Blacksburg, Va. ? With two solid tailbacks ahead of David Wilson on the depth chart, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer thought hard about redshirting his speedy sophomore.

Virginia Tech running back David Wilson (4) leaves Georgia Tech kicker Scott Blair, on ground, and Correy Earls (15) and Jerrard Tarrant (37) behind on a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Virginia Tech won, 28-21, on Thursday in in Blacksburg, Va.

The decision not to, Beamer said Thursday night, “is looking better and better.”

Wilson returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown with 2:23 to play, rescuing the No. 20 Hokies from a sloppy effort and giving them a 28-21 victory against Georgia Tech.

Wilson also scored on a 15-yard run to pull the Hokies even at 14-all early in the fourth quarter, and was stunned to even get the opportunity to give the Hokies a chance.

“I was excited because they had been avoiding me all game (on kickoffs),” he said, noting that he only had to dodge kicker Scott Blair, who ran him down in a similar spot last year.

Wilson eluded Blair’s attempted ankle tackle, and “When I saw green, I just cut the jets on.”

The return came just after Yellow Jackets drove 80 yards to tie it, and allowed the Hokies (7-2, 5-0 ACC) to win their seventh in a row and remain in control of their fate in the ACC’s Coastal Division. They are the only unbeaten team in ACC play.