Hokie ClubPerhaps the most-sent question via email to the Athletics CommunicationsOffice this preseason has had the subject line of Jason Adjepong??????
A guy who showed promise last year as a true freshmansuddenly disappeared off the roster after hurting his shoulder and havingseason-ending shoulder surgery after the North Carolina game.
Folks, Jason is still on the team and is looking as good asever. He's just not listed as Jason Adjepong. He's gone from first on thealphabetical roster to almost last. Jason Adjepong is now Jason Worilds. He'sstill wearing No. 43 and he checked in on reporting day at 6-1, 257 pounds.
Days before the media guide was to go to printer, theAthletics Communications Office was informed by the football office of thechange and had to scramble to make sure every Adjepong reference was changed toWorilds.
The second task was figuring out how to pronounce it. Jasoninformed us it's "Worlds" as the 'i' is silent.
And third, we wondered why the change?
"Worilds is my mom's last name [Sandra Worilds] andshe's been by my side through thick and thin. I made the change to honor her.It's that simple; just my way of letting her know how much I care abouther."
He received a medical redshirt and is now a redshirtfreshman despite playing two games last year with four tackles and recovereda blocked punt at UNC, returning it 7 yards and nearly scoring a touchdown. In Tech's first scrimmage, he blocked a punt, forced and recovered a fumble that he would have returned 57 yards for a touchdown and had three total tackles.
So the player with the enormous potential coming out of Carteret, N.J.,is still around. And after yesterday's scrimmage, fans are definitely excitedto see Jason Adjepong Worilds back on the field this fall.