MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — How much does West Virginia assistant Ja’Juan Seider adore his running backs room? Let us count the ways he gushed Monday:
— Presumed starter Rushel Shell is running “downhill, physical, attacking” at the outset of his senior camp, and Seider disputes the narrative Shell wasn’t focused or properly conditioned in 2015, when he played backup to Big 12 rushing champ Wendell Smallwood.
“He should have been a 1,000-yard rusher last year, but the thing that hurt him was Wendell,” the coach said.
While Shell has admitted disappointment over his career numbers, Seider ribbed the media: “Keep telling him he sucks, that he’s a bad player.