9 Best Virginia Tech Hokies Football Players

While the Virginia Tech Hokies have never won a national championship, they were finalists in 1999. 

Right now, you can place football bets on the Hokies at the BetMGM online sportsbook.

But before you go and look at their latest college football betting odds, check out my list of the top nine Hokies of all time. 

9 Best Virginia Tech Hokies Football Players

1. Bruce Smith

Smith was dominant during his playing days at Virginia Tech from 1981 to 1984. 

He recorded 46 sacks, the most in program history. 

Smith had 22 in 1983, which is a single-season record. 

He was the Outland Trophy winner, consensus All-American, and first-team All-American. 

He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft. 

2. Michael Vick

Vick played at Virginia Tech for just two seasons, but he brought a dual-threat ability that we’ve rarely seen replicated across any level of football.

While there, he threw for 3,074 yards, 20 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, and ran for 1,202 yards and 16 more scores. 

He ran for 210 yards in 2000 against Boston College, which is seventh in a single game. 

Vick won the Archie Griffin Award and was a first-team All-American, Big East Offensive Player of the Year, and Big East Rookie of the Year. 

3. Corey Moore

Moore played at Virginia Tech from 1996 to 1999. He had 35 sacks (third) and received several accolades during his time there. 

He won the Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and Dudley Award, was a unanimous All-American, first-team All-American, two-time first-team All-Big East, two-time Big East Defensive Players of the Year, and the school retired his No. 56.

He’s enshrined in the Virginia Tech Sports and College Football Hall of Fame. 

4. Cornell Brown

Brown, another pass rusher, played at Virginia Tech just before Moore from 1993 to 1996.

He was a consensus All-American and first-team All-American, won the Dudley Award, was the Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1995), and is enshrined in the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. 

He posted 36 sacks, second in Virginia Tech history. 

5. Tyrod Taylor

Taylor was the ACC Player of the Year, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-ACC, and won the Dudley Award. 

From 2007 to 2010, he threw for 7,017 yards (second), 44 passing touchdowns (fourth), 9,213 total yards (second), and 67 total touchdowns (second). 

While there, he also ran 501 times for 2,196 yards and 23 touchdowns. 

6. Logan Thomas

Thomas played at Virginia Tech from 2010 to 2013. 

He holds Hokies records in passing yards (9,003), passing touchdowns (53), total yards (10,362), and total touchdowns (77).

His 24 rushing touchdowns are also tied for ninth in Hokies history. 

Thomas was second-team All-ACC in 2011. 

7. Brandon Flowers

A cornerback, Flowers had 10 interceptions and two pick-sixes and recorded one forced fumble and 157 tackles over his career at Virginia Tech. 

He was a first-team All-American, third-team All-American, first-team All-ACC, and second-team All-ACC. 

8. DeAngelo Hall

Another Hokies cornerback, Hall recorded eight interceptions and one pick-six from 2001 to 2003. He was also an excellent punt returner, returning 56 punts for 839 yards and five touchdowns, including three in the 2003 season. 

Hall was a first-team All-American and the Big East Special Teams Player of the Year. 

9. Kevin Jones

Jones spent three seasons at Virginia Tech, rushing for 3,475 yards (second) and 35 rushing touchdowns (second).

He was a consensus All-American, first-team All-Big East, won the Dudley Award, and was the United States Army Player of the Year Award winner.