Virginia Tech quarterback Davi Belfort plans to enter NCAA transfer portal

Virginia Tech quarterback Davi Belfort plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, he informed On3’s Hayes Fawcett. He does so after just one year with the Hokies.

Belfort is the son of MMA legend Vitor Belfort. He did not see game action during his lone season with Virginia Tech, taking a redshirt.

Though he didn’t seee time, Davi Belfort is widely considered a top-notch college football prospect. He was a three-time team captain in high school and was named All-City, All-Conference and All-Region three times. He was selected to the All-State team as a senior.

He accounted for 3,115 total yards and 34 touchdowns, with a 67% completion percentage, as a senior. Thhat was high-quality production playing at a program as prestigious as Miami Gulliver Prep.

Davi Belfort was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 915 overall recruit in the nation in the 2024 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings. He was also rated as the No. 58 quarterback in the class and the No. 125 overall recruit in the state of Florida, hailing from Fort Lauderdale (FL) Gulliver Prep.

Virginia Tech dealing with quarterback injuries

The news at quarterback for Virginia Tech is a little dicey, in part due to the Davi Belfort impending transfer and in part due to injuries. Multiple quarterbacks were dealing with ailments coming out of spring practice.

Head coach Brent Pry shared the latest on quarterback Kyron Drones following the signal caller’s recent medical procedure. The injury is still undisclosed but Drones is expected back healthy for the season.

But because of that, he did not play in Saturday’s spring game. Neither did fellow quarterback William “Pop” Watson, who is also dealing with injury.

As far as the recovery for Drones is concerned, it’s all about managing the rehab after the procedure. It’ll be key if he’s going to be back under center sooner rather than later.

“Kyron had his procedure on Wednesday,” Pry said after the team’s spring game. “Went well. Pop has a soft tissue injury. He did it on Tuesday, and you know, we were hoping he’d be able to go today, and it just wasn’t well enough. If it had been a true game, we know he would have dressed and given it a real shot, but I didn’t want to set him back. So it just didn’t make sense.”

In any case, the Virginia Tech Hokies are planning to move forward without Davi Belfort in the quarterback room. So further healing and development will be needed.

On3’s Nick Kosko also contributed to this report.