WVU football is back into the swing of things as fall camp is underway in preparation for the 2025 season.
There aren't a ton of familiar faces for the Mountaineers, who added over 70 new players to the roster, including over 50 transfers. But one player returning that fans are optimistic to see take the field is redshirt junior Nicco Marchiol, who served as the team's backup quarterback the past two seasons and earned a 3-0 record as a starter in relief of an injured Garrett Greene.
The official WVU football account on X, formerly known as Twitter, released a video Wednesday night following the first day of fall camp, where Marchiol shared his thoughts after the team's opening practice.
🎥 Practice Reaction: @MarchiolNicco @DukesMayonnaise pic.twitter.com/zwzcHaaXXr
— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) July 31, 2025
“Summer workouts went great, I feel like it got us ready for this moment today. There's still a lot to improve on, but I like what we saw out of both the offense and defense,” he said.
“Operations went pretty smoothly. Like I said, there's always going to be room for improvement, but we've got a lot of skill everywhere on the field and we're just going to get better from here.”
Marchiol will be battling with a pair of incoming transfers, redshirt senior Jaylen Henderson and redshirt junior Max Brown for the starting role. Also in the mix are expected to be redshirt freshman Khalil Wilkins and true freshman Scotty Fox Jr. Rodriguez addressed the quarterback competition on Wednesday, saying he doesn't have a timeline for sorting out the competition. It's likely he'll wait until the season opener to name a starter.
“We've got five guys we're trying to get reps for, and all of them have got to get an opportunity to show they can be the guy,” he said. “I'm hoping there's more than one.”