With the West Virginia Mountaineers in their midst of their bye week with four games left to play in the regular season, there is a lot of football left on the plate this season. But it's also the time of the year where coaches will start turning their attention to possible transfer prospects that they could add after the season.
Of course, the first round of athletes that typically declare that they will be entering the portal come from the Division 2 and Division 3 level, whose seasons end a little bit earlier than the Division 1 schedule wraps up. And there is one particular player among that group that Rich Rodriguez and his staff should target this season – and they don't really need to go far to find them.
Shoud Rich Rodriguez bring Dom Collins home to the West Virginia Mountaineers?
The West Virginia Mountaineers recruited and signed in-state native Dom Collins ahead of the 2024 season. Collins, who was a football and track star at Princeton Senior, didn't end up seeing playing time as a freshman, and while he stuck around for a semester after Neal Brown was let go and Rich Rodriguez took over the program, he would enter the portal after the spring season ended.
He has spent the past two years a bit closer to home, heading back to southern West Virginia to play for the Concord Mountain Lions at the Division 2. Last season, he began the season among the top receivers at the Division 2 level statistically before his season ended prematurely due to injury. And this year, he returned healthy and picked up right where he left off.
Through eight games this season, Collins is fourth at the Division 2 level in receiving yards, racking up 1,016 receiving yards. He's also second in Division 2 in receiving touchdowns, with 12 touchdowns so far this season.
When Collins left the program at West Virginia, he was among a wave of departures that likely thought they wouldn't have a spot on the roster with new roster limits incoming. He also briefly entered the portal last winter before returning to Concord, and said he was open to a West Virginia return. And as Rich Rodriguez and his staff start looking for potential additions next season, it would be wise to bring Collins back and see what he can do at the Division 1 level again.
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