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Played in all 14 games, making two starts ... Totaled 22 tackles including 3.0
for loss and 1.5 sacks ... Posted one interception, one quarterback hurry, one
forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Made one tackle against Liberty ...
Had two tackles against Tennessee ... Recorded four tackles against ECU ...
Was in on a tackle in the games against Syracuse and Miami ... Recovered
a fumble and made three tackles against Georgia Tech ... Posted one tackle
versus Virginia ... Made three tackles against Clemson ... Recorded six tackles,
an interception and a forced fumble in the Belk Bowl against Arkansas.
2 0 1 5
Played in 13 games, making fIve starts … Tallied 29 tackles with 0.5 tackles for
loss while recovering two fumbles, two pass breakups and two passes defended
… Recovered one fumble against Ohio State … Appeared in the game versus
Furman … Notched one tackle at Purdue and East Carolina … Took the field
against Pittsburgh … Had one tackle versus NC State … Played at Miami …
Recorded a quarterback hurry against No. 23 Duke …Made first collegiate start
at Boston College, tallying three tackles … Collected four tackles with one pass
breakup and pass defended each after starting at Georgia Tech … Recorded
a career-high eight tackles and one fumble recovery with a start against North
Carolina … Started at Virginia, making four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss ...
Started and had seven tackles in the Independence Bowl vs. Tulsa.
2 0 1 4
Played in six games, making one start … Was in on 57 plays, 16 on defense
and 41 on special teams … Had three tackles on the season … Saw action on
defense against East Carolina … Was in on special teams at Pitt and at Duke
… Was in on 10 plays on special teams at Wake Forest … Made a tackle while
in on 13 special teams plays against Virginia …Got the start against Cincinnati
in the Military Bowl, playing 12 snaps on defense and 12 on special teams.
2 0 1 3
Was redshirted … Worked with the scout team … Post a 35-inch vertical jump
in fall scout team max testing.
H I GH SCHOOL
Played for Coach Joseph Mangano at North Stafford … Rated the No. 16
prospect in Virginia by The Roanoke Times … Ranked as the No. 18 player
in Virginia in SuperPrep’s preseason issue … Ranked as the No. 68 safety in
the country and the No. 31 player in his state by 247Sports … Ranked as the
No. 46 “athlete” in the country, the No. 55 player in his region and the No. 17
player in the state by ESPN Recruiting Nation … Listed as the No. 62 safety
in the country by Scout … Committed to the Hokies on March 13, 2012 … A
first-team Group AAA all-state selection by Virginia Preps … Named the All-
Area Player of the Year by the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star … Scored 16
touchdowns his senior year, including two on defense and two on punt returns
… Compiled 1,111 yards of total offense, had 63 tackles, five forced fumbles,
five fumble recoveries, two interceptions and blocked three extra point kicks …
Five of his eight rushing touchdowns covered 56 yards or more, including a 97-
yard score against Potomac … Had scoring touchdowns of 41 and 51 yards
… Earned first-team All-Commonwealth District and first-team All-Northwest
Region honors two years in a row.
PERSONAL
Anthony Darnell Shegog … Born July 24, 1995 in San Diego, Calif. … Son
of Darnell and Theresea Shegog … Father serves in the Navy, and the family
lived in San Diego and Hawaii before moving to northern Virginia to be closer to
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the Pentagon … Has an older sister and an older brother … Sister, Chay, was
an All-ACC basketball player at the University of North Carolina … Majoring in
communication studies.
SEASON GP GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YDS INT BU PD QBH RCV FF KICK
2014 6 0 1 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
2015 13 5 16 13 29 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0
0
2016 14 2 9 13 22 3.0-14 1.5-9 1 3 4 1 1 1
0
Career 33 7 26 28 54 3.5-15 1.5-9 1 5 6 2 3 1
0
FUMBLES
PASS DEFENSE
SACKS
TACKLES
BLOCKED
SEASON GP GS NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG NO.
YDS AVG TD LONG
2014 6 0 0 0 0.0
0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2015 13 5 0 0 0.0
0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
2016 14 2 1 0 0.0
0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Career 33 7 1 0 0.0
0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
FUMBLE RETURNS
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
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Did not see time on the field.
2 0 1 5
Spent the season redshirting.
H I GH SCHOOL
Played football at George Wythe High for Coach Brandon Harner … A first-
team all-state selection as a senior … First-team all-region and all-conference
as a senior ... Named All-Timesland Sizzling Sophomore as a sophomore ...
Helped his team win the state championship in 2012 ... Set the school record
for rushing yards in a game with 302 ... Ran for 4,880 yards and 52 touchdowns
in his high school career.
PERSONAL
Richard Wayne Skeens III … Born October 8, 1996 in Radford, Va. … Son of
Danielle and Ricky Skeens… Has two younger brothers, Reid and Camden ...
Majoring in crop soil and environmental science.
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ANTHONY
SHEGOG