The Mountaineers football team has been hampered offensively throughout the season with nagging injuries. Key players such as wide receivers Shaedon Meadors and Darrynton Evans, and running backs Terrence Upshaw and Jalin Moore Jr. fit the script perfectly. Therefore, the next man up mentality has emerged.
One of the next men up was redshirt freshman wide receiver Jalen Virgil, whose name is one among many other inexperienced players that has been called upon to produce.
Virgil exploded onto the scene rather early by making the most of his opportunities this season. In only the second game of his collegiate career for the Mountaineers, Virgil reeled off a traffic weaving play back across the open field for a 56-yard touchdown against Savannah State.