MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - There is no disputing the pedigree of wide receiver talent that West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen has cultivated in his time in college football. But can the Mountaineers develop yet another high-level talent for a second straight season?
From his time as an assistant and offensive coordinator at Texas Tech, where he had a hand in producing household names like Wes Welker and Michael Crabtree, to his days tutoring Justin Blackmon at Oklahoma State, Holgorsen made a name for himself as a wide receiver guru before coming to West Virginia. That reputation has only been strengthened in Morgantown, as he built a system that allowed Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey to shine in the program’s first year in the Big 12, while producing two more top flight talents in Kevin White and Mario Alford the last two seasons.