One of the many pieces lost for West Virginia this offseason was three-year starter on the offensive line Tomas Rimac. And on Thursday, it was announced that Rimac would be leaving Morgantown and transferring to the ACC to join Virginia Tech for the 2025 college football season.
The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Tomas Rimac is 6’6” and 318 pounds and was Honorable Mention All-Big 12 each of the last two seasons, and in 2022 was named to The Athletic’s All-American Freshmen Team.
Coming out of Brunswick High School in the Class of 2021, Rimac was listed as a three-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 776th-ranked player. He also checked in as the 43rd-ranked player at his position and the 18th-ranked player in the state of Ohio.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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