Messiah Mickens
Virginia Tech Hokies
63
Depth3rd String
Is Messiah Mickens starting?
Messiah Mickens is listed 3rd string at RB for Virginia Tech Hokies.
Freshman · #26
See full Virginia Tech Hokies depth chart ›Depth at RB · Virginia Tech Hokies
- 12787Marcellous Hawkins Jr.Starter
- 21677Jeffrey Overton Jr.
- 32663Messiah MickensYou
- 42358Tyler Mason
- 54658Darius Taylor
Virginia Tech Starting Lineup
Top running backs in the ACC
- Jersey
- #26
- Class
- FR
Messiah Mickens is currently behind Marcellous Hawkins Jr. at RB on the Virginia Tech depth chart, a ACC team rated 78 overall this season.
Why this rating?
On a 87-rated offense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 63.
Team offense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-12 for role; −12 depth penalty
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Sep 12WODUYDS 11
- CAR
- 3
- YDS
- 11
- AVG
- 3.7
- TD
- 0
Final W 44-21
Sep 5WVMIYDS 23
- CAR
- 5
- YDS
- 23
- AVG
- 4.6
- TD
- 0
Final W 73-3
| OPP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | WODU | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | WVMI | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 |
Messiah Mickens's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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