Virginia Tech is the most recent program to extend an official offer to 6-1, 225-pound linebacker Nick Forbes, a talented rising senior out of Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Maryland. Forbes admittedly was surprised by the Tech offer, but he was excited about it all the same.
"Virginia Tech kind of shocked me," Forbes said. "My coach got in a car accident, so we had a sub taking phone calls from coaches. One day after class, the sub said Virginia Tech called and asked me to call this guy and they were talking about offering. I was kind of skeptical. I didn't think it would actually happen because I didn't have that much contact with them. I called Coach Sherman and he said they were going to offer. I got the paperwork the next week."