“Coach Rudolph is my guy,” Kaleb Smith said. “I actually was talking to him the other day. He's the guy that I had the most respect (for) walking around the Virginia Tech facilities, because he was probably the nicest person you would talk to unless you're on the football field.
“When you're on the football field, he's the real deal and he commanded respect, from the offensive linemen, that I've never seen before. I mean, as an outsider looking into their room, I’m like, ‘Man, he's being pretty tough on them,’ but I mean they loved him to death. So, obviously, that speaks to the man and the coach he is.”