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Dean Ferguson Season 2021

PositionLB
Weight228 lbs
Height6-2
ClassRedshirt Freshman
HometownSterling, Va.
High SchoolPotomac Falls

Awards & Honors 
• 2021 Military Bowl 3M STEM Scholar-Athlete

2022 at Virginia Tech
Season Notes:  Has made five appearances, primarily on special teams.
• Assisted on a tackle at linebacker at North Carolina (Oct. 1).

2021: Saw reserve duty in five games before undergoing season-ending surgery ... Recorded a career-high three tackles, including his first TFL, vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) ... Made a tackle at West Virginia (9/18) ... Wore the No. 25 jersey vs. Richmond (9/25) ... Recorded a tackle vs. Notre Dame (10/9).

2020: Played in six games in 2020 ... Posted three tackles, including two at Pitt (11/21) ... Wore Coach Beamer's No. 25 jersey vs. Liberty (11/7).

2019: Saw reserve duty in contests vs. Wake Forest (11/9), at Georgia Tech (11/16) and vs. Kentucky (12/31) … Redshirted.

High School: Played for head coach Paul Barnes at Potomac Falls High School … A three-star recruit according to 247 Sports' composite ranking … Recorded 135.5 tackles, 14 TFL, 11 forced fumbles and six pass deflections in his career … Was named first-team all-district and first-team all-region 5C.
 
Personal: Son of Dexter and Dana Ferguson … Born in Honolulu, Hawai'i ... Majoring in civil engineering.