MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University football redshirt senior and Heisman Trophy Award candidate quarterback Will Grier and 2017 Biletnikoff Award finalist and All-American senior wide receiver David Sills V were named to the watch list for the 82nd annual Maxwell Award, and redshirt junior ...
FRISCO, Texas — TCU coach Gary Patterson didn’t bring Shawn Robinson to Big 12 media days to declare the young quarterback a starter. “Superstitious reasons,” Patterson said Monday about having the sophomore with one career start as one of five players there for the Horned Frogs. ...
IRVING, Texas — West Virginia was selected to finish second in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives. Oklahoma garnered 46 of the 52 first-place votes. West Virginia was chosen second with TCU, Texas and Oklahoma State rounding out the top five. The Mountaineers received two first-place nods while TCU and Texas had one each. Kansas State was predicted to finish sixth, claiming two first-place votes followed by Iowa State, Texas Tech, Baylor and Kansas. Over the last four years, West Virginia is the only team in the Big 12 to finish the season higher ...
MORGANTOWN – When Will Grier and David Sills V added their names to those underclassmen who would test the National Football League’s draft waters following West Virginia’s 7-6 campaign in 2017, it took senior-to-be Yodny Cajuste little time to place his name alongside his two more-noted teammates. The Mountaineers’ massive left tackle needed less time to ink his name to those returning to Morgantown in 2018 when Grier and Sills V made it known they would be back for one more run at a Big 12 crown. “I didn’t have to think about it (the decision) too long,” chuckled ...
MORGANTOWN — There is little secret that West Virginia University will possess one of the most potent offenses in the country this fall. Dana Holgorsen’s eighth Mountaineers squad includes a Heisman candidate quarterback (Will Grier), a top-of-the-line receiving corps led by preseason ...
MORGANTOWN — Toyous Avery’s first start at West Virginia University included two of the most memorable non-plays of the Georgia native’s career. After moving his way up the depth chart to a starting safety role in the Mountaineers’ Russell Athletic Bowl showdown with the Atlantic ...
