Notable numbers: Virginia Tech at Pt

Big night in the air
Two receivers and a tight end had career nights for the Hokies, incl Da’Wayne Lofton (2 catches, 47 yards) Caleb Smith (9 catches, 152 yards) and Day Quan Wright. (5 catches, 47 yards).

Lofton hauled in the longest pass of his career with a 43-yarder from the quarterback in the end zone. Grant Wells. Smith set career highs in both catches (9) and yards (152) and became the first Hokie to gain more than 100 yards in 10 games since Trey Turner on Oct. 30, 2021 at Georgia Tech. Wright finished with career highs in both catches (5) and yards (47).

The couple was first born in D
Defensive lineman Jayden McDonald He collected the first sack of his career early in the fourth quarter, which ended up being a blocked punt that led to a fourth-and-20. In that game, PJ Prioleau He quickly got on the left side and dove and blocked the punt, with Nike Johnson Falling in the end zone to touch. It marked Prioleau’s first-ever punt block and Johnson’s first-ever touchdown. November 23, 2018 The blocked punt is the Hokies’ first since Trey Turner blocked a punt against Virginia at Lane Stadium and Jovon Quillen found the punt in the end zone for a touchdown. Linebackers Keonta Jenkins He caught an interception on an intercepted pass, marking his first interception as a hokey.

causing destruction
Tech’s defense has shown signs of not being comfortable for quarterbacks this season, with three games this year in which quarterbacks threw less than 56 percent of the playoffs. On Saturday, Pitt quarterback Kaedon Slovis was 15-of-28 through the air for 53.6 percent, marking the second-lowest completion percentage of any quarterback Tech has faced this season. A major reason for that was the size of his face when the Hokies forced turnovers, racking up a season-high six quarterback hurries.

Good things come to an end
As the saying goes, things don’t last forever, so you have to appreciate it in the moment. With that, two streaks ended for Tech on Saturday. One of them, the Hokies own the nation’s longest streak of PATs since Oct. 20, 2016, against Miami. Following Tech’s first touchdown at Pitt Saturday, his punt-back attempts were blocked to reach 248 in the series. Another thing that went down was the stream. William Ross He finished with eight field goals after a 36-yarder in the fourth quarter. Ross is the first Hokie to hit eight field goal starts in a season since Jed Dunleavy hit the first nine goals in 2007.

Scorigami
The final score of 45-29 was the fourth scorer of the season. Scorigami is the art of building end results that have never happened before. More about scorigami.