The path Skyler Howard took from Fort Worth, Texas, to Morgantown, West Virginia, was about as straight as that 65-mile stretch of two-lane highway between Morgantown and New Martinsville – a road full of twists, turns, delays and, yes, sometimes detours.
In 2012, Howard, generously listed at six feet tall in the West Virginia media guide, had zero interest from any of the Power 5 schools in his native Texas after his senior season at Brewer High. It was the same fall West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was carving up Big 12 defenses.
Howard, believing he was good enough to play at a high major program, began his college career as a walk-on at Stephen F.