MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — During each of Dana Holgorsen’s six seasons at West Virginia, at least one true freshman has started a game.
It’s a streak built upon standouts (Karl Joseph), flame-outs (Travares Copeland) and unforeseen circumstances (Martell Pettaway). Those freshmen have been steady (Daikiel Shorts) and ready (Daryl Worley), to mobile (David Sills) and mercurial (Jovon Durante).
While no newcomers from this year’s recruiting class are among the Mountaineers’ projected starters, the two-deep set to drop this weekend may include some. With redshirting decisions being made and scout-teamers being relegated, here, in my own order of likelihood, are the true freshmen I anticipate seeing the field somewhere at sometime during 2017:
Derrek Pitts and Kenny Robinson: The most highly sought-after recruits in this class are working as backups behind free safety Dravon Askew-Henry and strong safety Toyous Avery, respectively.