FanDuel recently released a list of their Top 50 college football wide receivers since 2000, and the West Virginia Mountaineers found themselves well represented on the list.
The Mountaineers ended up with three former wide receivers on the list, including two players in the Top 25. The highest-ranked former WVU receiver was Tavon Austin, who came in at No. 6 on the list. Austin is fresh off returning to the school to finish his college degree, but wowed fans with his on-field performance for the program from 2009-2012, where he was twice named a first-team All-American selection. Over his 52 appearances in the old-gold-and-blue, Austin tallied 3,413 receiving yards, 2,407 kick return yards, 1,043 rushing yards, 433 punt return yards, and 40 total touchdowns. He would go on to have a 10-year NFL career.
Austin was joined in the Top 25 by Stedman Bailey, who clocked in at No. 18. Bailey starred for the Mountaineers at the same time as Austin, playing from 2010-2012 in Morgantown, and finished his college career with 3,218 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns. He was named a first-team All-Big 12 and first-team All-American honoree during his senior season, during which he hauled in 1,622 receiving yards and 25 touchdowns. Bailey would spend three seasons in the NFL before his career was ended prematurely after suffering gunshot wounds to the head in 2015.
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35 - Greg Salas, Hawaii
48 - Andy Isabella, UMass
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Rounding out the list for the Mountaineers was David Sills V, who played for WVU in 2015, and again from 2017-2018. He was a two-time All-American selection during his final two seasons with WVU, and finished his career with 2,097 receiving yards and 35 touchdowns before moving onto the NFL, where he has spent the last seven seasons. He is currently having a career season at the professional level, with 35 receptions for 180 yards and two touchdowns for the Atlanta Falcons.
WVU football was one of six programs with three-or-more players represented on the list, joining Alabama, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and USC.