Virginia Tech’s 2022 recruiting class suffered a blow Thursday when three-star defensive lineman Rashaud Pernell announced — on Twitter — he was decommitting from Virginia Tech and re-opening his recruitment.
Pernell signed with the Hokies in December and was set to enroll next month. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive lineman played his high school football at the talent-rich Highland Springs High School in Highland Springs, Virginia.
Pernell was one of the more active future Hokies on social media, always welcoming new recruits to Virginia Tech, or working to get players to choose the good guys. Where Pernell signed in December, Virginia Tech will have to release him from his scholarship.