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06/04/22 - Wesley McCormick, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced that Wesley McCormick, a 6-foot, 199-pound, fifth-year senior defensive back from Germantown, Maryland, has signed a grant-in-aid and will transfer to WVU from James Madison University. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Last year at JMU, McCormick played in one game and then redshirted to keep his last season of eligibility. In 2020, McCormick started seven games for the Dukes, recording 20 tackles (16 unassisted) and intercepting three passes to tie for the CAA lead. Two of those interceptions came in the FCS playoffs against VMI and North Dakota. As a junior, McCormick made 11 starts and had 22 tackles, including one for loss against West Virginia. He recorded 10 tackles as a sophomore and played on special teams as a freshman. - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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CB Wesley McCormick, West Virginia
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05/26/22 - Rashad Ajayi, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

West Virginia's football program has welcomed a second transfer from Colorado State into the Class of 2022, as cornerback Rashad Ajayi will follow tight end Brian Polendey to the Mountain State. Polendey came to WVU in late December, and participated in West Virginia's spring football practice, and Ajayi will now join his former teammate for the summer and the 2022 season. He has one year of eligibility remaining. In 37 games over four seasons with the Rams, Ajayi had 77 tackles (5.5 for loss), 17 pass breakups and one interception. He also forced two fumbles and had one fumble recovery and a sack. - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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CB Rashad Ajayi, West Virginia
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05/21/22 - Wesley McCormick, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

Another key member of the James Madison defense has entered his name in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Cornerback Wesley McCormick made the announcement Friday afternoon with a post on Twitter. McCormick has one year of eligibility remaining. McCormick missed nearly all of the 2021 season due to injury but he was a two-year starter at JMU. He started seven games during the 2021 spring season while making 11 starts during the 2019 campaign. He racked up 68 tackles and three interceptions during his time with the Dukes. McCormick's decision to enter the transfer portal comes just a few days after James Madison star linebacker Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey announced he has also entered the portal. - WHSV.Com

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CB Wesley McCormick, West Virginia
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05/13/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia + More +

Poised for a 2022 standout season: Defensive tackle Dante Stills is looking to mirror a 2021 season in which he was named to the All-Big 12 first team with seven sacks and 15 tackles for loss. The 6-4, 280-pound senior's presence takes on added importance this season after the transfers of several key players, including nose guard Akheem Mesidor, cornerback Nicktroy Fortune and linebacker Josh Chandler-Semedo, the team's leading tackler. - AP College Football

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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05/13/22 - Brian Polendey, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

West Virginia tight end Brian Polendey should try to work out a name, image and likeness deal with Greyhound bus lines, because he truly has traveled the USA from coast to coast. Some of Polendey's moves came because of his father's job - he was a manager for UPS - and others came because Brian was looking for better football opportunities. That search has led him to West Virginia, where he hopes to cap his final collegiate season with a productive campaign at tight end. "I played my first season of high school football in the state of Washington, but then halfway through my freshman year we moved to the state of Texas," explained Polendey, who developed into a three-star tight end at Guyer High School, which is in the northeast corner of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He signed with Miami (Fla.) "I spent three seasons there, and then I played two seasons at Colorado State, and then I transferred here in January."

Now a super senior, the 6-foot-4, 252-pound Polendey has been known for his blocking in his previous stops. He's caught just one pass in a regular-season game to this point in his college career, that coming during his sophomore season at Miami, which was cut short because of a knee injury. West Virginia's coaches saw an excellent blocker in Polendey, and that analysis played out through spring practice, where the tight end lived up to his physical reputation. But the Mountaineers also saw a better pass catcher than they anticipated - Polendey pulled in a reception for 10 yards in the Gold-Blue game while showing the ability to be a consistent receiver throughout spring practice. - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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TE Brian Polendey, West Virginia
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05/07/22 - Jasir Cox, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

West Virginia University has confirmed that Jasir Cox, a 6-foot-1, 209-pound fifth-year senior from Kansas City, Missouri, has signed a grant-in-aid and will transfer to WVU from North Dakota State. He will be used on the defensive side of the ball. A four-year veteran of the Bison program, Cox earned second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 2021 on the strength of 58 tackles, including three for losses and 1.5 sacks.

He showed his ability to play in space with three pass interceptions and two pass breakups. That backed up an excellent 2020 season in which he had 10 tackles, including 2.5 for losses and a sack. He also appeared in 23 combined games in 2018 and 2019, and totaled 124 tackles, eight TFLs, 10 pass breakups and two forced fumbles during his four years and 47 games at NDSU. Cox will be immediately eligible for WVU. Cox follows the career trajectory of his brother, Jabril Cox, who also started his career at North Dakota State before transferring to LSU. Jabril is now a linebacker for the NFL Dallas Cowboys. - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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OLB Jasir Cox, West Virginia
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05/05/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia + More +

Now entering his fifth season with West Virginia, defensive lineman and former Fairmont Senior standout Dante Stills knows he's the old man when it comes to the Mountaineer roster. And after 15 spring practices, even he admitted he was feeling as such. "It was practice nine or 10 you really start to feel it on your body," Stills said after Saturday's Gold-Blue Game. "Your hands, your fingers start to hurt - your feet, your knees … I feel old, but I'm not." Perhaps not in terms of his age, but from the perspective of playing experience, Stills is about as old as a college football player can be. A freshman All-American according to The Athletic and ESPN.com all the way back in 2018, Stills has been a constant contributor to the WVU defense in each of his four seasons.

But after mulling over leaving to enter the NFL Draft, Stills saw enough holes in his game via film to realize that he needed to return. Some of what he saw boiled down solely to effort. Lack of consistency also stuck out to him. He reiterated that those were the targets when it came to his spring work. "What I wanted to work on was consistency running to the ball," Stills said. "There were plays last year where if I saw the ball across the field, for some reason I didn't try to go get him and show some effort. So, that was my main thing this year was to run to the ball, be around the ball. That was my thing." - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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05/03/22 - Beanie Bishop Jr., rSr/2024, West Virginia + More +

The Gophers have been impressed with transfer cornerbacks Shannon "Beanie" Bishop (Western Kentucky) and Ryan Stapp (Abilene Christian) in spring ball. "Beanie jammed me up last practice," Autman-Bell said April 16. "I go against Ryan Stapp every day. Those guys are going to be ball players for the Gopher nation. I hope you guys understand and look into them more." Stapp's highlight Tuesday was an interception return for a touchdown. It came against backup quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, after Kaliakmanis beat Stapp with a long touchdown pass to Dylan Wright. Stapp had close coverage, but the 6-foot-3 receiver caught the ball over his head. Teammates on either side of the ball went wild after each big play. - Pioneer Press

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CB Beanie Bishop Jr., West Virginia
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02/28/22 - Ty French, rSr/2025, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST-TEAM (COCHES/MEDIA): DL - Ty French, Soph., Gardner-Webb,...French continued his rise as one of the Big South's best defenders, ripping, bulling and swimming his way to 61 total tackles (34 solo), 14.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks). All of those numbers marked new career-highs for French, who now has 22.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks in just 14 career games. He added 14 quarterback pressures - which led the conference - in 2021. He has 24 pressures for his career. The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder was elite over his final five games this season, recording 10.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks during that stretch. - Gardner-Webb Football

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OLB Ty French, West Virginia
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02/28/22 - Beanie Bishop Jr., rSr/2024, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): KR: Beanie Bishop, RS So., WKU,...Bishop became only the second Hilltopper defensive back (safety Branden Leston in 2016) to earn First Team distinction since the program moved to C-USA. The Louisville native recorded 41 tackles – including 6.5 tackles for loss – along with three interceptions, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. He was voted the league's Defensive Player of the Week after his two-interception game vs. Middle Tennessee; in which one of his picks was returned for a 43-yard touchdown. Two weeks later vs. Florida Atlantic, Bishop had a career-high three tackles for loss, his third interception of the year and a pass breakup. The redshirt sophomore also earned a spot on the Honorable Mention list as a kick returner, with 25 returns for 609 yards overall this season. - Western Kentucky Football

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CB Beanie Bishop Jr., West Virginia
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02/28/22 - Anthony Wilson, rSr/2025, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DB - Anthony Wilson, Georgia Southern (RS So., DB - Columbia, S.C.),...A third-team All-Sun Belt selection...Started all 12 games...Played 793 total snaps (team-high 762 on defense, 31 on special teams)...Led the team with 78 tackles...Included in that total were 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack...Had a team-high nine pass breakups in addition to a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry. - Georgia Southern Football

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SS Anthony Wilson, West Virginia
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12/29/22 - Casey Legg, rSr/2023, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Casey Legg (PK, STPoY),...The Big 12 Conference has announced its annual All-Big 12 Conference teams and individual awards, as voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. Earning All-Big 12 honorable mention were Alonzo Addae (DB), Leddie Brown (RB), Josh Chandler-Semedo (LB), Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WR), James Gmiter (OL), Casey Legg (PK), Sean Mahone (DB), Akheem Mesidor (DL), Wyatt Milum (OL), Tyler Sumpter (P) and Winston Wright Jr. (KR/PR, WR). - West Virginia Football

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K Casey Legg, West Virginia
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12/29/22 - Tyler Sumpter, rSr/2022, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Tyler Sumpter (P),...The Big 12 Conference has announced its annual All-Big 12 Conference teams and individual awards, as voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. Earning All-Big 12 honorable mention were Alonzo Addae (DB), Leddie Brown (RB), Josh Chandler-Semedo (LB), Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WR), James Gmiter (OL), Casey Legg (PK), Sean Mahone (DB), Akheem Mesidor (DL), Wyatt Milum (OL), Tyler Sumpter (P) and Winston Wright Jr. (KR/PR, WR). - West Virginia Football

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P Tyler Sumpter, West Virginia
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12/29/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Dante Stills (DLoY),...Earning All-Big 12 honorable mention were Alonzo Addae (DB), Leddie Brown (RB), Josh Chandler-Semedo (LB), Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WR), James Gmiter (OL), Casey Legg (PK), Sean Mahone (DB), Akheem Mesidor (DL), Wyatt Milum (OL), Tyler Sumpter (P) and Winston Wright Jr. (KR/PR, WR). - West Virginia Football

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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12/29/22 - Wyatt Milum, Sr/2025, West Virginia + More +

2021 ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Wyatt Milum (OL, OFoY),...The Big 12 Conference has announced its annual All-Big 12 Conference teams and individual awards, as voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. Earning All-Big 12 honorable mention were Alonzo Addae (DB), Leddie Brown (RB), Josh Chandler-Semedo (LB), Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WR), James Gmiter (OL), Casey Legg (PK), Sean Mahone (DB), Akheem Mesidor (DL), Wyatt Milum (OL), Tyler Sumpter (P) and Winston Wright Jr. (KR/PR, WR). - West Virginia Football

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