That’s because what Karl Joseph brought to West Virginia’s defense cannot be replaced, or even duplicated for that matter.
“Losing Karl was a big loss to our defense but at the same time, I know what I am capable of doing and I know what I’ve got to do to go out and execute so I do that every week,” Harper explained the other day. “I just go out and play my game – not try and think too much – not try and go out there and be what Karl was.”
At the time Joseph went down with a season-ending knee injury in practice leading up to the Oklahoma State game, the senior was leading the country in interceptions and had a growing list of highlight-reel-type hits showing up on Youtube, including one the weekend prior at Oklahoma.