After missing all of 2025 with a broken foot, the transfer lineman has provided stability for the Cavalier offense.
Virginia will still be without wide receivers Rico Flores and Dillon Newton-Short.
Despite the disappointing showing for ACC teams, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest may have stars at quarterback.
Virginia Tech made sure Saturday was more celebration than competition, routing VMI, while JMU got off to a fast start, then held off Liberty.
University attorneys were seeking to have the former men’s lacrosse coach’s breach-of-contract lawsuit dismissed.
The Spiders will visit John Paul Jones Arena on Oct. 9.
Carpenter, a former UVA assistant and student manager, is now joining the Milwaukee Bucks’ bench as an assistant.
Both UVA soccer squads took home victories on the Klöckner pitch, field hockey got out of the blocks with a victory on the road, and Virginia rowers, past and present, showed well at the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.
UVA’s running game and defense looked dominant Saturday in the 34-8 win over North Carolina State.
The Missouri transfer led an offense that was efficient and, at times, explosive as UVA opened its year with a dominant 34-8 win over the Wolfpack.