BOONE, N.C. — Speed, strength and size — with plenty of substance.
App State senior receiver and returner Jalen Virgil has ascended to No. 3 overall on the national "Freaks List" from The Athletic, marking the third straight year he's appeared in a ranking of the 50 most-gifted athletes in college football.
The top offensive player listed, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound Virgil is behind only Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye and Wake Forest defensive end Carlos Basham Jr. in Bruce Feldman's annual feature that aims to "showcase guys who generate buzz inside their programs by displaying the type of rare physical abilities that wow even those folks who are used to observing gifted athletes every day.