62 Blake DeChristopher
  • Position
  • Class
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  • High School/Other
  • Hometown
  • Offensive Tackle
  • r-Sophomore
  • 313 lbs.
  • Clover Hill
  • Midlothian, Va.

Returns as the starter at right tackle … Was the youngest starter among the offensive linemen last fall … Got off to a rocky start when he was injured on the Hokies’ first drive of the season … Was unable to see action again until the fourth game … Got on-the-job training as the starter in the final 10 games … A smart, competitive player who accepts all challenges … Worked on his footwork during the spring while sharing reps with Andrew Lanier … Should benefit from extra depth at the position this fall … Is being looked to for a big year.

2008: Started the first game at right tackle … Played just four plays before suffering a thigh bruise and a bruised kidney … Was forced to sit out two games … Returned to action for 48 snaps against North Carolina … Played every offensive snap at Nebraska, with four knockdown blocks … Went the distance on offense again in the WKU game with three knockdowns over 70 plays … Played every snap with three knockdowns at BC … Posted six knockdowns against FSU … Led the team with seven knockdowns in the Maryland game and followed that with five at Miami … Played every offensive snap against Duke … Had two knockdown blocks against Virginia and added two more in the ACC title game against BC … Earned Iron Hokie honors over the off-season … His 351-pound jerk tied for second-best among the offensive linemen.

2007: Bench pressed 410 pounds during freshman testing … Dressed for several of the Hokies’ early games as a backup at right tackle … Was held out of action and redshirted … Turned in the top front squat among the offensive linemen during the winter at 480 pounds … Earned Super Iron Hokie honors … Won the Paul Torgersen Award as the top offensive newcomer during spring practice.

High School: Ranked the No. 6 player in the state of Virginia by The Roanoke Times … Lettered three seasons as an offensive and defensive tackle for Coach Sean O’Hare … Named a second-team All-Metro offensive tackle by The Richmond Times-Dispatch … Was first-team All-Dominion District at offensive tackle and second team at defensive tackle his final year … An all-academic performer in the Dominion District his junior season … A member of the Rivals250 Team … Listed as the No. 21 offensive tackle in the country and the No. 7 player in the state by Rivals … Rated the No. 10 player in the state of Virginia and the No. 42 offensive tackle in the country by Scout … Listed as the No. 10 overall player on the Virginia 33 by SuperPrep … A member of the SuperPrep Mid-Atlantic Team … An All-Atlantic Region selection by PrepStar … Was the Dominion District and Central Region champion in the shot put his junior year, finishing third overall in the state.

Personal: Blake Edward DeChristopher … Born 9/8/88 at Dover AFB, DE … Son of Robert and Reneé DeChristopher … Enrolled in university studies.