Kyle Dockins to Virginia: Virginia Beach, Va. TE Signs with Cavaliers | National Signing Day 2012

by Brian J. Leung on Feb 1, 2012 10:17 AM EST in Virginia Football

Kyle Dockins | Tight End | Landstown HS (Virginia Beach, Va.)

Photos: Rivals.com

6'4" / 200 lbs / 4.6

Rankings:
- ESPN: 3* / 75 Rating / #130 ATH / #36 State / #170 Regional
- Rivals: 2* / 5.4 Rating
- Scout: 2* / #82 TE
- _247: 3* / 84 Rating / #77 ATH / #31 State

Other Offers: Boston College, ECU, Georgia, JMU, Norfolk State, Virginia Tech

Notes: Most originally thought he'd be a tight end, but Rivals reported a couple weekends ago that the coaches told him he'd be playing wide receiver ... "a kid with solid muscle mass" ... "will need a red-shirt" ... "good length and flashes the ability to go up for the ball"

Quotables:

"I had a meeting with Coach (Shawn) Moore and the wide receivers. We went over the route tree and a couple of other things and it's going to be receiver. I'm pretty positive."

"UVa is just a beautiful, beautiful place to be. I really like it because it feels like home."

Video highlights follow the jump.

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TE/WR

At this point, Dockins doesn’t have the muscle to be an in-line blocker, and that is the main reason he is slotted at WR for now. Especially with the lack of TEs on the roster going forward, I think he ultimately ends up there. He could end up in a Tom Santi kind of role, as more of an H-back. As a WR, he would provide a big target on the outside, but we haven’t had a ton of success recently with bigger WRs.

by TikiUVA on Feb 1, 2012 11:30 AM EST reply actions