Lehigh OL Andrew Canelas Transfers to Virginia Football
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Virginia football has secured another late addition to its roster via the transfer portal for the quickly-approaching 2022 season. Lehigh offensive lineman and former three-star recruit Andrew Canelas announced his commitment to UVA on Saturday afternoon.
A four-year varsity letter winner at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, Canelas was highly recruited by some ACC schools coming out of high school, including UVA, before ultimately choosing to commit to Lehigh. Canelas chose the Mountain Hawks over offers from Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Duke, Army, Liberty, and a few others. He was rated a top 100 offensive tackle in the country in the class of 2021 by 247Sports and a top 50 prospect from the state of North Carolina.
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Canelas did not see any game action in his first and only season at Lehigh last fall and entered the transfer portal. On Saturday afternoon, the 6'9", 315-pound offensive lineman announced his intention to join Garett Tujague's offensive line at UVA with four years of eligibility remaining. Canelas is the third offensive lineman to transfer to Virginia this offseason, joining Mac Hollensteiner (Georgetown) and John Paul Flores (Dartmouth).
Tony Elliott has done well to secure some late commitments out of the transfer portal this spring to reinforce some of Virginia's positions of need. Canelas is the third player to transfer to Virginia since the beginning of May, joining Miami running back Cody Brown and South Carolina defensive tackle Devontae Davis.
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