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RANKINGS:  Ranked as the No. 11 tight-end-H in the country and the No. 104 player in his state by ESPN Recruiting Nation … Ranked as the No. 53 tight end in the country by 247Sports … Listed as the No. 45 tight end in the country by Scout … Rated the No. 21 prospect in the Jacksonville area by The Times-Union.

THE VITALS: Committed to the Hokies on 8/8/2014 … A member of the All-Southeast Region Team by SuperPrep … A Super 24 selection by the Jacksonville Times-Union … A first-team choice to the Times-Union’s 2014 All-First Coast football team … Led his team with 241 receiving yards and four touchdowns as a senior … Played in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Classic in Orlando, Florida … A first-team All-Gateway Conference selection as both a senior and a junior  … An honorable mention selection to the Times-Union’s 2013 All-First Coast football team.

PERSONAL: Born May 28, 1997, in Jacksonville, FL … Son of Chris, Sr., and Marsha Cunningham … Has a younger brother and an older sister and has an older stepsister and stepbrother … Contemplated major is business or architecture. 

WHY HE CHOSE TECH: “It was just the overall environment. The coaches have been there for a long time, and Coach [Frank] Beamer has been with the school for about three decades. It’s an overall winning program. I know I can come in there and win and win bowl games and be successful. I’ll get a good degree, and if I can get a degree from Virginia Tech, I can go pretty much anywhere and get a job. I liked the players and the environment, and it was just like a second home.”