): 14 snaps
DT1 Jason Hammond (Week 0): 23 pressures, 1 QB pressure, 1 tackle
DT2 Darrion Henry-Young (Week 0): 18 snaps, 1 QB pressure
DT3 Kervins Choute (Week 0): 13 snaps, 1 batted pass
BANDIT1 Matthew Fobbs-White (Week 0): 38 snaps, 4 QB pressures, 2 tackles
BANDIT2 Devon Baxter (Week 0): 18 snaps, 1 tackle, 1 batted pass
BANDIT3 Jewett Hayes (Week 0): did not play
Linebacker
WILL1 Maddox Marcellus (Week 0): 33 snaps, 1 QB pressure, 4 tackles
WILL2 Caleb Hardy (Week 0): 17 snaps, 2 pressures, 1 sack
MIKE1 Kam Robinson (Week 0): did not play
MIKE2 Landon Danley (Week 0): 27 snaps, 5 tackles
Secondary
LCB1 Omillio Agard (Week 0): 41 snaps, 2 tackles, 1 catch/3 targets, 1 PBU
LCB2 Jam Jackson (Week 0): 9 snaps
RCB1 Jacobie Henderson (Week 0): 42 snaps, 3 tackles, 4 catches/8 targets
RCB2 Justin Ross (Week 0): 18 snaps, 1 tackle, 1 catch/1 target
RCB3 Josiah Persinger (Week 0): did not play
SPUR1 Donavon Platt (Week 0): 29 snaps, 1 tackles, 0 catches/2 targets
SPUR2 Jaylen Jones (Week 0): 19 snaps, 1 sack
or Corey Costner (Week 0): did not play
FS1 Ethan Minter (Week 0): 34 snaps, 2 tackles, 1 catch/1 target
FS2 Christian Ellis (Week 0): 16 snaps, 1 tackle, 1 catch/1 target
or Keke Adams (Week 0): did not play
SS1 Brandyn Hillman (Week 0): 36 snaps, 6 tackles, 1 catch/2 targets, 1 INT
SS2 Montino Williams (Week 0): 20 snaps, 3 tackles, 1 catch/2 targets
Special teams
Placekicker
Will Bettridge (Week 0): 4-of-4 XPA, 2-of-2 FGA (47, 42)
Punter
P1 Daniel Sparks (Week 0): 45.4 yards per punt/39.0 yards net, 2 50+, 2 inside the 20
P2 Elijah Slibeck (Week 0): did not play
Kickoffs
KO1 Elijah Slibeck (Week 0): 70.7 yards per kickoff, 5 touchbacks, 26.1 average starting field position
Punt return
PR1 Josiah Abdullah (Week 0): 1 return, 0 yards
PR2 Jacquon Gibson (Week 0): no returns
Kickoff return
KR1 Jacquon Gibson (Week 0): no returns
KR2 Noah Vaughn (Week 0): no returns
Pregame coverage
- UVA Football: Norfolk State hung around for a while in 31-10 loss at ODU
- UVA Football: First look at Friday night, with Norfolk State coming into town
- UVA Football: Kam Robinson ‘ready to roll’ for Norfolk State on Friday night
- UVA Football Notebook: Expect to see more from the passing game in Week 2
- UVA Football re-enters the national rankings, at #25 in both polls
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