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Neal Brown is 'really impressed' with his new starting cornerbacks
West Virginia University lots their top two corners from last season in Beanie Bishop and Malachi Ruffin. The pair exhausted their eligibility, with Bishop earning Consensus All-American status and is now in line for a starting job in the NFL as a rookie. The two played over 90-percent of the snaps at the two cornerback spots, leaving a lack of experience for the rest of the roster. Thus, the Mountaineers went out and added half a dozen defensive backs via the transfer portal. Already, though, there are two guys that have gotten a leg up at the position, impressing the coaching staff with their abilities and staking their claim to the two starting spots - Garnett Hollis and Ayden Garnes. Head Coach Neal Brown discusses that in the video above. Check it out.
2024 West Virginia football predictions: Ranked No. 21 by RJ Young
[Check out RJ Young's ultimate 134 college football rankings here]. Conference ranking: 5th in Big 12 (+1800 to win conference) Teams ahead of them: Kansas (20), Clemson (19), Kansas State (18), USC (17), Notre Dame (16) Teams behind them: Texas A&M (22), Arizona (23), Iowa (24), Iowa State (25), Miami...
A Look at West Virginia’s Special Teams Unit
Senior Austin Brinkman is WVU’s long snapper, responsible for punts, field goals and extra-point attempts. He redshirted during the Covid season in 2020 but has started ever since. Brinkman was one of 30 long snappers named to the 2024 Patrick Mannelly preseason watch list. In high school, he played quarterback and defensive back, while also getting in reps long snapping and punting respectively on special teams.
Trial and error: WVU continues testing in-helmet communication system new to college football this year
The 2024 college football season will be the first with two major technological changes on the sidelines. Teams will have access to Microsoft tablets to get aerial looks at opposing team’s placements and results, similar to what NFL teams have had on their sidelines for years. Another addition to the college sideline — and the playing surface — that has been a mainstay at the next level is coach-to-player communication via speakers inside players’ helmets.
Andrew Jackson praises new assistant coach Victor Cabral
West Virginia made an addition to the staff this offseason by bringing in former App State defensive line coach Victor Cabral to serve as the new outside linebackers coach. Cabral helped guide App State to a 9-5 season last year that included some excellent improvement along the defensive front compared to the year prior. Cabral, a former standout lineman himself at Georgia Southern back in 2000-2004, has also had stints coaching with Samford, Georgia Military College and Georgia Southern. Current Mountaineer defensive line coach Andrew Jackson got the chance to talk about the addition of Cabral to the staff recently, and had high praise for him. Check it out in the short video above.
Another one of WVU's new defensive backs garners praise from coaching staff
West Virginia's coaching staff once again set out in the offseason to search the transfer portal for help in the defensive backfield. The Mountaineers returned with safeties and cornerbacks to fill the depth chart and make practice in the spring and now in the preseason much more competitive. Not only that, but the wide net scooped up players from various backgrounds.
WVU is ‘impressed’ with potential Week 1 starting corners Garnes, Hollis Jr.
Among the most daunting tasks for the WVU football coaching staff this offseason was finding a player, or players, to replace the production that Beanie Bishop Jr. provided in his All-American season in 2023. West Virginia attacked the transfer portal to address the issue. At cornerback, specifically, two implants are...
Winning Mackey Award among Taylor’s goals for 2024
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kole Taylor checked his phone a few minutes before sitting down at the press conference table inside the WVU football program’s Puskar Center on Friday. He didn’t see what he was looking for. So, when asked about his goals for this season — his...
Armed Robbery at Captain D’s in Beckley
BECKLEY, WV – A man is under arrest according to the West Virginia State Police, after robbing Captain D’s on Eisenhower Drive. The troopers arrived at the scene at 8:45a.m on August 10th, 2024. Troopers spoke with a Captains D’s employee who identified the robber as Brandon Jefferson. Troopers learned that Jefferson was a former Captain […]
Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility opens new surgical suite to combat animal overcrowding
The Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility recently marked a significant milestone by completing a much-anticipated surgical suite, establishing a vital resource to address animal overcrowding in the region. The inaugural surgery took place soon after a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 9, featuring representatives from the facility, the Upshur County Commission, the City of Buckhannon, and the Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce.
WVU Researchers find link between ‘forever chemical’ contamination and consumption
WVU researchers Nabin Khanal and Levan Elbakidze published a study in April pertaining to drinking water contamination. The journal article focused on finding “hotspots” for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals,” and finding a correlating pattern. PFAS are artificial chemicals that...
Three things to do in Morgantown this weekend
With Welcome Week right around the corner, enjoy some end-of-summer activities before campus life bustles again. This weekend, The DA recommends a free live concert, an art walk and a hands-on cooking class. 1. Ruby Summer Concert Series: Fastball. Fastball, a band native to Austin, Texas, is performing at the...
Moving to spear allows Aubrey Burks to do what he likes most: blitz
Aubrey Burks wants to prove he can play football at the next level. After the 2023 season, Burks figured he would continue proving that from his cat safety spot, though he tried convincing Jordan Lesley this offseason that he should move to nickel corner. An opening elsewhere in West Virginia’s...
The long and short of WVU's interest in TJ Jackson? 'He's just the definition of a football player'
You can point to a few different items that explain why West Virginia went after TJ Jackson in the transfer portal in the offseason. He started 22 games the past two seasons. He totaled 11.5 sacks and 21.5 tackles for a loss. He was a first-team all-Sun Belt Conference defensive lineman in 2022 and then a second-team honoree last season.
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