Virginia adds first in-state recruits to 2010 class

The McCue Center enjoyed an early fireworks show on Thursday.

In a matter of hours, Virginia’s football program landed a pair of rising seniors as verbal commitments for the class of 2010.

Henry Coley, a linebacker from Bayside High in Virginia Beach, and offensive tackle Conner Davis, who is from Deep Run High in Glen Allen, became the seventh and eighth commitments in the class and the first two from Virginia.

“It is really exciting that we both came on in the same day,” said Coley, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 230 pounds. “I talked my coaches, my mom and my uncles and all the questions were already answered. We all loved the university.”

Well, almost all the questions were answered.

Prior to announcing his intentions during a phone call with coach Al Groh, Coley’s mom asked one important question.

“My mom only had one last question for me and that was, ‘Could I see myself going to that university and being happy even if the coaches weren’t there?’” he recounted. “I told her, ‘Yeah.’ From there on everything was rolling.”

Coley, who has not yet been rated by Rivals.com, picked Virginia over offers from Louisville and Richmond and looked into the new football program at Old Dominion before settling on Virginia.

Davis said he had envisioned playing at UVa since his childhood, which included numerous trips to games at Scott Stadium.

At 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds, the three-star prospect had offers from numerous schools including Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Boston College.

Davis is the first offensive lineman in the class to verbally commit to the Cavaliers.