Andrew Miller made All-Timesland in football and wrestling as a junior at Bassett High School.

Now he will try to play both sports at Virginia Tech.

Miller, a rising senior who won the VHSL Group AA championship at 285 pounds in March, gave Tech wrestling coach Kevin Dresser an oral commitment late Sunday night.

Bassett football coach Jay Gilbert said Monday the 6-foot-5, 264-pound Miller plans to sign a wrestling scholarship with Tech during the early signing period and join the Hokies football program next year as a redshirt lineman.

When the 2009-10 wrestling season ends, Miller's scholarship will convert to a football grant-in-aid, Gilbert said.

"It helps football out," Gilbert said. "I think they only have nine scholarships left for [2009]. It helps wrestling out. Coach Dresser wanted him in next year because he'll need a heavyweight. It helps everyone out. This was too good an opportunity to let go."

Miller said he is not sure how long he would be able to continue wrestling at Tech once he becomes property of the football program. Nevertheless, the opportunity to try both sports in Blacksburg was a huge factor in his decision.

"It came down to seeing what I could do on the next level in wrestling, and also being part of one of the top football programs in the country every year," Miller said.

Miller had a 53-0 record last year at Bassett when he was ranked the nation's No. 1 heavyweight in the junior class by Wrestling USA magazine and was named Timesland wrestler of the year.

Miller, who picked Tech over Virginia, Wake Forest and Florida State, will join two older brothers and a sister -- all former Bassett athletes -- in signing a Division I scholarship.

The eldest brother, John, graduated from Bassett in 1997 and was a three-year football starter at Duke. Miller's sister, Heather, played basketball at Wake Forest and remains Bassett's career scoring leader with 2,395 points.

Miller will join his brother Tim, a 2006 Bassett graduate, in Tech's wrestling program. Tim Miller was the Hokies' starter at 197 pounds as a freshman in 2006-07.

"He's had a connection with Dresser for a while through his brother Tim," Gilbert said.

Miller helped lead Bassett's football team to a 10-0 regular season in 2007 as an offensive guard and defensive lineman. The Bengals finished 11-1 after losing to Salem 10-7 in the Region IV final.

Gilbert said Tech recruited Miller as an offensive lineman, either at guard or center.

"He does the long snapping for us, too, so they might look at him at center," Gilbert said.

Miller already is preparing for Bassett's 2008 football season, unburdened by concerns about picking a college.

"It's a lot of pressure off my shoulders," he said.