MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — During the runup to the Mountaineers’ season opener, he impersonated Georgia Southern’s option quarterback and surprised linebackers with his long-striding speed.
In subsequent weeks, David Sills became a practice-session playmaker at outside receiver, using his 6-foot-3 frame to give West Virginia’s secondary fits.
For the quarterback recruit who famously committed to USC as a seventh-grader—a cautionary lesson for prospects and college coaches alike—the scout-team work at receiver seemed merely a means to making background contributions during a redshirt season. Yet receivers coach Lonnie Galloway kept plugging away about a serious conversion.
“It’s been a process where I’d tease him and ask him, ‘Hey, are you gonna play wideout?