The four-star recruit from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania limited his college options to WVU, Pitt, Penn State and Florida. The Mountaineers won out in the end for a few reasons.
First, the connection to Aliquippa for the WVU football team runs deep. Actually, any top player in Western Pennsylvania is usually on the Mountaineers’ radar. With Tony Gibson as the recruiter for the area, the WVU football team is usually on the short list of a lot of Pittsburgh-area players.
With Dravon Askew-Henry, another standout who went to Aliquippa, starting for the Mountaineers, Raines was already quite familiar with the Mountaineers and the program.