Virginia Tech injury updates: Latest on Ali Jennings, Bhayshul Tuten, more

When it comes to Virginia Tech’s injury situation, things could certainly be better. As head coach Brent Pry addressed the status of his roster’s health, he reeled off a laundry list of players.

And two key offensive playmakers are among the banged up: Running back Bhayshul Tuten and wide receiver Ali Jennings. One other, junior linebacker Keli Lawson, was limited as of Tuesday, Pry said.

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“To be frank with you, we’ve got eight or nine guys that are questionable, that are limited today,” Pry said. “So we’ll see over the next two days where we get to. Obviously Xavier [Chaplin] played two snaps and came out of the game. He’s limited, Ali’s limited, Bhayshul’s limited, Keli’s limited.”

Will Johnson, Nick Gallo, Jalen Stroman were out, Pry said, as was George Ballance on Saturday against Old Dominion.

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And Zeke Wimbush and Brody Meadows were “banged up,” in Pry’s description.

“Will Johnson’s still out, Nick Gallo still out, Jalen Stroman still out. We’ve got some guys, George [Ballance] wasn’t able to play to Saturday, a guy that’s important for us and our linebacker and on teams. Zeke Wimbush is banged up, Brody Meadows banged up. So, we’re banged up right now. We’ve gotta get some guys healthy this week.”

A Virginia Tech football legend is having an impact on another program

Shane Beamer is like father, like son as one of the two children of Frank Beamer. That’s specifically so on the field as head coaches in college football.

Beamer spoke about his relationship with and the impact of his dad on him during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Friday. He said that he has taken more from him as his mentor than anyone else that he has worked with or been around in the game.

“I was very fortunate to grow up as his son, obviously still be his son, play for him in college. I coached with him. So so much of what I’m about as a coach is what I took from my dad philosophy-wise and things like that,” said Beamer. “If you spend a lot of time around our program, you probably feel more of a Virginia Tech vibe around our program than any of the other places that I’ve been.”

“I’ve worked with some awesome coaches and been very blessed to work for Hall of Famers – most recently Lincoln Riley and then Kirby Smart before him, Steve Spurrier and on and on and on,” Beamer said. “I’ve taken from all of those guys.”

He as well as his staff at South Carolina, certainly one member of it, have noticed it too. They all see and hear the similarities between Beamer Sr. and Beamer Jr. in how he works each day.

“Yeah, totally,” said Beamer. “All the time. All the time, particularly on the field or things that I’ll say.”

“One of our assistant coaches, our defensive backs coach, Torrian Gray, played at Virginia Tech. Was a great defensive back for my dad in the mid-90s,” Beamer explained. ‘I’ll say things in staff meetings that I can just kind of look up at T-Gray and he looks back at me and he knows exactly where he had heard that before. I also catch him doing it as well. I hear him say things to the DBs that I know that my dad used to say when he was coaching.”

Frank Beamer is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame after nearly three decades at Virginia Tech. Over that time in Blacksburg, the Hokies went 238-121-2 (.662) as the school’s all-time winningest coach by far. It was the most successful span for the program in its history as they made 23 consecutive bowls to end his career, including an appearance in the national championship in 1999.