MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Before raw-and-talented Fontez Davis played his first snap at Butler (Kan.) Community College last season, coaches from West Virginia made their interest known.
When Davis produced a strong redshirt freshman season, the Mountaineers became frontrunners to signing him. Now, as a late-spring addition, he may factor into the 2017 competition at cornerback.
“Football-wise I don’t know how good this kid can be, and I’m not sure he understands how good he can be,” said his junior college coach Tim Schaffner.
Growing up in Edwardsville, Ill., on the outskirts of crime-riddled East St.