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Top Offensive Players of the Beamer Bowl Era
by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com

For the next two weeks in TSLMail, we'll take a look back and give you our All-VT teams of the Beamer Bowl Era.  Now is an appropriate time to do this, as a terrific senior class just left Blacksburg , and many of them could be included on the list.

 This week we'll look at the offense.  Although Tech's offense generally doesn't have the same impressive numbers as the defense, plenty of very good offensive players have come through Blacksburg .  Here is our list of the best since 1993, the start of the Beamer Bowl Era.  

Some choices were easy, and others were more difficult.  Let's take a closer look, position-by-position.  

At quarterback, Michael Vick was the obvious choice.  In just two years, he finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting and lost just one game as a starter.  He guided the Hokies to an undefeated season in 1999 and a berth in the National Championship Game, his only collegiate loss as a starter.  He went on to become the #1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft.  Vick could change a game in more ways than any other player in Tech history.  Honorable mention at quarterback are Jim Druckenmiller, Bryan Randall and Maurice DeShazo.  

At tailback, it's tough to decide between Kevin Jones and Lee Suggs.  I think that Jones was better than Suggs ever was, for the last half of the 2003 season.  However, for the rest of his career I didn't think Jones was as good as he could have been.  I went with Jones in the end based on how dominant he was at the end of 2003, but Suggs could easily have been the choice. Honorable mention: Lee Suggs, Shyrone Stith, Branden Ore (the 2006 version).  

Jarrett Ferguson is the last truly "great" fullback at Tech.  He was an excellent lead blocker and he was very good with the ball in his hands.  He was a complete player at the fullback position.  Honorable mention: Brian Edmonds.   

Tech has had some solid tight ends, but none better than Jeff King.  King was a very balanced player, equally good at blocking and catching.  He caught 58 passes for 724 yards and 12 touchdowns in his career.  He was easily the most reliable receiving tight end of the Beamer Bowl Era.  He caught 46 passes in his second year with the Carolina Panthers in 2007.  Honorable mention: John Burke.  

Wide receiver was pretty easy, to me at least.  Ernest Wilford is Tech's all-time leading receiver, and Andre Davis was the best deep threat in school history.  That would be quite a combo of wide receivers.  Both are currently in the NFL, Wilford with the Dolphins and Davis with the Texans.  Honorable mention: Eddie Royal, Josh Morgan.  

When picking the offensive line, I tried to find three interior linemen and two offensive tackles.  Interestingly enough, all three interior linemen that I chose were centers.  Jim Pyne, Jake Grove and Billy Conaty are the best centers to ever play for Tech.  They were easy choices to put on the list.  Grove played guard for part of his career, and Conaty could probably play it as well, with Pyne staying at center.  

At tackle, I went with Duane Brown first.  He had a terrific 2007 season, despite the struggles of the rest of the offensive line.  He was also a first round pick in the NFL Draft this past April.  The other tackle spot was tougher to choose.  I went with Derek Smith, who was a Third Team All-American in 1998.  He was drafted by the Washington Redskins.  I almost went with Jimmy Martin, who I think is probably the most underrated offensive lineman the Hokies have ever had.

Honorable mention offensive linemen include Matt Lehr, Will Montgomery, Todd Washington and Gennaro DiNapoli.