Yep. His grandparents live down here (I didn’t hear Chesterfield, but in the area regardless) and his mother graduated high school in Varina. He has deep local ties, despite not living here himself. He apparently spent summers and holidays here. Because of that, he might have finished up at UConn and just come on down.
Sounds very similar to Nyk Lewis’s story. Wonder if their mothers went to Varina at the same time.