HOKIES 2017 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

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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...

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, Florida … Son of Chris, Sr., and Marsha

Cunningham … Has a younger brother and an older sister and has an older

stepsister and stepbrother … Majoring in property management.

RECEIVING

SEASON GP GS

NO YDS AVG LONG TD

2016 12 2 6 48 8.0 13 4

2 0 1 6

Caught one pass against Virginia for six yards and had one rush for 10 yards.

H I GH SCHOOL

Played for Coach Richard Morgan at Oscar Smith ... Named Second Team All-

state - 6A as a wide receiver after the 2014 season, after catching more than

900 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns ... Was also a First Team All-Region and

First Team All-District in football.

PERSONAL

Sean Daniel … Born February 15, 1997 in Hampton, Va. … Son of William and

Charlene Daniel … Has one sibling: William ... Majoring in business.

5-9 · 174 · R-SOPHOMORE · CHESAPEAKE, VA. · OSCAR SMITH

S E A N

DAN I E L

RUSHING

RECEIVING

SEASON GP GS

NO YDS AVG LONG TD NO YDS AVG LONG TD

2016 1 0 1 10 10.0 10 0 1 6 6.0 6 0

2 0 1 6

Making the switch to the secondary in 2017 after playing in 14 games on special

teams and working at wide receiver in 2016 ... Caught one pass for eight yards

... Made four tackles and forced one fumble ... Made one reception versus ECU

... Had one tackle against North Carolina ... Madr two tackles against Pittsburgh

and forced a fumble ... Recorded a tackle against Notre Dame.

H I GH SCHOOL

Coached by Laymarr Marshall at Mount Tabor … Rated as a 4-star recruit by ESPN

and the 172nd player in the 2016 ESPN Top 300 … Ranked the No. 9 player in the

state of North Carolina and the No. 22 wide receiver in the country by ESPN… Rivals

lists him No. 70 by position and No. 20 overall in the state … Scout ranks him the

third-best position player in the state and No. 107 in the country, while 247Sports

lists him at No. 178 by position and the 50th-best player in the state … Selected

to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas … Three-time Central-Piedmont 4A all-

conference selection … Had 10 touchdowns, averaging over 21 yards per reception,

and added an interception as a senior … Averaged 18 yards a catch for more than

700 yards as a junior … Earned All-Northwest Conference honors as a senior.

PERSONAL

Divine Ahmad Deablo … Born August 17, 1998 in Winston-Salem, N.C. … Son

of Donnelle and Rehea Deablo … Has an older sister, Arabia, and two younger

brothers, Donnie and Deity … Majoring in business.

6-3 · 212 · SOPHOMORE · WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. · MOUNT TABOR

D I V I N E

DEABLO

SEASON GP GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YDS INT BU PD QBH RCV FF KICK

2016 14 0 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FUMBLES

PASS DEFENSE

SACKS

TACKLES

BLOCKED

2 0 1 6

Spent the season redshirting.

TRACK & F I E LD

2017 Indoor:

Qualified for the finals in the 60 at the Hokie Invitational with a

time of 6.87 seconds, but did not run … His preliminary time was tied for the

10th fastest in the event in school history.

2016 Outdoor:

Competed on the 4x100-meter relay teams at both the ACC

Championships and the Radford Invite … The ACC relay team finished with a

season-best time of 41.13 seconds … Was a member of the winning 4x100

team at the Radford Invite.

H I GH SCHOOL

Coached by Charles Patterson at Hanahan … Rated as a 4-star recruit by ESPN

Football Recruiting and ranked the No. 62 wide receiver in the country and the

No. 6 player in the state … He is listed at No. 110 by position in the country

and No. 12 in the state by 247Sports, while overall, they have him at No. 698

… Scout ranks him the third-best wide receiver in the state and No. 172 in the

country, while Rivals lists him overall at No. 13 in the state … Selected to play

in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and caught three passes for 50 yards with a

long of 33 yards … Was an all-state selection in 2014 and 2015, while earning

all-region accolades three times ... Also ran track at Hanahan, winning the South

Carolina Class 3A State titles in both the 100-meter and 200-meter races and

placing second in the 100 in 2014, while helping the Hawks to the team title.

PERSONAL

Samuel Theron Denmark … Born February 2, 1998 in Charleston, S.C. … Son

of Theron and Doreen Denmark … Has an older sister, Jasmine … Enrolled in

university studies.

6-0 · 187 · R-FRESHMAN · HUGER, S.C. · HANAHAN

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