6/25 WVU Football Roster Update | West Virginia Mountaineers

what's going on Mountaineer Nation now let's talk a little bit about some roster updates um we've talked about you know some of the the true freshmen that are on campus but West Virginia's also announced a lot of additions of transfer let me pull up these official announcements from the University first up uh kakor taru has been announced to join the program as a safety that's one and then we have as well Justin Robinson the wide receiver transfer coming over uh from Mississippi State when he was at Georgia before that as well very highly regarded receiver tall body 6'4 220 guy it's going to play on the outside for you he's officially on campus as well and then we have of course we were talking about quarterbacks so Ry or Burton of course fits right along with what we're talking about the transfer from BYU coming in now as a retro freshman being the third scholarship quarterback on this roster that is now actually at four scholarship quarterbacks more on that in a moment uh 6225 red shirt freshman he will be and then of course also the other transfer that was announced for the Mountaineers is at the cornerback position and that is dantez Fagan he was um recently added he's a Richard senior as well he's coming over from Charlotte he's officially at the University and then lastly the the other transfer signing that was announced of course is a tight end that's going to help the Mountaineers Greg gen Ross one of the highest rated yo tight ends in the country gives West Virginia another 67 weapon to you know go with Cole Taylor and tray and Davis Co Taylor also 6 foot7 so 67230 Greg gen Ross coming over from Dodge City Community College now on the roster so with that being said we have those guys coming and we of course now have all of the true freshmen that are upcoming this year that didn't en Roy are now on Camp so that means it's time to pull up our roster tracker here on the crw and I'll highlight each of these new additions to the roster and we'll continue to you know mold this roster as we get closer into fall camp we see you know some of these guys may be playing at different spots than we have them on this initial roster but that's what these roster updates or four to you know update position changes and then of course when we get closer to the season we can do you know this into more depth chart um updates for now they're just kind of listed in descending order in terms of their class so you know the highest you know year in the class all the way down to the lowest is how I've got these listed within positions starting here at quarterback I'm going to highlight the new ones that have been added of course we just talked a little bit about Ryder Burton the transfer coming over from BYU of course he's there at the quarterback position now as a red shirt freshman and you see what I'm talking about with the separation of these classes right you know Garrett green is a senior Nico Mario's a red shirt sophomore Ryder Burton's a red shirt freshman and C Wilkins is a freshman so they're all separated by at least one year sometimes two uh but that's good to have you don't want those you know a lot of those quarterbacks in the same class that's what leads to you know transfer issues and such but khil Wilkins of course highly regarded recruit a lot of people are excited about 6'4 190 pound Lefty from the state of Maryland another dual threat prospect that people are excited to see what happens with him down the line I think he's got a high ceiling a little bit you know diamond in the rough if you will a h hidden gy I think West Virginia may have found at the quarterback position like they've done in the past when you look at guys like you know Garrett green who's your starter last year going to be your starter this year West Virginia you know was on him from the beginning Neil Brown and then recruiting him back at Troy and then here to WV as well and they think they found another good quarterback in khil Wilkins and it's going to be nice to see you know him Ryder Burton Nico kind of battle it out after Garrett and see what's going on because I think all three of those quarterbacks are really talented but Ryder Burton and Kil Wilkins the new additions to the quarterback room then of course we come down here to the running back room we know about CJ Donaldson Jaylen Anderson and Jem white obviously but we have two freshman now going to be joining them on campus Dior hubard and Trayvon Dunbar both of these guys I think have a lot of talent Trayvon Dunbar a little bit bigger he's 510 200 lbs out of the state of South Carolina and then you get Dior hubard 511 190 a bit shiftier back out of Ohio both those guys great potential and we know what West Virginia has done finding running backs that have really been studs you know past two seasons you know two years ago you look CJ Donaldson bursing on the scen as a true freshman last year Jem white does the same thing so West Virginia has done a great job finding freshman running backs don't think that either one of these two will have to be countered upon as much as long as you know Jaylen Anderson sticks around as that third running back we do know West Virginia will need a third running back so we'll see what happens there of course can't forget to mention you know the preferred Walk-Ons uh I will not show them on this roster this is only scholarship players just to make it you know for brevity purposes and easier to keep up with that's kind of how I do my roster updates here I'm sure you guys know that I've been following along for a while now but we also have a couple Walk-Ons that could get in the mix there clay Ash and Judah price who you saw in the spring game but then come down here to wide receiver of course we just mentioned Justin Robinson one of the guys that just transferred in coming over from Mississippi State he was at Georgia before then what Neil Brown loves having that you know tall big body on the outside Justin Robinson's going to fit that mold gonna have a chance to compete and we'll see what happens when we get into fall Camp of how much he gets into that starting role because there's going to be a lot of competition for those starting roles between you know Robinson Jaden Bray um Hudson clet trayon Ray all those guys I think are you know competing on the outside there for the Mountaineers and then of course we have the Freshman that have joined the roster as well uh four of them Brandon Raymond DayDay farmer Dom Collins and kesan Robinson kesan Robinson of course inate recruit coming from WV you know one of the top recruits in the state of West Virginia West Virginia doing a great job locking down those instate recruits ever since Neil Brown got here continuing that Trend with this 2024 class Kean Robinson there joining the wide receiver group then you get Brandon Raymond who was a fourstar prospect According to some sites coming over from the state of Pennsylvania and then of course Dom Collins another instate recruit that was a big- time pickup for West Virginia down here where I'm from in Mercer County and he has absolute blazing speed we're talking a 42 something 40 yard dash that he ran when he was on campus and we know West Virginia I talked about needing kickoff returners I think that he's a guy that may have a chance to compete for that spot and that may be his route to early playing time at West Virginia is via special teams and getting involved as a kick returner maybe because he's very explosive at doing that in his time in high school so hopefully he's able to continue that and then of course DayDay farmer is one we've got a talk about westa flips him on Signing Day from UCF to ww another absolutely Speedy guy 511 170 from the state of Florida West's had great success with those players out of Florida West steals them you know from ucf's backyard comes to Morgantown has now enrolled and already you know throughout summer workouts you've heard the coaching staff kind of raving about him a little bit so I think if one of these freshman is going to get involved in the receiver rotation this year look no further than DayDay farmer he's the guy you'll probably see do that he's high regarded and I think he has a chance to get on the field right away despite West having you know a pretty stacked room here or pretty deep room I guess you could say I think DayDay farmer has a chance and then we move on to tight end we talked a little bit about Greg J Ross coming over from Dodge City Community College hopefully he gets a chance to you know get involved this year we'll see how quickly he acclimates but either way you know this is going to be Cole Taylor's last season with the Mountaineers so even if it takes him you know kind of a year to have an adjustment period next year you're going to have a 6' s tight end able to step right into the shoes that Cole Taylor had these past two seasons and continue that role so I think he has a chance though to get on the field this season as you know West Virginia is kind of second pass catching tight end we know trayon Davis is going to be on the field a lot but he's more used in kind of blocking aspects where Cole Taylor's the more pass catching option they're looking to add a second pass catching option I think Greg jros is going to be an option there but don't sleep on will Dixon either they really like him a lot and then of course Jack samarco is on but he was on campus uh for the spring so he's already been around then we go down here to the offensive line I have Lucas Austin currently listed at left tackle believe he's going to play tackle for the Mountaineers they added a couple guys that may play tackle but true freshman Lucas Austin has joined the roster now as well 6'7 270 Pounders so great height coming in got to put on a little bit of weight obviously out of the state of Illinois but he's you know a future offensive lineman Prospect for the Mountaineers move on down no changes at left guard and then at Center here's where we get into Kyle Al tuner and you've heard me rave about this guy you've heard my friend M near Paul R about this guy you know I think that West Virg is not going to need to count on any true freshman this year to really contribute but if someone does break through there and have a chance to get into that too deep it's Kyle Al tuner because I think that he's West vir is center of the future in my opinion 6 fo3 290 Pounds out of the state of Maryland and I think he's going to probably battle Landon Livingston for that second string spot right away in my personal opinion he's going to have a chance to get on that too deep and I think maybe as early as 2025 he could be the West virgia Center of the future we'll see what happens but they really do like Kyle Al tuner and so do I no changes at Right Guard and then at right tackle we haded Justin Terry another true freshman tackle that joins the roster a little bit better on the weight sides you know him and Lucas Austin have similar height he's 6'6 Lucas Austin we just talked about 6 fo7 but Justin Terry already over 300 PBS um out of the state of Ohio joining this roster for the Mountaineers now we flip it over and we're going to talk a little about the defense and some of the new bodies that have been added to the defensive side since the end of spring football practice no changes on the defensive end position all these guys were here for the spring same goes for defensive tackle as Elijah Kinsler wasn't early en roll he here for the spring Nate Gabriel same thing he was here for the spring as well so then we get down here to the spur position H formerly known as the Bandit position of course Tyron Bradley and Ty French are going to kind of be your go-to guys there a be on wuka was here for the spring he was a four-star recruit that West added and rolled early but now we've added maai byerson I've got him listed here with the Spurs I think he's got a you know a chance to either be you know a defensive end or a Spur I like him as a Spur initially just you coming in before he can get more weight on let's see if he ends up there or not but 6 fo5 great height 230 pounds out of the state of Virginia so yet again you know we talked about those borderline States and McKai byerson from one of those he's an edge rusher we'll see if he ends up as a Spur or as a defensive end for now we've got him list said as a spar on a roster and we'll you know change that accordingly as we move forward then we get into the linebackers here West Virginia did add a couple of freshman Curtis Jones Jr another instate recruit one of the top ones in the state of West Virginia in the class 2024 the Mountaineers lad land him 6'2 210 pounds and then Ricky Williams uh no relation and no not that Ricky Williams but a highly regarded Prospect with kind of prototypical size at the linebacker position you don't see West Virginia bring in many linebackers that rate weigh 230 PBS as freshman any6 fo2 out of the state of Ohio so I think you know with that size he's going to be able to carve a path to playing time sooner rather than later I don't think that'll be this year you see West vir with a pretty deep group they brought in you know Reed carero we got troter coming in now finally um last year he probably would have been a starter so I think West Virginia's linebacking core is probably severely underrated right now um I think that they have a lot of talent there at the linebacker position and they've added those two freshman there then of course spear no changes Z Jennings was there on campus already you know as a freshman enrolled early was here for spring practice and they really like Z Jennings is going to play this fall guys you're going to see him get on the field some um I think it's going to happen but now down to quarterback where we do have the new additions Dantes Fagan we just talked about a little bit transferring in from Charlotte going to be a red shirt senior there he's going to compete at this cornerback spot West Virginia has a ton of bodies here and they're going to let them all kind of battle it out to form the best two deep that they can but the positive side of that is West Virginia is never going to be in the position that they were last year where they had just kind of had to count on you know their starters and kind of have them be Iron Man and play a a ton of snaps no West has plenty of bodies this year they're going to have a solid two deep and they're going to be able to rotate some of these quarterbacks as well I believe um especially once you know spells and cran will come back from their injuries that's really going to help but dantos Fagan is the transfer that joins here and then you got two freshman here Keon Washington um who was coming in um I think to play um the quarterback position for sure if I'm not mistaken uh 6 foot 175 pounder out of the state of Maryland and then you got Chris Henry who was recruited as an athl week I don't know if he's going to be a receiver or a defensive back necessarily yet uh we'll see once we get into fall Camp he may switch over we may have him at receiver no it's not Chris Henry's son it's no relation just the same name but he's out of the state of Florida 6 foot 185 pounder we'll see where he ends up for now I've got him listed as a corner he could play receiver though um then free safety no changes here um Israel Jacob Boyce was on campus as an early androll Lee as a freshman and I do want to mention of course you know I talked about some of these positions will change when we do further future roster updates and I think that's really true for the safety spot because a lot of these guys are being cross trained Aubrey Burks can play all three positions Jem Joseph can probably play free and spear maybe even some cat and then when you get down here to the cat safety position of course Anthony Wilson's there I've got Jason cross here who knows he may end up at free safety but that's another true freshman that's joined the mix is Jason cross um another recruit from this 2024 class this one's out of the state of Pennsylvania 6'2 170 pounder that joins the roster and then we have kakur taru this one is really interesting to me cuz I didn't know that he was coming to play safety he kind of played cornerback exclusively at you know Jacksonville State but he's a guy that's kind of newer to football but has really came on strong very highly rated um by PFF grades and everything else I think it's an interesting move LESA using him as a safety but kind of smart with all the defensive back bodies that we were talking about with the cornerbacks you know he may have been you know stuck in the mix there but here at safety he's got a chance to compete with Anthony Wilson here or even compete with Jem Joseph at the free safety spot and has a chance to be on the two deep whether it's a cat or free I think you're going to see kakur taru as a potential starter maybe even on this defense once we get into fall Camp he's got really good potential so you know don't sleep on taru as well at the safety position no changes at kicker punter or Long Snapper so there's a look at the roster I'll kind of slowly scroll back through it so you can get some more looks at it if you want to there but we've added you know all of the true freshman we've added all of the transfer in as well I think that West Virginia does a great job you know securing defensive back bodies that's something that we needed that was the need for West Virginia they have a ton now we just have to hope that they all mesh well with so many new faces they're involved in the secondary hopefully it you know it all works out team chemistry wise if it does I think there's plenty of talent there for West virgia secondary to be greatly improved I'm not expecting the defensive line or linebackers to take a step back I talked about the linebackers being probably the most unheralded unit on this team they have a ton of talent there people are going to be really impressed with the linebackers so I think West's defense has a chance to take a step forward this year and if they do this team's going to be very scary because we know the offense is going to be there particularly the Run game got to develop the passing game a little bit more but I think that's going to come with some of these receivers now getting more experience plus adding some experienced bodies and Jaden Bray and Justin Robinson but I think that we're set for a very exciting 2024 season and as we get into fall Camp I'll continue to track this roster any changes I'll put up future roster update videos and always date those so you can kind of keep track with but there'll also be a playlist on the channel titled 2024 roster updates if you need to check that out but having said that as always I'm Jordan Cruz and until next time let's go Mountaineers [Music] [Music]