Lauded Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL) quarterback Dwayne Lawson will transfer from Virginia Tech. The 6-6, 231 pound signal caller is set to enroll at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas upon completion of his summer coursework.

"Our coaches and staff at Virginia Tech invested significant effort in providing Dwayne the support and resources to be successful as a both a student and an athlete, as did Coach Beamer and his staff," Hokies' head coach Justin Fuente said in a release. "After conversation with Dwayne, he felt leaving our football program would be in his best interest. We wish Dwayne the best at Hutchinson Community College."

Lawson logged 36 snaps at quarterback during his freshman campaign; the bulk of his playing time in 2015 occurred against I-AA Furman. The former 4-star recruit was on the outside looking in at the Hokies' two-man quarterback competition between Brenden Motley and Jerod Evans.

Lawson was granted his release a day after participating in Virginia Tech's opening practice of the 2016 football season. The Daily Press reported Lawson would have faced a suspension due to multiple drug tests failures during his tenure at Virginia Tech.

The Hokies begun bolstering their quarterback depth before the departure of the one-time future of the program. Virginia Tech added 2016 early enrollee Josh Jackson, and gained verbal committments from quarterbacks in the 2017 and '18 recruiting classes, Hendon Hooker, and DeJuan Ellis, respectively.