Logan Thomas is headed into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
The university announced Monday that Thomas is part of the 2026 class, joining Jerry Cheynet, Chris Martin, Kylie McGoldrick, Yavgeniy Olhovsky, Martina Schultze and Murielle Tiernan. Cheynet is listed as a former head coach and facilities staff member, while the others are being honored for their work in wrestling, softball, men’s track & field, women’s track & field and women’s soccer. With the seven new inductees, Virginia Tech’s Hall of Fame will grow to 247 members.
The group will be officially inducted on Saturday, October 3, and then recognized at halftime of Virginia Tech’s home game against Pittsburgh on Friday, October 2.
For Hokie fans, Thomas’ name still carries real weight. From 2009 to 2013, he built one of the most decorated quarterback résumés in school history, piling up 9,003 passing yards, 53 touchdown passes and 24 rushing touchdowns. He still owns Virginia Tech records for consecutive starts with 40, total offense with 10,362 yards, and those passing, touchdown and rushing marks by a quarterback.
Thomas didn’t start out as the guy in Blacksburg. He opened his career as Tyrod Taylor’s backup before taking over as the starter in 2011 and holding that job through his graduation after the 2013 season.
His physical tools were impossible to ignore. At the combine, he measured 6-foot-6, 248 pounds and ran a 4.54 in the 40-yard dash. That athletic profile helped him stick in the NFL for four years after the Arizona Cardinals took him in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
His pro path wound through the Cardinals, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions before he landed with the Buffalo Bills in November of 2016 alongside Taylor. Thomas had already begun the shift to tight end by then, a change that opened the door to his best NFL stretch, especially with the Bills and Commanders. He got his first NFL touchdown on a pass from Taylor in 2017.
Across 94 games, Thomas finished with 219 catches for 2,002 yards and 16 touchdowns. He signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024 but was released before the season began.
Thomas announced his retirement in January 2025 and is now back at Brookville High School, where he is on the coaching staff.
Before Virginia Tech, Thomas was a multi-position player in high school, but his senior year as a dual-threat quarterback at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, put him on the path to play quarterback in college. A former four-star recruit, he chose Virginia Tech over several blue-blood programs.
According to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, Thomas was the No. 52 prospect in the country, the No. 4 pro-style quarterback and the No. 2 player in Virginia in the 2009 class.
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