Strike up a conversation about tight ends with a typical VT fan, and you'll generally get the "Why don't we throw it to the tight ends more?" response. My response is different. What's more important in Virginia Tech's offense: that the tight ends catch more passes, or that the tight ends can run block? Without a doubt, it's the latter.
Virginia Tech was a good outsize zone team from 2009 through 2011, and that's because their tight ends and wide receivers could execute their blocks on the outside. Andre Smith was an outstanding blocking tight end, and for a guy who played the position for only a year, Chris Drager was pretty good at it, too.