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Joey Blount: Fully healthy, ready to lead Virginia back to the top in 2021 Published Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 1:55 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Joey Blount. Photo courtesy UVA Athletics. Joey Blount has been at Virginia forever – OK, he’s only actually been on Grounds since 2017. Hard as it is to figure, this is his first spring practice in which he’s been fully healthy. “I’m going into my fifth year, and I really ...

UVA’s De’Vante Cross looks to super senior season as chance at redemption Published Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021, 2:59 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com De’Vante Cross. Photo courtesy UVA Athletics. De’Vante Cross was needed at cornerback in 2020, so the senior moved there from his natural safety spot. The numbers he put up at corner were ghastly – opposing QBs targeted him 46 times on 339 pass coverage snaps in 2020, completi...

Virginia secondary looks to cut down on big plays as key to return to 2018 form Published Sunday, Apr. 11, 2021, 11:38 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Nick Grant reels in a third quarter INT in Virginia’s 43-32 win over Boston College in December. Photo courtesy Atlantic Coast Conference (Erin Edgerton/Daily Progress). The good news, which is not really good news: the Virginia secondary returns players who accounted for 83.9 p...

The following information is courtesy of Avery County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Jack Preston Hicks, 22, of 38 Amber Lane in Newland, was charged on March 1 with assault on a female. Matthew Phillip Gragg, 26, of 66 Gragg Hollow Rd. in Newland, was charged on March 2 with failure to appear for driving while license revoked and fictional/altered title/registration card/tag. Bradley Dale Adkins, 45, of 1811 Forest Hills Park Place in Lenoir, was charged on March 4 with failure to appear for operating a vehicle with no insur...

Updated: 3:11 PM EST February 1, 2021 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is shaking things up a bit on his staff.  He said Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Coach Nick Howell will continue as coordinator and oversee the secondary, but former inside linebackers coach Shane Hunter will become the safety coach.  Mendenhall said this will afford Howell more time to oversee the overall effectiveness of the defense.  Co-defensive Coordinator Kelly Poppinga will now coach all the linebackers, and Special Teams Coordinator Riky Brumfield will also coach cor...