I can't leave the public hanging.

The website I found was for Hokie WR/KR Eddie Royal.

On Friday we'll present the link to the fan website promoting him for Heisman as well as another prominent candidates' website.  And then criticize them for being quite rudimentary.

He's quite underrated nationally as a football player... mostly because few really know who he is.  He saved Tech's hide in at least one game last year, I forget which, memory escapes me, but he had two long catches late in a tight game.  And then he had a little fun against Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.

But the numbers are very impressive considering he didn't really even play early on, particularly in the opener against USC.  We'll definitely add him to our list of "Swiss Army Knife" type football players.

1 Carry
11 Yards
1 Touchdown

28 Receptions
470 Yards
16.8 Average
3 Touchdowns
80 Long

12 Kick Returns
346 Yards
28.8 Average
48 Long

25 Punt Returns
274 Yards
11.0 Average
58 Long

Not bad for a freshman!

Royal reminds us a little of Rocket Ismail or Desmond Howard, because he is a g-o-n-e if he gets in the open, is a bit smallish, and has some moxie with the ball.  HeismanPundit will probably rap us on the head and come up with a more appropriate comparison.  We await our browbeating, but in the meantime, study up on him and be sure and watch a Virginia Tech game this season.  We made sure to do that last year, having pegged him as a future star during the recruiting season.  Mind you, we had to wait a game or two for him to emerge (kind of like the more obvious choice, Ted Ginn, Jr.), but he was worth the wait.

Get on the bandwagon.