30 Brian Saunders
  • Position
  • Class
  • Weight
  • High School/Other
  • Hometown
  • Punter
  • r-Junior
  • 199 lbs.
  • Nelson County
  • Roseland, Va.

A valuable special teams performer for the Hokies … Will travel and serve as the No. 2 punter for the third straight season … Has a strong leg and the ability to boom the ball … Has worked to improve his consistency … Is also the back up to Brent Bowden as the holder for field goals and extra points … When needed, has served as a quarterback on the scout team.

2008: Dressed for all 14 games … Spent all his time with the kickers during the season after serving as a scout team QB in 2007 … Averaged 41.5 yards on two punts during one of the Hokies’ full scrimmages during the spring … Carried a 38-yard average on three punts in the Maroon-White game.

2007: Dressed and traveled as the backup punter … Did not see action … Also practiced at quarterback … Competed for the punting duties during spring practice … Punted three times for a 35-yard average during the Maroon-White game … Had another attempt blocked … His longest punt in the game was 44 yards.

2006: Worked at quarterback while redshirting in the fall … Put extra emphasis on punting during spring practice.

High School: Named first-team all-district, all-region and all-state in football for Coach Tim Crawford … Was first-team all-district and second-team all-state in baseball.

Personal: Brian Carroll Saunders … Born 2/23/88 … Son of Joyce and Massie Saunders … Majoring in horticulture (landscape contracting).