Hokie Club8 - Vincent FullerPosition: Free Safety
Class: r-Senior
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 184 lbs.
High School: Woodlawn
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Made what was supposed to be a temporary move to cornerback a permanent one last season with some solid performances ... Started four games and played in all 14 ... Combines excellent skills with speed and athleticism ... Picked up some valuable experience in 2002 ... Finished spring practice in a dead heat with Eric Green for the starting job at field corner ... Will resume that battle when preseason practice opens in August ... Can also help out at free safety if needed ... Doesn't shy away from contact ... With a little added strength and discipline, he has all it takes to be successful ...2002: Started four games at cornerback, including the bowl game ... Earned the start in Tech's first two games at field corner ... Had 16 solo tackles and seven assists for the season ... Included in those 23 tackles were a tackle for loss and half a sack ... Also had four interceptions and six passes broken up ... Played just 16 defensive snaps in the opener against Arkansas State ... Had a solo stop, an assist, a pass broken up and caused a fumble against LSU ... Also had a solo tackle on special teams against the Tigers ... Didn't start against Marshall, but still played 31 snaps on defense ... Recorded two solo stops, an assist and two passes broken up in that game ... Had two assisted stops in the win at Texas A&M ... Had two tackles and a pass broken up at Western Michigan ... Recorded his first career interception at Boston College, along with two solo stops, an assist and a pass broken up ... Also had a solo stop on special teams ... Had an interception to go along with a solo tackle and a pass broken up against Rutgers ... Returned to the starting lineup for the Temple game ... Recorded two interceptions against the Owls, both deep in Tech territory to stop Temple drives ... Also had a solo tackle on special teams ... Played 13 snaps on defense against Pittsburgh, recording a solo tackle ... Also had two solo tackles on special teams in that game ... Was in for 29 snaps on defense against West Virginia ... Had a solo tackle on special teams against Virginia ... His 37-inch vertical jump was third-best among the defensive backs during spring max testing ... Was in on five tackles during one spring scrimmage ... Broke up a pass in the Maroon-White game ...
2001: Played in 10 games, recording 12 total tackles ... Registered five solo stops, seven assists and a QB hurry ... Broke up two passes ... Saw some special teams duty on the kick blocking teams ... Had a solo stop and an assist on 16 defensive plays in the opener against UConn ... Had a solo tackle on nine defensive plays versus Western Michigan ... Had four assists at Rutgers ... Recorded two solo tackles on 12 plays against UCF ... Played a season-high 25 snaps on defense against Temple, recording a solo tackle, two assists, a QB hurry and two PBU ... Played 13 plays at Virginia ... Saw brief action on defense against No. 1 Miami ... Registered a personal-best 400-pound back squat during spring testing ... Was in on four tackles during one spring scrimmage ... Broke up a pass and had two tackles in another scrimmage ... Posted five solo hits and an assist during the annual spring game ...
2000: Turned in the second-best forty time (4.53) and third-best vertical jump (34 inches) among Tech's newcomers ... Got a look at cornerback during the preseason before moving to free safety ... Was redshirted ... Added 12 pounds by the time spring testing rolled around ... Improved his vertical to 36 1/2 and his forty time to 4.43 ... Picked up some extra repetitions while starter Willie Pile sat out the spring with a shoulder injury ... Got work at corner and safety during spring practice ... Had three tackles and an interception during one spring practice ... Was also in on three tackles in the Maroon-White game ... Won the Paul Torgersen Award as the team's top defensive newcomer ...
High School: Passed for a school single-season record 1,683 yards his senior year at Woodlawn ... Completed 78 of 109 passes, including 13 for touchdowns ... Added 390 yards rushing and scored six TDs on the ground ... Played quarterback, free safety and cornerback for Coach Reggie White during his three varsity seasons ... Posted 65 tackles and three interceptions on defense as a senior ... Won all-county, all-Metro and consensus all-state honors ... Finished his prep career with 2,685 yards passing and over 1,000 yards rushing ... Compiled 28 touchdown passes and 20 rushing TDs ... Picked off 10 passes and collected over 100 career tackles on defense ... Ranked the No. 12 player in Maryland by SuperPrep ... Earned All-America honors from PrepStar, which rated him the No. 7 athlete in the Atlantic Region ... Selected honorable-mention All-USA by USA Today ... Named the MVP in football and track by his teammates as a senior ... Helped the track team to a state championship in 1998 ... Turned in a time of 21.2 seconds in the 200-meters ... Won the Unsung Hero Award on his basketball team ...
Personal: Vincent Fuller II ... Born 8/3/82 in Baltimore, MD ... Son of Vincent Fuller and Reneé Richardson ... A cousin of former Tech safety Damien Russell ... Studying business information technology.
| Tackles | G | UT | AT | Tot. | Loss | Sacks |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2002 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 1-10 | 0.5-10 |
| Career | 24 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 1-10 | 0.5-10 |
| Interceptions | G | No. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | LG |
| 2002 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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