Biggest shoes to fill: West Virginia

During the next two weeks, we'll be looking at the biggest shoes that need to be filled on every team in the Big 12.

We wrap up the series with the West Virginia Mountaineers:

Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski

Karl Joseph won’t be easy to replace after four years as a starter, but the Mountaineers were forced to fill the void earlier than anticipated after Joseph’s season-ending injury in October made West Virginia turn to Jarrod Harper midseason.

Replacing Kwiatkoski could be just as difficult. He finished with 295 career tackles (200 solo) including 28.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, six interceptions, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries while starting three straight seasons in Dana…