MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nine midterm enrollees have joined the West Virginia football program, giving them a leg up on winter conditioning and spring practice.
For recent evidence on the importance of early arrivals, chart the contributions made by Karl Joseph, Wendell Smallwood and Daikiel Shorts coming from the high school ranks. And ask yourself whether Riverside Community College product Skyler Howard, if not given the benefit of an admittedly rough spring in 2014, would have been capable of stepping in at the close of his first season.
Here are the Mountaineers’ midyear additions ranked by projections for immediate impact:
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