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Former WVU QB Leads New Team To Top 25 Upset In First Collegiate Start

The West Virginia Mountaineers wouldn't mind having this quarterback on the roster right about now.

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Among the numerous Top 25 upsets we've already seen pulled off in Week 8 of the college football season, one was led by a former WVU football quarterback who transferred out of the program following the 2024 season.

Ryder Burton, who started his career at BYU before spending the 2024 season as the third-string quarterback for the Mountaineers, got his first-career start for the UAB Blazers today, less than a week after the program fired now-former head coach Trent Dilfer.