MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Marcell Lazard learned this week that West Virginia plans to retire his jersey number Sept. 3. Now the junior simply hopes to own a starting job at right tackle that day.
After producing mixed reviews when injuries elevated him to six starts in 2015, Lazard wasn’t an automatic plug-in this fall. The junior has been pushed throughout camp by redshirt freshman Colton McKivitz, creating a competition that might not be decided until the season opener against Missouri.
That afternoon coincides with the retirement ceremony for No. 77, which actually is a tribute to 1955 All-American Bob Bosley.