Jay Woolfolk, Brennan Armstrong’s primary backup in 2021, will be in Charlottesville on April 23, only he won’t be with the football team suiting up for the Spring Game. He’ll be with the baseball team, playing for Brian O’Connor and the Cavalier baseball team as the Hoos host North Carolina. Virginia will feature only one other scholarship quarterback outside of its record-breaking starter this spring, and he is true freshman Davis Lane Jr.

Lane graduated early from Liberty Christian Academy and enrolled on Grounds in January of 2022. In two years at LCA he worked under the tutelage of former UVA starting quarterback Michael Rocco, who serves as quarterbacks coach at the Lynchburg prep school.

“Right off the bat, you’re a new kid coming in midyear without a full year,” Rocco answered when asked about the benefits and challenges of enrolling early. “I came in during the summer, so I had a full room of freshmen I was with. I think that will be one of the biggest hurdles. There are benefits to that as well, but he has to overcome the homesickness and adapt to college life quickly. Right away, before football even starts, there will be an adjustment. In general, his biggest strength is adaptability. His ability to learn and adapt. Everyone will be on square one in terms of learning the offense. Everyone is taking an intensive. I think that’s to his advantage. The new staff will have fresh eyes on everyone.”

The 6’1″, 185-pound freshman signal caller “is a guy that I’m excited about,” Virginia head coach Tony Elliott said. “I think he has some potential that he hasn’t tapped into.”

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