The Virginia football team is in the home stretch of the spring practice run and the Hoos held their final Charlottesville open practice at the McCue Center on a chilly Friday morning. This spring has been different from the past several years as the Cavaliers are coming off a postseason appearance. The extra practices leading up to the Chick-fil-A Bowl were clearly beneficial as the team looks to be ahead of where it was last year in the spring.

Coach Mike London says that he has seen a lot of player development the past few weeks.

“There’s been a lot of pleasant surprises as far as guys improving,” London said. “Guys that were in the backups roles last year are now put in the forefront of having to compete and perform. A lot of the skill young guys have been doing a pretty good job.”

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