Virginia Tech defensive stats (2015)

[He_Made_It]

One takeaway (no pun intended) here is these dudes were a fumble forcing machine last season. Be careful with that ball, UT..
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Scoring D - #59 @ 26.3 ppg
Rush D - #75 @ 180.69 ypg
Pass D - #19 @ 189.2 ypg
Total D - #44 @ 369.8 ypg
Opp 3rd Down % - #19 @ 33.51%
Opp Redzone % - #98 @ 87.5%
Sacks - #64 @ 2 per game
Interceptions - #78 @ .77 per game
Passes Defended - #30 @ 5.08 per game
Fumbles Forced - #3 @ 1.38 per game
Fumbles Recoverd - #1 @ 15 total for season
20+ Yard Plays from scrimmage allowed - #102 @ 71 total
30+ Yard Plays from scrimmage allowed - #54 @ 26 total
40+ Yard Plays from scrimmage allowed - #80 @ 16 total
Tackle for loss - #52 @ 6.54 per game
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Here's an excerpt from an Athlon Sports preview on the VT Defense:

The defense hit its roughest patch in Bud Foster’s 20 years as a coordinator last season, with injuries, youth and attrition contributing to a down year. The Hokies allowed 26.3 points, 369.8 total yards and 180.7 rushing yards per game, all highs in the Foster era. Their 26 sacks and 10 interceptions were the team’s lowest since Foster assumed defensive coordinator duties in 1995.

Foster hopes that establishing continuity on defense, re-focusing on fundamentals and incorporating fresh ideas from new assistant coaches will right the ship. End Ken Ekanem (14 sacks the last two years) and tackle Woody Baron highlight a deep defensive line.
- See more at: Virginia Tech Hokies 2016 Preview and Prediction
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[sshifflett]

The Virginia Tech defense will be much improved this year, as they played a lot of true freshman last year...mostly in single coverage. The LB play was terrible last year, but should be better. The DLine and secondary WILL be better. Also Foster is moving to more zone coverage to get more eyes on the ball, trying to limit the big plays. They should return to a top 20 Defense.

 

[VolFootballIsLife]

Speed!! Have to get Kamara and Dobbs in the open field. If we can't manage to do that I hope we have a Byrd/Latrell package for some WR sweeps or whatever. That was the thing that stood out to me most about Thursday on offense. Where is our Pig or Von option?? Love some Josh Smith but QB can't get him the ball. I'm talking about literally handing the ball to our thoroughbreds. At least show some creativity!