COLLEGE: 2011: Played in 12 games ... Played 49 snaps on offense and 67 on special teams. 2010: Played in four games … Excelled in the off-season program with a 465-pound bench press and 485-pound front squat … Also registered the best time in the 40 among the offensive linemen at 4.74 seconds … Moved outside to tackle for spring practice. 2009: Played in three games... Posted the top bench press (445), second-best push jerk (361) and third-best back squat (535) on the team on the way to Iron Hokie honors during the off-season program … Was injured during the team’s first major spring scrimmage and was forced to sit out the final eight practices. 2008: Worked at defensive tackle while redshirting in the fall … Turned in the second-best bench press on the team during off-season testing with a lift of 415 pounds … Moved to offense for spring practice … Practiced at right guard. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Dealton Cotton at Maury High … Named first-team Group AAA all-state as an offensive tackle by The Associated Press his senior year … Earned first-team All-Tidewater and first-team All-Eastern District honors on the offensive line as both a junior and senior … Also was second-team all-district as a defensive tackle … Named to the G&W Recruiting Report Preseason ACC Area Offensive Team … Earned AP Group AAA first-team all-state honors his junior season. PERSONAL: Vinston Eric Painter … Born in Norfolk, VA … Son of Inez Painter … Cousin is Tech receiver Randall Dunn … Majoring in apparel, housing and resource management (residential property management)