MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the Fort Worth summer in full-broil, Skyler Howard kept rifling deep throws to Shelton Gibson.
Practicing on his old high school field, Howard claimed to be acclimated to the 117-degree heat index. Then again, he was only making the throws. Gibson was the receiver chasing them.
“It was hot, man. He had me out there running go (routes) all day long,” Gibson said. “I was like, ‘Skyler, I’m from Cleveland. I can’t do this.’”
When Gibson agreed to follow Howard home to Texas during the summer of 2014, neither was high on the play-making chain at West Virginia.