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HOKieS<br />
all-state selection at tackle for Coach Tom Hall by the AP and VirginiaPreps<br />
… A first-team All-Metro selection by The Richmond Times-Dispatch …<br />
As a senior, was a first-team All-Dominion District (second year in a row)<br />
selection and an All-Central Region pick … Played in the Chesapeake Bowl,<br />
an all-star game … Earned first-team All-Dominion District honors as a<br />
junior and was a second-team all-district selection as a sophomore …<br />
Listed as the No. 17 player in the state and the No. 67 offensive tackle in<br />
the country by Rivals … Ranked as the No. 21 player in the state of Virginia<br />
by The Roanoke Times … Ranked as the No. 21 player in the state on the<br />
Virginia 43 by SuperPrep … Listed as the No. 116 offensive tackle in the<br />
country by Scout … Ranked as the No. 145 offensive tackle in the country<br />
by ESPN.<strong>com</strong>/Scouts, Inc.<br />
Personal: Jake Aubrey Goins … Born 2/19/93 … Son of Dee and Keith<br />
Goins … Enrolled in hospitality and tourism management.<br />
conor<br />
goulding<br />
Place-kIcker • 5-9 • 183 • r-so.<br />
NaPles, fla. • Gulf coast h.s.<br />
Will drop punting and concentrate on place-kicking heading into<br />
preseason practice … The key will be consistency, something he struggled<br />
with last fall … Made strides during the spring by connecting on five of his<br />
six field goal tries during scrimmages … Will also get a look on kickoffs …<br />
A good summer preparation will be extremely important.<br />
2011: Battled for the kicking jobs, but never made the dress squad until<br />
the final game when he dressed for the Sugar Bowl against Michigan.<br />
2010: Joined the team as a walk-on and redshirted … Took part in the<br />
kicking <strong>com</strong>petitions … Improved his strength and speed during the offseason<br />
program … Had a 35-yard punt during one spring scrimmage.<br />
High School: Was the kicker and punter for Coach Frank Tudryn at Gulf<br />
Coast High … Was named the team’s special teams player of the year after<br />
his junior and senior seasons … Ninety percent of his kickoffs his senior<br />
year resulted in touchbacks … Won numerous kicking <strong>com</strong>petitions during<br />
national summer camps.<br />
Personal: Conor Graves Goulding … Born 11/26/91 in Orlando, FL … Son<br />
of Bill and Stevie Goulding … Enrolled in natural resources conservation<br />
(conservation and recreation management concentration).<br />
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Jeron<br />
gouVeiawinSlow<br />
outsIDe lINeBacker • 6-2 • 212 • r-sr.<br />
ashBurN, va. • stoNe BrIDGe h.s.<br />
Is <strong>com</strong>ing off a foot injury that caused him to miss eight games last<br />
fall and much of the contact work during 2012 spring workouts … Was a<br />
valuable factor in his five starts prior to the injury … Also started seven<br />
games during the 2010 season … Has football savvy and understands the<br />
defense … Also plays a big role on special teams … Needs to use the<br />
2012 Virginia Tech fooTball<br />
summer to return to playing form … His overall experience at the position<br />
makes him a valuable asset.<br />
2011: Played in six games, starting five at whip linebacker ... Totaled<br />
150 snaps on defense and 43 on special teams for a total of 193 ... Had<br />
nine tackles, a tackle for loss and half a sack ... Also added an interception,<br />
a pass breakup and five quarterback hurries ... Returned an interception 26<br />
yards and had a QB hurry in the season opener against Appalachian State ...<br />
Assisted on a tackle, had a QB hurry and was in on a sack for six lost yards<br />
at ECU ... Had a tackle and was credited with two QB hurries in the win over<br />
Arkansas State ... Registered four tackles, a pass breakup and a hurry in the<br />
win at Marshall ... Made a solo tackle against Clemson on special teams ...<br />
Had two tackles and assisted on a TFL before leaving the Miami game in the<br />
first quarter due to injury ... Was lost for the season after it was determined<br />
he suffered a Lisfranc sprain in his left foot during the Miami game.<br />
2010: Started seven games at whip linebacker … Also started on three<br />
special team units … Posted 41 tackles and a pair of interceptions … Also<br />
forced two fumbles … Tied for the team lead with seven tackles against<br />
Boise State … Added six tackles against JMU … Intercepted a pass at<br />
Boston College … Had four tackles against NC State … Was in on 41 plays<br />
against Central Michigan with five tackles and a QB hurry … Caused a fourthquarter<br />
fumble at the goal-line to help preserve the win at UNC … Picked<br />
up five tackles, one for a loss, in the Miami game … Had six tackles against<br />
Virginia … Grabbed a deflected pass against FSU and returned it 24 yards<br />
for the Hokies’ first touchdown in the ACC Championship Game … Had a<br />
pair of tackles and forced a fumble during the Orange Bowl game … Posted<br />
five tackles during Tech’s third spring scrimmage … Registered a sack, two<br />
hurries and a fumble recovery in the Maroon-White game … Won the Frank<br />
O. Moseley Award as the top defensive hustler of the off-season and spring.<br />
2009: Played in eight games, posting three tackles, including one for a<br />
loss … Worked with four different special team units … Registered a tackle<br />
Jeron<br />
Gouveia-Winslow
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