Virginia Tech will have something in 2013 that they haven't had since the 1990's: a full-time starting fifth-year senior at the quarterback position. It's almost hard to believe, but Logan Thomas is Tech's first full-time r-senior starter since Al Clark back in 1998.
The Beamer Bowl Era was only in its sixth season when Clark was starting as a r-senior. Tech has had a couple of more chances to start r-seniors since then, but weren't able to do so for various reasons. Grant Noel was injured before the 2002 season, and the offensive line couldn’t block well enough to let Sean Glennon start in 2008 as a r-senior. Tyrod Taylor couldn't redshirt because of that same bad offensive line, and that kept him from ever being a r-senior.