in the position where fans might be saying "I really wish Mitchell was still on the team at TE" the year after he used up his last year of eligibility as a SR. Since most teams have at least 4 TEs on their roster, then the ideal situation is probably to have only 1 TE per class. VT will have that next year which could be a good year to redshirt Gallo (FR) and Mitchell (SO). In theory, Gallo and Mitchell could play the role as third TE in 8 regular season games with r-SO Cole Blaker (assuming he is still on the roster) filling in that role for the last 4 regular season games , CCG (if necessary), and the bowl game. The other scenario is that 2 of Mitchell's games could be save for the CCG and bowl game and Blaker picking up 2 extra regular season games. Then in 2020 the TE situation could look like this (assuming no current player transfers or leaves the program).

Blaker r-JR
DeIuliis r-JR
Mitchell r-SO
Gallo r-FR
+ any 2020 targets that sign FR (assume they will redshirt)

For the 2021 season, VT could have 5 TEs in the mix; 2 r-SR, 1 r-JR, 1 r-SO, and 1 r-FR.