Commanders sign WR Olamide Zaccheaus

The Commanders add their first wide receiver of the offseason.

Not only were the Commanders meeting with Drake Maye at the UNC pro day on Thursday, but they also signed wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus.

The former Virginia Cavalier was undrafted in 2019 but signed by the Falcons. During his four seasons with the Falcons (2019-2022), he started 23 games, contributing 94 receptions for 1,328 yards (14.1), 8 touchdowns, and 65 first downs. Here are some NFL highlights of Zaccheaus.

Zaccheaus’s signing with the Commanders might not be that much of a surprise, seeing as he spent the 2023 season with the Eagles. Brian Johnson, the Commanders’ passing game coordinator/assistant head coach, served as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator last season and must have developed a relationship with Zaccheaus.

Last season as an Eagle, Zaccheaus made one start and caught 10 passes for 164 yards (16.4), resulting in 2 touchdowns and 7 first downs. Following his 2022 season with the Falcons, he filed for free agency in March of 2023 and one month later signed with the Eagles.

Zaccheaus will turn 27 in July and has also spent considerable time on special teams. In the 2019 season, he recovered a fumble for a touchdown. He also achieved the longest reception during the 2019 season of 93 yards.

Virginia Football Schedule 2022: 3 Things To Know

Virginia football schedule. The 2022 schedule with 3 things to know

Virginia football schedule 2022: Who does Virginia miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Virginia Football Schedule 2022

Sept 3 Richmond

Sept 10 at Illinois

Sept 17 Oklahoma State

Sept 23 at Syracuse

Oct 1 at Duke

Oct 8 Louisville

Oct 15 OPEN DATE

Oct 20 at Georgia Tech

Oct 29 Miami

Nov 5 North Carolina

Nov 12 Pitt

Nov 19 Coastal Carolina

Nov 26 at Virginia Tech

2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Virginia Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Cavaliers miss from the Atlantic Division?

There are worse fates than to get Louisville and Syracuse from the Atlantic.

Neither game will be a layup – especially with the Syracuse game on a Friday night in the dome – but there’s no Clemson, NC State, or Wake Forest to face. The Cavaliers also miss Boston College and Florida State.

In the Coastal, the rivalry date with Virginia Tech is on the road, but Pitt, Miami, and North Carolina all have to come to Scott.

Virginia Football Schedule What To Know: It’s an easier slate than it seems, but …

The key will be to survive the first half on the road.

Richmond, at Illinois, and Old Dominion is a nice way to start the Tony Elliott era, and Coastal Carolina has to come to Charlottesville.

There’s a run of four road games in six games after kicking things off against Richmond, but Syracuse, Duke, and Georgia Tech are all manageable and winnable. Get by that, and there’s a beautiful run of four straight home games including bang-bang-bang against the top Coastal Teams – Miami, North Carolina, and Pitt – before closing out with Coastal Carolina and at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

It’s a fun schedule.

It’s not all that bad and it should be light enough to get to a bowl game without too much of a problem. The toughest road game by far is at Virginia Tech to close things out.

There isn’t one road against a team that went bowling last year. Take care of home, and everything else should be fine.

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2021 Virginia Football Schedule: Analysis, Best and Worst Case Scenarios

Breaking down and analyzing the 2021 Virginia Cavaliers football schedule with the best and worst case scenarios.

Breaking down and analyzing the 2021 Virginia Cavaliers football schedule with the best and worst case scenarios.

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2021 Virginia Football Schedule

Full schedule analysis with best and worst scenarios below

Sept. 4 William & Mary

Sept. 11 Illinois

Sept. 18 at North Carolina

Sept. 24 Wake Forest

Sept. 30 at Miami

Oct. 9 at Louisville

Oct. 16 Duke

Oct. 23 Georgia Tech

Oct. 30 at BYU

Nov. 6 OPEN DATE

Nov. 13 Notre Dame

Nov. 20 at Pitt

Nov. 27 Virginia Tech

Dec. 4 ACC Championship (in Charlotte)

Games vs. The Atlantic: at Louisville, Wake Forest

Missed Teams From The Atlantic: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, NC State, Syracuse

Virginia Cavaliers Football Schedule Analysis: There’s a warm up against William & Mary, and then it’s Game On with a fun home game against Illinois followed up by a run of three ACC road games in the first four. That includes a trip to North Carolina along with a weeknight game against Miami. However, there’s a payoff in the second half of the year with four home games in the final six.

There aren’t any real breaks, though. Going to BYU isn’t any sort of a break in late October, and having to play Notre Dame is a bear. At least that’s at home along with the rivalry date with Virginia Tech.

Virginia Cavaliers Football Schedule Best Case Scenario: 9-3. It’s a bear of a schedule, but the Cavaliers take care of home games against Illinois and Wake Forest to go along with huge performances against Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. There’s a loss on the road to North Carolina here, and one to Miami there, and there’s likely a defeat to either the Irish or Hokies, but the team fights on through.

Virginia Cavaliers Football Schedule Worst Case Scenario: 4-8. The schedule is a bear, and nothing goes quite right. A loss to Illinois is just the start, and it just gets uglier from there with problems on the road again North Carolina and Miami, and with a loss at Louisville putting the pressure on in the second half. The finishing kick is a disaster with losses in all of the final four games.

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2020 season countdown – 83 days until Georgia Football

Only 83 more days until Georgia football kicks-off versus Virginia in Atlanta

#83 – Jeb Blazevich

There are 74 days before return of college football and 83 days until Georgia kicks-off versus Virginia in Atlanta on Sept. 7.

Former Georgia tight end Jeb Blazevich played for the Bulldogs from 2014-2017, contributing heavily as a run-blocker and short yardage security blanket. In 54 games played, the Charlotte, North Carolina native caught 41 passes for 501 yards and three touchdowns. Blazevich was a pivotal leader of Georgia’s 2017 National Championship run.

College Football News Preview 2020: Virginia Cavaliers

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Virginia Cavaliers season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Virginia Cavaliers season with what you need to know.

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

– What You Need To Know: Offense | Defense
– Top Players | Key Players, Games, Stats
– What Will Happen, Win Total Prediction
– Schedule Analysis
– Virginia Previews 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

2019 Record: 9-5 overall, 6-2 in ACC
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall, 5th year, 25-27
2019 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 23
2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 31
2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 27

No one knows what’s going to happen to the 2020 college football season. We’ll take a general look at where each team stands – doing it without spring ball to go by – while crossing our fingers that we’ll all have some well-deserved fun this fall. Hoping you and yours are safe and healthy.

5. College Football News Preview 2020: Virginia Cavaliers Offense 3 Things To Know

– 1990. That was the last time a Virginia offense scored at the level of the 2019 attack. The offense might have finished eighth in the ACC, but it averaged over 32 points per game, led the conference in time of possession, and was second in third down conversions.

It did what a Bronco Mendenhall offense is supposed to do.

However, the guy who made it all go is gone. QB Bryce Perkins was the only passer – not Joe Burrow, not Jake Fromm – to hit the Florida defense for 300 passing yards, and he pulled off one of the greatest performances in ACC history in the win over Virginia Tech. Now the Cavaliers have to find another quarterback who can move the offense like Perkins could.

Sophomore Brennan Thompson has been in the system for a few years and served as the No. 2 guy last year, but in come Keytaon Thompson from Mississippi State to make a big, big push. Thompson has the size and the dual-threat abilities, but Perkins was a 65% passer last season. The sample size is limited, but Thompson only hit 48% of his throws at MSU.

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– Perkins was the team’s leading rusher, but 5-9, 210-pound Wayne Taulapapa led the team with 12 rushing scores and was second with 473 yards. PK Kier was the third-leading back, but he’s no longer with the program. Mike Hollis averaged over five yards per carry with three scores, and coming from Indiana is Ronnie Walker, a good-sized transfer who should be an instant part of the rotation.

The receiving corps loses leading receiver Hasise Dubois and the dangerous Joe Reed, but Terrell Jana can become a No. 1 target. It’s a thin group in terms of experience, but speedy Tavares Kelly came up with 14 grabs, and Dorien Goddard is a dangerous 6-3, 220-pound redshirt freshman in the mix.

– The stats don’t do the Virginia offensive line justice. There were problems in pass protection – Notre Dame seemed like it spent the whole second half jumping on Bryce Perkins’ head – overall it was a relatively effective group. Now, with all five starters expected to return, it needs to be more of a killer for the ground game and has to be tighter at keeping defenses out of the backfield.

NEXT: College Football News Preview 2020: Virginia Cavaliers Defense 3 Things To Know

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A look ahead to the Georgia football season opener vs Virginia

The Georgia football season opener will feature a UGA vs UVA matchup in Atlanta. The Virginia Cavaliers have not played Georgia since 2000.

Georgia and Virginia have met 19 times in the history of the two programs, with the first meeting dating back to October 30, 1897, a game that UVA won 17-4.

More recently, Georgia and Virginia met three times between 1995-2000. The Bulldogs are currently on a two-game winning streak against the Cavaliers.

The programs are again meeting on Monday, September 7th at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for their season openers.

Georgia is coming off of another SEC Championship appearance and has hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff, while Virginia is a team that represented its division in last year’s ACC Championship Game against Clemson.

Both teams played in big bowl games. Georgia beat Baylor in the Sugar Bowl and Virginia fell to Florida in the Orange Bowl by a score of 36-28.

For Virginia, there’s absolutely zero pressure to go out and win this game. Georgia’s going to be the one with a top-five ranking playing in its home-state with lofty expectations.

Virginia’s offense will look different than it did last year, losing quarterback Bryce Perkins and some other offensive starters. But nine of its top ten tacklers return on defense.

That’s similar to Georgia’s scenario, though. UGA lost a ton of talent on offense, including star quarterback Jake Fromm, running back D’Andre Swift and four starting offensive lineman.

For both teams, we are asking the same question:

How will Georgia’s revamped offense do against Virginia’s experienced defense?

How will Virginia’s revamped offense do against Georgia’s experienced, but also extremely talented defense?

Virginia did not play Wake Forest last season, so for many of these player it will be their first time facing Georgia QB Jamie Newman, a Wake Forest transfer. Expect them to bring pressure all night and try to make life difficult on Georgia’s offensive line, which will be starting a number of inexperienced players.

When Virginia has the rock, don’t expect it to be able to do much of anything. The Georgia defense is going to be just as, if not more ferocious than last year’s FBS-leading group.

Virginia’s running game ranked 12th in the ACC last season, and Georgia boasts the nation’s top run defense. At receiver, Virginia will be ok but if it can’t move the ball on the ground it’s going to be a long night for the Cavaliers.

Georgia hopes to end the season in the same stadium it starts it in, so look for the Dawgs to come out and make a statement, much like Alabama does when it plays these Power 5 programs in Arlington every few years.

Prediction: Georgia 38, Virginia 14

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2020 NFL draft: Bryce Hall scouting report

Everything NFL draft fans need to know about Virginia cornerback prospect Bryce Hall

Bryce Hall | CB | Virginia

Elevator Pitch

Hall is a versatile defender on the boundary. He is very physical as a cornerback with his ability to play press man and at the catch point. His ability to blitz and get involved in tackling makes him an attractive target for many teams on day two that are in need of a cornerback.

Vitals

Height | 6-1

Weight | 202

Class | Senior

College Stats

College Bio

Strengths

Hall is a long and tall cornerback who can use his length to his advantage. He is able to jam receivers at the line in an effort to reroute the receiver. His ability to suffocate receivers at the line of scrimmage will frustrate them and get off of their game at times. Due to his physicality at the line, smaller receivers will have trouble getting a clean release if he is able to jam them.

Hall is very physical at the catch point on defense. He does a good job of breaking up would be completions that shows his competitive side. In 2018 alone, Hall had 21 passes defended. He can also win the jump ball with receivers that make him a prime target to take on the larger receivers. Shows the ball skills to be an early starter at the NFL level.

He possesses the ability to click and close quickly from his spot on the field. Very physical and capable tackler, Hall isn’t a guy that goes low at the legs in his tackle attempts. He will go in a wrap up with some pop. Also gives something on corner blitzes.

Weaknesses

As with any player with an injury, there is a need for a medical records check. A broken ankle cost him most of his final year at Virginia. That could be a reason that Hall could slip down on some draft boards. With how NFL teams are operating these days, the normal medical re-check won’t occur and teams will be relying on outside information to make an informed decision.

Needs to work on his footwork when transitioning from the jam to his backpedal. This does allow some separation and he doesn’t have elite closing speed to make up for it. Needs to play with better discipline in off man coverage when he doesn’t get to jam them at the line.

Projection: Day 2

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2020 NFL draft: Jordan Mack scouting report

Everything NFL draft fans need to know about Virginia linebacker prospect Jordan Mack

Jordan Mack | LB | Virginia

Elevator Pitch

If a team is looking for a physical linebacker that provides some pass rush from the position, look no further than Mack. He is a mid-round linebacker prospect that needs some development but has a relentless motor and knack for creating turnovers via the fumble.

Vitals

Height | 6-3

Weight | 241

Class | Senior

College Stats

College Bio

Strengths

Mack did a good job at Virginia of getting to the ball carrier and creating some playmaking opportunities on defense. Six forced fumbles shows that he can separate the runner from the ball, those types of plays will be huge for him to get on the field in rotational role to start his career.

He provides a bit of pass rush at the position with a good size that teams will love. Posted 14.5 career sacks in four seasons as a starter. He flies through the line up the middle as a blitzer, even when he misses the target Mack doesn’t give up on the play. Often times will find the runner in pursuit.

Mack does bring some power at the linebacker position. Showed that off with a bull rush on offensive lineman that drove them back into the lap of the quarterback. He can also lower his shoulder when delivering a pop to the ball carrier.

Weaknesses

Mack is a defender who is more of a gang up tackler than a one on one tackler. He rallies to the ball quickly but usually along with a host of other defenders. Finished with more assisted tackles than solo. This confirms what is on his film, needs to become better at one on one tackles and getting to the ball. This has a lot to do with average instincts at the position.

Awareness of the ball is probably one of his worst traits, he needs to do a better job of finding the ball at the next level. This will help in his playmaking ability. His explosiveness is pretty average as he doesn’t have that quick twitch that the elite linebackers have. He will need to win with his mental approach to the game such as reading keys.

Durability will be of concern to the NFL teams. He missed time during the 2018 season as well as offseason surgery following the 2019 campaign. His medical records will be a key for him.

Projection: Day 3

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