A lot of good to great players decided to skip the bowl game on Wednesday night, either due to the fact they are heading to a new school or they are heading on to the NFL. One of those stars on defense was Cedric Gray, and he can hardly be blamed for opting out and instead focusing on hearing his name called at the draft, but his line-mate Echols stuck around, and in doing so tried to replicate the efforts of both players in Carolina’s 30-10 loss to West Virginia.
Echols led the whole defense with eleven tackles, five solo, and helped an extraordinary effort that mostly bottled up the power WVU offense.