Record Breaking Year for the Hokies?

Virginia Tech has several players on the current team who will be shooting for career records before it's all said and done. Several will have a chance to set records this year, while others will probably have to wait until 2011.

Despite Tech's reputation as being a defensive school, all of these records are for the offense or special teams.

Williams had an outstanding season as a r-freshman, running for a Tech record 1,655 yards and an NCAA freshman record 21 touchdowns. If he stays at Virginia Tech long enough, he'll have a chance to break just about every record in the book.

As it stands now, he is almost a lock to break the 100-yard rushing game record. Cyrus Lawrence had 16 100-yard games in his four year career, while Kevin Jones had 15 in three years. With 10 100-yard games in just one season, Williams will probably break Lawrence's record as a sophomore.

If he stays through his junior season, Williams will have a chance to break Tech's scoring record, as well as the rushing record. He needs 2,111 yards tie the rushing mark, and even if Darren Evans wasn't returning, a 2,000 yard season would be very unlikely. Even a 1,200 yard season will put him in the top five on Tech's list.

Darren Evans had four 100-yard rushing games in 2008, and he's 12 behind Cyrus Lawrence's record. Of course, that Lawrence record will probably be broken by Ryan Williams before Evans has a chance to go for it.

Tyrod Taylor has had an accomplished career at Virginia Tech, starting games since his true freshman season. He'll have a chance to break several of Bryan Randall's records during his senior season.

With 327 plays in 2010, Taylor will tie Randall's record of 1,242 plays. A "play" is either a run or a pass, so every time Taylor throws or runs the ball he will inch closer to Randall's record. He had 349 plays last season, so things will be close.

Taylor is also 2,234 yards away from breaking Randall's career passing record of 6,508 yards, and 2,223 yards from his total yardage record of 8,034. Both records are very much within Taylor's reach. He had 2,311 passing yards last year, and 2,681 total yards. If he stays healthy all season, he'll have a great chance to set both records.

By the way, that mark of 2,311 yards was the second best of the Beamer Bowl Era. The only Tech quarterback since Don Strock to throw for more yards in a single season was Marcus Vick with 2,393 yards in 2005.

Virginia Tech's talented trio of junior wide receivers have a chance to break some records of their own. Dyrell Roberts is Tech's #3 wideout and kick return specialist. He has 1,119 kickoff return yards in just two seasons, which trails all-time leader Jon Jeffries by just 328 yards. There's a very good chance that Roberts will break that record during his junior season.

Roberts also averages 28 yards per kickoff return, which is ahead of Mike Imoh's career mark of 25.4 yards per return. Roberts will have a great shot to break Imoh's average record.

Jarrett Boykin and Danny Coale are going after Ernest Wilford's career receptions record. Boykin has 70 catches through just two years, an impressive number for Tech wide receivers. He needs just 56 receptions to catch Wilford's mark of 126.

Danny Coale is currently sitting at 66 career receptions, just 60 behind Wilford's record. It's unlikely that either Boykin or Coale will threaten the record in 2010, but it will be something to watch for in 2011.

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