Mountaineer defensive coordinator Tony Gibson will be paying close attention as well.
That’s because four of those five potential Mountaineer draft picks are defensive guys - something Gibson has frequently had to contend with whenever he’s on the recruiting trail. Negative recruiters frequently bring up West Virginia’s 3-3 stack scheme and its inability to send players to the pros.
Specifically, they say the scheme doesn’t utilize a true defensive end.
Well, Gibson sent defensive end Shaq Riddick to the league last year, and the stack produced third-round pick Will Clarke in 2014, and first-rounder Bruce Irvin in 2012.