BALDWIN, Md. – Virginia Tech football QB Braxton Burmeister was named to the 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation announced Thursday.
Presented annually to the nation's top upperclassman quarterback, the Unitas Golden Arm Award acknowledges performance on the field, as well as valuing character, citizenship, integrity and those who honor the game. This is the second national recognition for Burmeister in as many weeks as the quarterback was among the seven Hokies listed on the 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl watch list released earlier this month.
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Burmeister (6-1, 205) – The La Jolla, California native owns a 3-1 record as Virginia Tech's starting QB after throwing for 687 yards with two touchdowns, while rushing for 182 rushing yards with two TDs. The Oregon transfer ran for a pair of scores and threw a 12-yard TD pass to TE James Mitchell in a 38-31 win at Duke (10/3/20). He ended the 2020 season on a high note, completing 15 of 22 passes for a career-high 212 yards, including a 60-yard TD pass to WR Tayvion Robinson in Tech's Commonwealth Cup victory vs. Virginia (12/12/20).
2021 Virginia Tech Football Preseason Honors
DE Amaré Barno
- Preseason All-ACC (Official ACC)
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
QB Braxton Burmeister
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List
DB Chamarri Conner
- Lott Impact Trophy Watch List
OL Brock Hoffman
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee
- Outland Trophy Watch List
- Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
LB Dax Hollifield
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
TE James Mitchell
- Preseason All-ACC (Official ACC)
- Mackey Award Watch List
- Rotary Lombardi Award List
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
LS Oscar Shadley
- Patrick Manelly Award Watch List
OL Lecitus Smith
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
WR Tré Turner
- 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
Eleven Hokies appeared on the Athlon Preseason All-ACC Team: Amaré Barno, Conner, Hoffman, Mitchell, Norell Pollard, Tayvion Robinson, Smith, Luke Tenuta, Turner, Jermaine Waller and Jordan Williams.
Nine Hokies appeared on Phil Steele's Preseason All-ACC Team: Barno, Conner, Hoffman, Hollifield, Mitchell, Robinson, Smith, Turner and Waller.
Eight Hokies appeared on the PFF College Preseason All-ACC Team: Johnny Jordan, Mitchell, Robinson, Smith, Dorian Strong, Tenuta, Turner and Waller.