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UVA, Virginia Tech land players on Top 100 list in new college football video game

Georgia Tech tight end Dylan Leonard is brought down by Virginia safety Jonas Sanker during Saturday's game. (Mike Caudill/AP)
Georgia Tech tight end Dylan Leonard is brought down by Virginia safety Jonas Sanker during Saturday’s game. (Mike Caudill/AP)
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EA Sports released its top 100 players in its highly anticipated college football video game Wednesday. Both Virginia and Virginia Tech landed a player on the list.

Virginia strong safety Jonas Sanker landed at No. 39 on EA Sports’ list. The senior is listed with a 92 overall rating.

Sanker is coming off a junior campaign that landed him a first-team All-ACC selection. His 107 tackles last year led Virginia and were No. 4 in the ACC. Sanker was third in the ACC in pass deflections with 11.

Sanker’s rating of 92 overall makes him the highest-rated strong safety in the game.

Virginia Tech cornerback Dorian Strong landed at No. 66 on EA Sports’ top 100. The graduate student is listed as a 91 overall player.

Strong was a third-team All-ACC selection last year and was named to Action Network’s All-American second team. Strong defended 11 passes last season, tying him with Sanker for No. 7 in the ACC.

Strong’s rating of 91 makes him the ninth-highest-ranked cornerback in the game.

Sanker and Strong are the fourth- and eighth-highest-rated players from the ACC in the game, respectively.

Michael Sauls, (757) 803-5774, [email protected]

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