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Manning was a two-year starter and contributed all four years. Today is July 14, 2019, which means we are officially just 48 days away from the Virginia Tech Hokies opening the college football season at Boston College. Yesterday, we profiled a recent Hokie star in Tremaine Edmunds. For No. 48, we go back to the early 2000s and Brandon Manning. Manning arrived at Virginia Tech in 2000 from Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pa. After high school, Manning spent one year at the U.S. Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado Springs before enrolling at Virginia Tech. He would redshirt in 2000 while learning the all-important whip linebacker position. Manning turned heads in the spring with his athleticism and performance in the spring game. The 6’0”, 210-pound Manning would bench press 360 pounds while running 4.47 seconds in the 40-yard dash and recording a 34 1/2-inch vertical jump. He would pick off a pass and return it 31 yards in the spring game. As a redshirt freshman in 2001, Manning would play i
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