BLACKSBURG -- An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 fans showed up for Virginia Tech's first preseason football scrimmage Saturday afternoon at Lane Stadium. It took no such guesswork to figure out who is the Hokies' quarterback of the future, however.

Giving the crowd and his teammates a sneak peek of what's to come, freshman Tyrod Taylor produced the offensive play of the day during a 90-minute session that was otherwise dominated by Bud Foster's defense.

In an electrifying 15-yard scramble that smacked of a play that could only happen in a video game, Taylor had every mouth in the house agape.

Exhibiting a pair of wheels that rekindled memories of other Virginia eastern shore QBs that used to tool around Lane, Taylor zigged left to elude the pass rush, zipped towards the sideline, juked a couple of defenders to the ground, then zagged right back across the field and outraced an array of pursuers before running out of real estate.

Remember those Vick guys, Michael and Marcus? Well, Taylor, wearing the same No. 5 that Marcus wore, rekindled the memories.

"Five looked like the old five to me," Hokies tailback Branden Ore marveled. "He gave me a little flashback when I seen him cut across the field like that."

Ike Whitaker, who is second in Tech's QB line, two spots ahead of Taylor, said the freshman phenom is the real deal.

"He's awesome," Whitaker said. "If he was in probably five percent more shape, I think he'd turned that play up and went in the end zone. He reminds me of Marcus. The way he looks, the number, the visor he wears, the way he throws. Tyrod is going to be great."

When will it happen? That's the question. With junior Sean Glennon entrenched as the No. 1 QB, with Whitaker and Cory Holt as the backups, the Tech coaching staff has said all along that the grand plan calls to redshirt Taylor this fall.

What's Taylor think? The Parade All-American from Hampton is pretty elusive there, too.

"I'm just going out here to play football and try to present myself the best [I can]," he said. "I know I'm still the freshman and I have many more years to come. When I play is up to the coaches."

Ore thinks the Hokies won't become Taylor-Made until next season, at the earliest.

"I think they're going to put the shirt on him for this year," Ore said. "I think that will be smart for him and for this program."

The kid does have plenty of stuff to learn -- offensive playbook, reading opposing defenses, etc. Taylor was 6-for-10 passing for 30 yards and had 21 yards on four carries. He was intercepted by safety Matt Reidy on the last play of the 66-play scrimmage.

"I think I played really well," Taylor said. "I missed some looks I could have made, but overall I think I had a pretty good scrimmage."

When asked if Taylor could eventually push for the backup job behind Glennon, Beamer wasn't about to go on that scramble. Not at this point, anyway.

"Ike is the No. 2 and he stays there," Beamer said. "Again, we'll look at the video ... but I thought Ike did some pretty good things.

"I thought overall for the first time [Taylor] showed some talent. A couple of throws you'd like to be have been a little more accurate. He was going against the [No. 3 defense] most of the time, too."

Besides Taylor, the other star of the day was a redshirt freshman defensive end with a new name. Jason Worilds, who last season was known as Jason Adjepong, blocked a Brent Bowden punt. He later beat tackle Duane Brown and stripped the ball from Whitaker. He scooped it up and ran 57 yards for a touchdown.

"You have to know as young guy that your time is going to come. Hopefully, I'll be on the field a lot this year," said Worilds, who played in two games last before injuring his shoulder and eventually being granted a medical redshirt.

If Tech fans didn't know who Worilds was before Saturday, they do now.

"I've been carrying my father's name, but I wanted to honor my mother and put her name on the back of my jersey," Worilds said.

Davon Morgan also blocked a punt off the foot of backup Brian Saunders. Chris Ellis blocked a Dustin Keys' extra-point attempt. It was mixed news for Beamer, who oversees the kicking squads.

"You don't want to have kicks blocked, but the other side of it is we blocked 'em," he said.

"We led the ACC in punt returns last year and I'd like to get back to leading the ACC in blocked kicks."

Besides Worilds, Tech's defense was led by linebacker Xavier Adibi (five tackles, including two for loss, and a sack) and end Orion Marin (five tackles, including one for loss). Rashad Carmichael had the defense's other interception.