“Pettaway, get in there!”
To anyone who has ever participated in sports - and sat the bench - those words can be defining. How you handle that one moment can sometimes define your career.
For Martell Pettaway, a sophomore running back from Detroit, his big moment came in the first quarter of a critical road game at Iowa State late last season.
The 19th-ranked Mountaineers were still in the Big 12 title hunt and needed a win over the Cyclones to remain in the race.
“I was thinking, ‘Man I was supposed to redshirt this season.