Ishmael Findlayter
Defensive End, Class of 2023
Clarkson Football North, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
6-4, 230

Virginia Tech and Brent Pry picked up their 18th commitment in the class of 2023 on Sunday night with the pledge of three-star defensive end Ishmael Findlayter (Ontario, Canada). 

Findlayter is the No. 1 ranked player in Ontario, per 247. While On3 rates him as the No. 57 player in the class at the edge position, 247 has him at No. 150. He held offers from Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Central Michigan and Ohio.

He visited Blacksburg the weekend of July 30 and the Hokies' staff offered him then. The last Tech commit from Canada was wide receiver Joshua Stanford in 2012, who was also from Mississauga. However, Stanford played his senior year of high school football in Georgia.

Findlayter is the second defensive end commit for the Hokies in 2023, joining Richmond native Jason Abbey. Virginia Tech's class is currently split in half with nine verbals from the Commonwealth and nine commitments from other states (and Canada). 

Here’s the full list of 2023 commits for Virginia Tech football (18 total):

QB: 1 – Dylan Wittke
RB : 1 - Tralon Mitchell
WR: 2 – Marcell Baylor, Takye Heath
OL: 4 – Layth Ghannam, Hannes Hammer, Gabriel Arena, Lance Williams
DE: 1 – Jason Abbey, Ishmael Findlayter
LB: 3 – Tavorian Copeland, Aycen Stevens, Caleb Woodson
DB: 4 – Braylon Johnson, Thomas Williams, Camren Fleming, Dante Lovett
ATH: 1 – Krystian Williams

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