COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jovon Durante is in line to start Saturday’s season opener, becoming the first West Virginia true freshman receiver to do so since … well, we’re still researching that one.
Tavon Austin and Daikiel Shorts were Week 2 starters in 2009 and 2013, respectively. During 2012, Jordan Thompson cracked the lineup in Week 4. Stedman Bailey and Chris Henry were redshirts in their first seasons. Recent draft picks Kevin White and Mario Alford were disqualified from this conversation because they were junior-college arrivals two years ago. Nonetheless, neither started his first WVU game either.