MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 2019 senior class was placed in an unenviable position well before its tough final season.
They came to West Virginia for a chance to win a conference title, and came painfully close to playing for it until back-to-back losses against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma to close out last season derailed those hopes. But even had the Mountaineers prevailed, this class still would have been burdened with being the leaders of a team dealing with a precipitous loss of talent.
In terms of NFL draft picks, they had little chance of comparing favorably with the class who came before them.