Is Reynolds Underappreciated?

UVa’s LaRoy Reynolds recorded 50 solo tackles last season to lead the team.

Perhaps Virginia linebacker LaRoy Reynolds is underappreciated.

How else can you explain a defense’s leading tackler generating such little buzz among Cavalier fans? Improving safety play, the young secondary, generating a pass rush, getting Steve Greer healthy, predicting which freshmen – true or redshirt – will make an impact … all of those topics cycle round and round this offseason. Yet, despite an impressive spring where noticeable improvement lurked and despite a Spring Game where he made some of the day’s most electric plays, Reynolds isn’t a hot topic very often.

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