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Nine recruits enrolled early for WVU football program

By Matthew Peaslee

Dec 5, 2015; Manhattan, KS, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on from the sidelines against the Kansas State Wildcats at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The Wildcats won 24-23. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 5, 2015; Manhattan, KS, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on from the sidelines against the Kansas State Wildcats at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The Wildcats won 24-23. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 2, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen reacts after a fourth down stop against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the second half of the 2016 Cactus Bowl at Chase Field. The Mountaineers won 43-42. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 2, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen reacts after a fourth down stop against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the second half of the 2016 Cactus Bowl at Chase Field. The Mountaineers won 43-42. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

DL – Reese Donahue

POSITION: Defensive line

HEIGHT: 6-foot-5

WEIGHT: 245 pounds

HOMETOWN: Milton, W.Va.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cabell Midland

RATING: 3-star

OTHER OFFERS: Cornell, Purdue

SKINNY: Donahue is a rare in-state recruit, hailing from the Marshall University side of West Virginia. Still, his stats earned him proper Division I looks. He earned the  2015 Stydahar Award (state’s top lineman) and the 2015 Huff Award (state’s best defensive player) and is the first player with those honors to enroll at WVU. Donahue was both Scout and Rivals’ No. 1 player in the state. He had 167 career tackles, including 99 solo stops, 46 TFLs, 27 sacks and 31 quarterback hurries.

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