Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 2 | October 2017

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I just remember coming to Tech, and everything was
different — the way the students talked to you, the
tradition around here— it was just different. I’m not
even talking about game day, but just the campus. It
was a different atmosphere, and obviously, I liked one
over the other.
Wyatt Teller on his decision to come to Virginia Tech
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football spotlight wyatt teller
Teller has received plenty of close instruction over the years. He grew up in a household with three sisters and a brother, and combined with
parents Richard and Cheryl, they offered him guidance on how to deliver one-liners on unsuspecting souls outside of the household.
Teller brought such fun to Virginia Tech after the football coaching staff won a back-and-forth battle with rival Virginia to
secure his abilities shortly before his senior year of high school in 2012. He grew up in Bealeton, a little more than an hour
north of Virginia’s campus, and he went to numerous Cavalier football games while in middle and high school. He
liked the history surrounding Charlottesville, and he enjoyed conversing with then-UVA head coach Mike
London, who, by most accounts, is an honorable man.
But the relaxed atmosphere around Tech’s campus fit his personality a little better than that
surrounding the somewhat stodgy student body at UVA.
“I just remember coming to Tech, and everything was different—the way the
students talked to you, the tradition around here— it was just different,” Teller
said. “I’m not even talking about game day, but just the campus. It was a
different atmosphere, and obviously, I liked one over the other. I liked
Coach London. He was a very godly and good guy, and I loved talking
to him, but I just liked it here more.”
Teller’s engaging personality certainly attracted attention
during his first couple of years at Tech. Most of that attention
centered on his wide array of hairstyles. He has featured a
Mohawk, a mullet and even a cross between the two, which
he affectionately termed a “Mul-hawk.” He even displayed
a buzz cut at one time, though he hated it. Today, he simply
lets it grow, much in the same manner as teammate and
fellow Northern Virginian Vinny Mihota.
The difference between the two, though, is that
Mihota never deviates with his hairstyle, and thus,
never attracts attention. Teller once nearly went viral
on Twitter when he let teammate Jack Click cut his
mullet, while former offensive lineman Wade Hansen
videotaped the proceedings with his phone.
“I don’t do it to be different,” Teller said. “This is my
reasoning—by the time college is done, you’re going to
have to get a real haircut.
“With this long hair [currently], I’m just letting it grow.
There is no rhyme or reason. I’m not going to cut it to be crazy or
special. Just letting it grow.”
Teller admits that he occasionally has frustrated the coaching staff over
the years, particularly with his practice habits. His overall personality accounts
for part of that frustration, but a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder, better known as ADHD, while in the second grade also has contributed. He
takes medication, but he refuses to use ADHD as an excuse. Continued on page 30
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