Darren “Daddy” Evans Gets His Chance to Shine

Aaron McFarling of the Roanoke Times wrote a great article about Virginia Tech redshirt freshman tailback Darren Evans. The former high school standout from Indianapolis rushed for mind-boggling 61 touchdowns during his senior season at Warren Central High. Even more amazing, it was only the fourth highest single-season offensive output by a single player in U.S. prep school history. He averaged nearly six TDs a game.

Evans left Warren Central with four state championships and more individual records than you can imagine. Yet only two BCS schools offered him a scholarship - Virginia Tech and one Big Ten school. Whispers of “too slow” and “not enough moves” dogged him during the recruiting process, but this Saturday at Virginia Tech’s first Spring Game in two years, Evans will have an opportunity to silence the critics and prove that he belongs in the backfield of a big-time college football program.

But that isn’t even the real crux of the story. For the real heart of the story, read the Aaron’s article. Trust me, it’s worth the read!


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April 17th, 2008
2008, In the News, The Season

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