Nineteen True Freshman Football Recruits Arrive On Grounds

By: Chris Horne |

Most of the University of Virginia football program’s true freshman class is now on Grounds.

Florida offensive tackle Grant Polk and Ohio linebacker C.J. Stalker enrolled this past January after graduating early from their respective high schools. Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) product Nick Johns, a quarterback, enrolled at UVa in June. Nineteen more true freshmen football student athletes arrived in Charlottesville this week to begin their college careers. Below is a rundown of the newcomers on Grounds, in alphabetical order…

– NAME, POSITION (Per VirginiaSports.com), HOME STATE

– Naji Abdullah, DE, Florida
– Ryan Bischoff, OL, Pennsylvania
– Richard Burney, TE, Virginia
– Tanner Cowley, TE, New Jersey
– Warren Craft, WR, Virginia
– David Eldridge III, WR, Virginia
– Eric Gallon, LB, Florida
– Kareem Gibson, CB, Pennsylvania
– Eli Hanback, DT, Virginia
– Gladimir Paul, LB, Pennsylvania
– R.J. Proctor, OL, Virginia
– Myles Robinson, WR, Maryland
– Christopher Sharp, RB, New Jersey
– Dominic Sheppard, LB, Florida
– Jahvoni Simmons, LB, Virginia
– Juan Thornhill, S, Virginia
– James Trucilla, DT, Pennsylvania
– Steven Wright, DE, Georgia
– Olamide Zaccheaus, RB, Pennsylvania

The lone 2015 Class recruit not in Charlottesville is T.J. Griffin, a cornerback prospect out of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 247Sports reports that Griffin is headed to Fork Union for a prep year. We hope to confirm in the coming days.

Some of the newest Hoos took to Twitter in recent days to express their excitement. I’ve also included a tweet Eric Gallon made in June.

In order, the tweets are from Warren Craft, Eli Hanback, R.J. Proctor, Juan Thornhill and Gallon.

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