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Aidan Lynch won Virginia Tech's starting right-tackle job, allowing Montavious Cunningham to move to guard, while Oklahoma transfer Logan Howland is medically cleared but remains outside the best five as he regains confidence in his surgically repaired shoulder.

Redshirt freshman Randy Adirika emerged as an early interior-line reserve after Emmett Laws was ruled out for the foreseeable future, but Virginia Tech's backup tackles collectively have only 61 college defensive snaps.

Kaleb Spencer learned all three linebacker positions and gives Virginia Tech a middle linebacker capable of matching running backs and tight ends in either man or zone coverage.

Returning edge Aycen Stevens beat out a transfer-heavy competition for one starting defensive-end role after improving his speed-to-power approach under James Franklin.

Shamarius Peterkin spent part of camp in a boot and appears to have fallen behind several receivers, while summer enrollee Davion Brown generated enough camp buzz to reach the two-deep behind the three veteran starters.