MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Receiver Bryce Wheaton, a self-described third-generation Mountaineer, committed to West Virginia late Wednesday in a move that seemed predestined.
His grandfather, Garrett Ford Sr., starred at running back for WVU and eventually became the school’s first black assistant coach. His uncle Garrett Ford Jr. played for the Mountaineers from 1989-1992, and Wheaton spent a chunk of his childhood in Morgantown, where both of his parents earned degrees from WVU.
The 6-foot-3 Rivals three-star recruit holds offers from 12 FBS programs and recently trimmed his finalists to West Virginia, Louisville, Missouri and East Carolina.