Virginia Tech
Would a player like Devin Farrell have been better off signing with a lower-level school out of high school? (Jon Fleming)

1) If you were able to advise Devin Farrell or Tahj Bullock back in high school, would you have told them it was in their best interest to come to VT and plan to sit on the bench for a year or two hoping to get their shot at working their way up the depth chart, or would you have told them to go to a mid-major (or smaller school), get playing time sooner, hopefully become a hot commodity and then portal into a Power 5 program with leverage? Do you see a trend where hot prospects purposely start out with smaller 4-year schools just to make a name for themselves sooner with the intention of moving up in the portal after a year or two (in sense like JUCO)? - BRAL Shed Rat