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A skydiver participating in Virginia Tech’s spring football game found himself stranded mid-flight after his parachute got stuck on the scoreboard during his descent in a harrowing scene Saturday at Lane Stadium.
The parachutist attempted to head toward the field, but he was working against the wind. The skydiver’s parachute got stuck at the top of the scoreboard, leaving him hanging in the air and delaying the match as emergency services rushed to intervene.
Emergency personnel used a crane to remove the skydiver from the scoreboard.
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A crowd watches the Virginia Tech Hokies play the Miami Hurricanes at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia on November 22, 2025. (Ryan Hunt/Getty Images)
“We are grateful to report that the skydiver has been secured and is currently stable. Our primary focus remains his well-being,” Virginia Tech posted on social media.
“We express our sincere gratitude to the first responders, event staff and medical personnel for their rapid, coordinated and professional response.”
Virginia Tech football enters its first season under head coach James Franklin.
The team hired Franklin after firing Brent Pry following an 0-3 start. After firing Pry, the team went 3-6, finishing 3-9 on the season.
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Virginia Tech head coach James Franklin (Ryan Hunt/Getty Images)
The Hokies went 10-4 in 2016 and 9-4 in 2017, but have mostly been a middling team since then, finishing above .500 just twice since the 2018 season.
Penn State fired Franklin last season after three straight losses, a skid that ended with a 30-24 overtime loss to Oregon at home, and the team never rebounded.
The team’s second loss came on the road, when they lost 42-37 to UCLA, who entered the game at 0-4. The third loss came in a 22-21 loss to Northwestern at home, dropping Penn State to 3-3. Franklin was fired a day later.
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John Rocovich, Timothy Sands, James Franklin and Whit Babcock hold up a Virginia Tech jersey during a press conference naming Franklin as head coach at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia on November 19, 2025. (Brian Bishop/Imagn Images)
Franklin was largely successful at Penn State during the regular season, going 104-45, but he never managed to win a national championship. Franklin won the Rose Bowl in 2022, the Cotton Bowl in 2019 and the Fiesta Bowl in 2017.
Dating back to Franklin’s three seasons at Vanderbilt, the veteran coach is 8-7 in bowl games.
Franklin will look to turn things around at Virginia Tech.
