WVU football will certainly miss the presence of Consensus All-American offensive lineman Wyatt Milum this season as he moves onto the NFL. But one team's loss is another's gain.
Milum started 43 games over his four-season career for the West Virginia Mountaineers, helping anchor a rushing offense ranked among the Top 10 at the Power 4 level during his final two seasons. He was then selected this past spring in Round Three of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have struggled offensively in recent seasons as quarterback Trevor Lawrence dealt with recurring injury issues.
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Now, the Jaguars hope Milum can help provide a solution to their struggles in the trenches, and Jacksonville Head Coach Liam Coen seemed impressed with what Milum has to offer after going through the team's offseason minicamp over the past month.
"He's a big dude...the way the guy plays, the toughness," Coen said during the minicamp sessions. "He's rooted in that. That's kind of what he prides himself on being, and that's what he is kind of known for around that building is being a guy that finishes, that plays the game the right way, that approaches it the right way.”
For his part, Milum credits that tough playing style to the culture he was inundated in growing up in West Virginia. The Kenova native and Spring Valley High School alum, describing it as "the way he grew up."
“It’s the way I was raised to play the game," Milum said during minicamp. "When you step on the field there’s only one way to play and that’s to play through the whistle. It’s ingrained in me, especially being on the offensive line. You’re supposed to set the tone of the whole offense.”
Milum will transition from his spot as an offensive tackle for the Mountaineers to offensive guard for the Jaguars, which is a transition he embraced, despite a few challeneges along the way.
“It was a little much at the beginning,” he said. “But I feel like the way the coaches have explained it and done it over a period of time since I’ve been drafted ... they made it a smooth process. I feel like everything’s been good.”