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Compiled by Sam Dreiman, Athletics Media Relations
How does it feel this close to the end of your college career, both as a football player and as a student-athlete?
Byron Glaspy: I haven’t really thought about it yet. It doesn’t really feel like things are coming to an end. We’re still focusing on the season, still trying to do something in the Coastal Division. So, I’m just thinking about that right now.
Cary Koch: I feel like I’ve had a good run here. All the seniors have felt like we’ve stepped up to the challenge of trying to lead this team, and we’ve done a good job so far. Hopefully we’ll finish off the rest of the season and come out with a victory.
Brandon Jarvis: It’s been quite a ride. I’ve really enjoyed the past four years here – great college, great students, I love spending time with my teammates on and off the field.
Eugene Monroe: I haven’t really realized it yet. Finishing off the season, I just haven’t taken the time to think about it. I’m sure it’ll hit me on Senior Day.
Clint Sintim: It’s saddening because I have had so many good memories out here and done so many great things with my teammates, but at the same time it’s kind of the turning point in my life for new and better things to come hopefully.
John Thornton: It is really strange to realize what portion of my life I am about to begin. I have been a student for as long as I can remember, and now I realize that it is time to take everything I have learned and put it to use. After these years as a student and an athlete, I am looking forward to putting my energy toward new goals and challenges in the future.
What are your plans after graduation?
Glaspy: I’m not completely sure. I’ll probably do some training for Pro Day and see what happens with that, then play it from there.
Covington: I’m actually graduating in December, so I’ll probably just be training, and see where it takes me.
Alex Field: I’m going to try to go to the NFL Combine or the Pro Day and see if I can get on a team in the NFL. Other than that, I will figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. Right now I’m just thinking about playing good football.
Cedric Peerman: Whatever the Lord has for me, that’s what I’m dependent on. Playing in the NFL would be nice, but whatever the Lord has prepared for me.
Koch: I don’t know yet. I might go into the real world, or I could pursue a career in football at the next level, or I might get a fifth year to come back and play, so we’ll see what happens.
Looking back on your time spent here, what are you going to miss most?
Scott Deke: The proximity to my friends, being put in a situation with so many people your age, where people are a lot like me – driven by academics and athletics. Also just high-quality friends.
Appleby: I’m going to miss my teammates. These are guys you see and train with everyday. That’ll be the thing I miss most playing football here.
Koch: The football team. Just the unity and the brotherhood we have here on the team is real strong. Whether you’re a first or fourth year, we all have our own identity and I’m going to miss that.
Jarvis: My teammates. Just being with them all the time on the field, in the meeting rooms, in the weight room, just hanging out with them.
Sintim: My teammates and my friends. Playing football has really given me an opportunity to bond with different guys from all over. That is something I am going to cherish for the rest of my life.
What was the most exciting or intense atmosphere you have been to or played in?
Stair: Florida State a few years ago, and the last game in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Those were two electric games and environments. In Miami, that was the last game in one of the great stadiums of college football so that was very exciting.
Field: It gets pretty crazy at Scott Stadium for a lot of the games. I don’t know which one’s been the most intense, but definitely coming out of the tunnel, running through the smoke and hearing everybody cheer – every time it’s intense.
Peerman: Probably my freshman year when I got to go down to Blacksburg for the ACC championship. Freshman year, Coach Groh took Clint Sintim and me down there. We were freshmen just standing on the sidelines and it was so loud you couldn’t hear yourself think.
Koch: I think the Florida State game in 2006. We played in the loudest stadium I’d ever been in.
Jarvis: I’d actually say since it’s fairly recent, when we played Maryland this past year. The crowd was really into it. All the players were wired and ready to go. It was just a great game.
Sintim: Probably UConn last year here at Scott Stadium on the last drive of the game. It was rocking and I couldn’t hear anything. It was a crazy experience and we won the game so it made it a special moment for me.
What is something that most people don’t know about you?
Glaspy: Most people might not know that I’m a Christian and I am pretty serious about the Bible. That whole side of me defines a lot of who I am.
Covington: I’m a shy guy. A lot of people don’t think I’m shy because of the way I act, but I really am shy, especially around women.
Appleby: I’m a pretty outgoing guy when you get to know me. Most people think I’m a more laid-back guy, but I’m a more outgoing guy than most people give me credit for.
Any famous last words?
Deke: Just appreciate everything you’re given especially at this university. Just being here in this beautiful place, in Charlottesville, has really been wonderful. Take advantage of every little thing from the football games to things like Lighting on the Lawn, Monticello and the great professors. Don’t miss it because it goes by in a flash. Take advantage of it.
Appleby: Just enjoy everything. You’re only here for four or five years, so enjoy every day, the people you’re around, the atmosphere and environment, and just know that it will come to an end eventually.
Koch: I guess it sounds cliché, but just cherish your years here because it goes by real quick. Especially with the football season, it just makes school and everything go by real quick so just enjoy every minute of it.
For more Q&A with the Senior Class, pick up a copy of the Game Day program, on sale Saturday before and during the Virginia-Clemson game.