Varina star picks Cavaliers

Bobby Smith, a record-setting wide receiver at Varina, committed yesterday to play football at Virginia. Signing day is Wednesday.

A 6-5, 205-pound senior, Smith helped Varina win the Central Region, Division 6 championship in 2008. He finished the season with 52 receptions for 1,004 yards and 13 touchdowns -- all school records -- and was named first-team All-Metro.

Smith tied for seventh in the high jump -- 6 feet, 4 inches -- at the Group AAA track and field meet as a junior.

"Bobby dominated at the high school level," Varina coach Stu Brown said.

Smith committed last month to Delaware, a perennial power in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision. But he indicated that he might switch his commitment if U.Va. offered him a scholarship. The offer came yesterday during Smith's official visit to Virginia, and he quickly accepted.

"The kid's on the level he's supposed to be on," Brown said.

-- Jeff White