Virginia Tech Football Recruiting: Jalen Holston Commits to the Hokies

Georgia running back joins the Hokies' 2017 recruiting class.

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Stockbridge, Georgia running back Jalen Holston committed to the Hokies on Thursday night following an official visit to Virginia Tech for its game against UVA. He joins fellow Peach Staters Jaylen Griffin, Malik Willis, and Lecitus Smith as verbals in Tech's 2017 recruiting class. Holston opted for Tech over scholarship offers from Louisville, North Carolina, South Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Missouri among other Power Five schools.

Zohn Burden was tasked to land Holston for the Hokies.

"Me and Coach Burden are real close," Holston told The Key Play in June. "I just like how he's the first coach that really watched film with me, and he broke down my own film, went over and showed me some things I can get better at and some things I can do. And he showed me what things that I do that he likes, things I can do for the team."

The 247Sports Composite ranks the 5-11, 200 pound Holston as a 3-star recruit. Although, ESPN is more bullish and rates him as a 4-star prospect. Holston was named to the Class AAAAA preseason all-state team. According to MaxPreps, the Stockbridge running back rushed for 1,387 yards on 201 carries (6.9 YPC), and 15 TDs

Holston believes his skillset as a north-south runner with speed who can break into the open field will fit snugly with Justin Fuente's offense.

"With my position, they're gonna do a lot of versatile things, like get the running back out of the backfield and get him in the pass game, go north and south in between the tackles running the read option, the pistol," Holston said in June. "They're gonna be pulling guards with the running backs, a lot of things. The offense is gonna be real pretty."

Holston discussed his decision with Scout.

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