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Dante Stills arrived at WVU in 2018 after a blue-chip career just down the road at Fairmont Senior High School. Since joining the Mountaineers, he's played in all 47 games, starting 26 of them. He's taking advantage of the COVID-prompted free-eligibility year in 2020 to play a fifth year of college football. He's already racked up 19 career sacks (tied for sixth in school history) and 44 tackles for lost yardage (third most), and he figures to add to those numbers in 2022 after earning first-team all-Big 12 honors last season.

One thing neither Stills nor any of his Mountaineer teammates have ever done in their West Virginia careers, though, is line up against Pitt. That will change with the Sept. 1 renewal of the Backyard Brawl after a hiatus of more than a decade. "I've been waiting on this my whole life," said Stills of his opportunity to participate in the Pitt-WVU rivalry. "I remember two or three of them when I was growing up. "This isn't big just for us," he added. "This isn't just a team thing; it's a state thing. We as a whole state are looking forward to this game. Me and my guys are amped up. We're working hard during camp, so by game time we can go out and have fun." - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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08/09/22 - Devin Carter, rSr/2024, West Virginia, 6-3, 207 (DS#58 WR) + More +

For all the spectacular catches he's made over his career, Devin Carter knows two drops against Miami in 2021 still hang over his head. Just after that 31-30 loss, the N.C. State wide receiver took to Twitter and apologized. Ahead of the new season, it's a moment that still sticks with Carter. "I needed to apologize for, I guess, being distracted and not being all in," Carter told the News & Observer. "I just feel like recognizing your faults can gain respect. I recognize it, that's the first thing you're supposed to do and not run from it. You can't ignore it but you can dim the light on it." Carter, a junior, is known for making improbable grabs look routine - like his 40-yard touchdown catch against Boston College last season, when he caught the ball behind the defender's back. But for every hard catch he makes look easy, Carter wants to make the easy catches more often. "I feel like last year was probably my most inconsistent season," Carter said. "I wouldn't say anything in particular, it just happened the way it happened."

Last season the Clayton High School product caught 31 passes for 556 yards and six touchdowns. The yards and TDs were career highs, and for the second straight season, he led the team in yards per catch (17.9). The team needs to replace Emeka Emezie, the school's all-time receptions leader. Emezie could occasionally be a downfield threat, but his biggest strength was moving the chains, a prototype possession receiver. Quarterback Devin Leary could depend on Emezie to make the routine catches. Ahead of the 2022 season - which could potentially be his last - Carter wants to show he can be that player. He has the size (6-3, 215) and game experience (40 career games). "He's an emotional player, which we like, but he needs to control that and not let them control him," N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. "I think that's something that comes with maturity." - Raleigh News Observer

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WR Devin Carter, West Virginia
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08/05/22 - Ty French, rSr/2025, West Virginia, 6-1, 225 (DS#51 OLB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST: DL Ty French, Gardner-Webb, Jr., 6-3, 230,...French is making his second appearance on one of Stats Perform's most important national awards. The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award following the spring 2021 season – which is given to the nation's top freshman each season. After announcing his arrival to college football with a debut that included 12 tackes, 4.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in a win over No. 24 Elon on February 27, 2021, French continued to dominate as a sophomore. He finished last season with 61 total tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 quarterback sacks. French earned Freshman All-America and Sophomore All-America honors for his efforts and enters his third season with 22.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks and 24 quarterback pressures in just 14 career games to date. - Gardner-Webb Football

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OLB Ty French, West Virginia
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08/02/22 - Luke Hamilton, rSr/2024, West Virginia, 5-11, 240 (DS#999 FB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-CAA CONFERENCE TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): Luke Hamilton, Towson, Sr., FB,...Hamilton was the 2021 Second Team All-CAA fullback and picks up his first-ever preseason all-league selection. The senior was one of the top blocking fullbacks in the league last season in seven games played, also making receptions in five contests. - Towson Football

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FB Luke Hamilton, West Virginia
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08/02/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia, 6-4, 286 (DS#18 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: DT Dante Stills, West Virginia,...All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele) in 2021...Sits No. 3 in program history in career TFLs (43.5) and tied for No. 6 in sacks (19)...His 15 tackles for loss in 2021 are tied for No. 10 in single-season team history...Played in 13 games and started 12 at defensive tackle...Finished with 36 tackles, including 29 solo stops, seven sacks, 15 tackles for loss, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one interception. - West Virginia Football

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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08/01/22 - Ty French, rSr/2025, West Virginia, 6-1, 225 (DS#51 OLB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): DL Ty French, Jr., Gardner-Webb,...French (Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County HS) has been one of the nation's most feared pass rushers since arriving on campus in 2020. He was the Big South's Defensive Freshman of the Year following the spring season in 2021, and followed that up with another first-team All-Big South nod this past fall. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound junior was a Hero Sports Freshman All-America in the spring and a Sophomore All-America in the fall. French has 22.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks in just 14 career games so far, disrupting opposing defenses to the tune of 132 lost yards. - Gardner-Webb Football

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OLB Ty French, West Virginia
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08/01/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia, 6-4, 286 (DS#18 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: DT Dante Stills, West Virginia,...Finished with 36 tackles, including 29 solo stops, seven sacks, 15 tackles for loss, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one interception in 2021...Recorded at least one tackle for loss in 10 of 13 games...Finished at No. 4 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss (1.15)...Ranked No. 10 in the Big 12 in sacks (0.54). - West Virginia Football

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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08/01/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia, 6-4, 286 (DS#18 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Dante Stills, West Virginia, Senior DT,...Stills has played in 47 career games, including 26 starts...Team leader in career sacks (19) and tackles for loss (43.5)...Finished at No. 4 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss (1.15) in 2021. - West Virginia Football

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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07/28/22 - Casey Legg, rSr/2023, West Virginia, 6-4, 216 (DS#999 K) + More +

2022 PRESEASON LOU GROZA AWARD WATCH LIST: Casey Legg - West Virginia, Class: Senior - Hometown: Charleston, West Virginia,...A 2021 Groza semifinalist, Legg made field goals in every one of West Virginia's 12 games, including a stretch of five straight games with multiple kicks. He opened the season with 13 consecutive made field goals, just two shy of the program's all-time record. - Lou Groza Award

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K Casey Legg, West Virginia
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07/25/22 - Zach Frazier, rJr/2024, West Virginia, 6-3, 315 (DS#3 C) + More +

2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Zach Frazier, West Virginia,...Frazier earned All-America Second Team honors (AFCA, Walter Camp) in 2021...Started all 13 games; saw action on 895 offensive snaps, including a season-high 90 against Texas...Registered 63 knockdown blocks and 30 great blocks...Allowed only three sacks all season; registering 10 games without allowing a sack. - West Virginia Football

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C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
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07/22/22 - Tykieast Crawford, rSr/2026, West Virginia, 6-4, 324 (DS#74 OG) + More +

Left tackle Myron Cunningham is the only primary starter Arkansas must replace from last season's team that allowed 30 sacks and paved the way for 2,961 rushing yards. The Razorbacks ranked seventh nationally in rushing and first among teams in a Power 5 conference. "I was an O-line coach for a long, long time," Pittman said, "and never was able to lead Power 5 in rushing, but we were able to do that last year." Tackles Luke Jones and Ty'Kieast Crawford were linemen who Pittman identified as having expanded roles this year. Jones, a Notre Dame transfer who battled Latham for the left guard spot last year, is being evaluated as a replacement for Cunningham at left tackle.

The 6-5, 347-pound Crawford played in every game last season, primarily on special teams, after transferring from North Carolina-Charlotte. "Ty'Kieast Crawford is going to be a guy that's going to play somewhere in there," Pittman said. "This guy is an exceptional football player and had a great offseason." Those comments echoed Pittman's sentiments about Crawford during the spring when he said, "There's a lot of teams that can win a lot of games with Ty'Kieast Crawford. He's a good player; I mean, like a legit SEC-good player." - Northwest Arkansas Times

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OG Tykieast Crawford, West Virginia
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07/18/22 - Zach Frazier, rJr/2024, West Virginia, 6-3, 315 (DS#3 C) + More +

2022 WALTER CAMP PRESEASON SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Zach Frazier (West Virginia),...As a sophomore in 2021, Frazier earned All-America Second Team honors (AFCA, Walter Camp)Started all 13 games at center; Academic All-Big 12 First Team...tarted all 13 games; saw action on 895 offensive snaps, including a season-high 90 against Texas. Registered 63 knockdown blocks and 30 great blocks, allowed only three sacks all season; registering 10 games without allowing a sack and 10 games without missing an assignment. WVU Offensive Lineman of the Game: LIU, VT, TCU, Kansas. Moved to center in the offseason. 2021 Iron Mountaineer Award winner. - West Virginia Football

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C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
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07/08/22 - Dante Stills, rJr/2023, West Virginia, 6-4, 286 (DS#18 DT) + More +

West Virginia has placed four players on the 2022 Preseason Football team as selected by the conference's media, with three of the four players being in-state products. Leading the way are linemen on each side of the ball who are expected to have All-American seasons, both from the same high school just 15 miles down the road from WVU. Center Zach Frazier, a junior, and defensive tackle Dante Stills, a fifth-year senior, both from Fairmont Senior, anchor the offensive and defensive lines, which are expected to be the strength of the team. Also named to the team is Casey Legg, the aptly-named placekicker from Cross Lanes Christian in Charleston, highlighting an amazing journey. Legg did not play football in high school. The final Mountaineer to earn all-conference honors is Charles Wood, a senior from Dallas who transferred to WVU last season from Illinois State. - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
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07/05/22 - Tykieast Crawford, rSr/2026, West Virginia, 6-4, 324 (DS#74 OG) + More +

The Hogs should feature one of the nation's top offensive lines. The only starter lost was Myron Cunningham at left tackle. Dalton Wagner and Beaux Limmer man the right side at tackle and guard, respectively. Wagner rested a troublesome back in the spring and Ty'Kieast Crawford exploded with a great spring at tackle. Crawford could also play guard or move to the left side if needed. True freshmen Andrew Chamblee and E'Marrion Harris provided intrigue for the future, but coaches noted that they might be ready to help next year. "Crawford is an incredible athlete," Latham said. "We really do have a good (offensive line) room. We have good talent and depth and there is a lot of experience returning." Offensive coordinator Kendal Briles likes those three inside returning starters: Stromberg, Latham and Limmer. "All three of those are really good players inside," Briles said. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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OG Tykieast Crawford, West Virginia
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06/29/22 - Doug Nester, rSr/2024, West Virginia, 6-7, 308 (DS#34 OT) + More +

Mountaineer offensive lineman Doug Nester smiles before he even hears the question. He knows it, or some form of it, is coming, and he knows that only one thing can stop it. "Will the offensive line be better this year?" That's the query posed by basically every media member, and pretty much every fan, when discussing the Mountaineer forward wall in advance of the 2022 season. While many other questions must be answered with positive results if WVU is to exceed last year's six-win total, there's no question that betterment of play up front is the first item that has to be put in place. From it, everything else springs, from running room for the backs to time to throw for the QBs. With that understood, Nester and his linemates are working on technique, breaking the facets of line play down into their smallest components while getting as many reps as possible in to hone their craft. With no contact allowed over the summer, that's the most they can do in trying to get better.

Along with that comes a focus on developing as a unit, of getting to the point where every man knows what the teammate next to him is going to do even before he does it. "We really don't talk a lot about improvement," said Nester, who handles the repetitive questions with good grace. "We just talk about coming in each and every day and trying to get better, at least one thing a day. I think we are ready to show that we are improved." "A big thing (we have been working on) is our first step," the 6-foot-6, 320-pound junior guard illuminated, noting one of the most recent areas of focus. "That's a big thing for us, the first step off the ball. Some others have to do with hand placement, leverage - there are so many fine details that you have on the offensive line that people don't really see." - Charleston Gazette-Mail

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OT Doug Nester, West Virginia
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