Practice Report: Hokies Tailback Tandem An Early Bright Spot

Practice Report: Hokies Tailback Tandem Of Hawkins, Overton An Early Bright Spot

Andy Bitter

Senior Staff Writer

September 09, 2026 5

Jeffrey Overton had two of the Hokies' five touchdown runs against VMI on Saturday. (Jon Fleming)

In an ideal world, Hokies running backs coach Norval McKenzie wouldn’t mind seeing the type of stat line he got Saturday against VMI from his top two options, Marcellous Hawkins and Jeffrey Overton.

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5 Comments

JohnsonCItyHokie September 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM

Good article. TSL content so far this season has been fantastic.
DW Hokie September 10, 2026 at 7:53 AM

One of these years, cut blocks will be outlawed. Can’t happen soon enough.
1. hokiehill1117 September 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
  
  hopefully we just stop scheduling option teams. now that GT no longer runs it, I see zero value in playing an out of conference opponent still running the option.
hokiepro September 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM

Was Altuner limited in practice or fully participating ??
1. Andy Bitter September 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
  
  He was in a normal uniform. They just had Ricard repping with the ones in one drill.

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