Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech NFL Draft watch notes

A few quick notes on what's going on in my head before the Georgia Tech/Virginia Tech game gets going tonight.

Just how good is Georgia Tech junior wide receiver Stephen Hill? He's really Tech's only receiving target out of their option offense. On the season, he has 20 catches for 608 yards and four touchdowns. But much of Hill's production came in the first two games of the year when he had seven catches for 307 yards and three touchdowns. In those two games, Hill showed off incredible leaping ability and hands. He's a long-striding tall player at 6-foot-4. His speed seems deceptive, but he's surely not the next Calvin Johnson as some purport. Hill seems to have the skills to be a very good receiver, but doesn't have a great sample size to show it.

One of the players I'm keying on in the game is Yellow Jackets junior cornerback Rod Sweeting. He's a tall, athletic corner who is starting for the first time this season. The Hokies have solid wide receiver (and a good young quarterback in Logan Thomas), so Sweeting will grab headlines with a good game.

If you haven't watched Hokies running back David Wilson, tonight is a good time to start. After Alabama's Trent Richardson, he's my favorite running back prospect.

Here are some quick thoughts from October on the Virginia Tech players:

Hokies junior Jayron Hosley is the kind of cornerback that opposing teams try to avoid. He's not making quite as many plays this season as he has in the past, but is a dangerous player. Hokies quarterback Logan Thomas is an intriguing player. He's only a redshirt sophomore, so I'm not paying a lot of attention to his game. But at a listed 6-foot-6 and 254 pounds, it's hard to not to notice Thomas. Also for Virginia Tech, guard Jaymes Brooks and tackle Blake DeChristopher are draftable prospects, as is safety Eddie Whitley and wide receiver Jarrett Boykin.