MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Even though he committed to Pitt, Morgantown High’s Nick Malone knew deep down that he always wanted to stay home.
The 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive lineman chose the Panthers last August and it was his lone Division-I offer. Even as one of West Virginia’s biggest rivals, the lure of playing for a Power Five school was too much to pass up. The former WVU coaching staff also never showed the interest Malone hoped it would.
But a snowball of circumstances over the last four months changed everything for him. Dana Holgorsen left West Virginia to become the head coach at Houston in early January.