Earlier Saturday morning,the news was broken byEerSportsthat WVU football will be startingScotty Fox Jr.at quarterback for the first time this season.
It will mark the fourth different starting quarterback this season for the Mountaineers, and the second freshman to start at the position this season. But the other freshman starter, Khalil Wilkins, is a redshirt freshman, and Fox is a true freshman – allowing him an opportunity to rewrite the history books for the program.
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Fox, if the reporting holds up and he takes the start, will become the first true freshman quarterback to start for the Mountaineers since Fred Wyant in 1952 – meaning it's been over 70 years since another player has had that honor for WVU. Ironically, the move comes the game after another true freshman quarterback in BYU's Bear Bachmeiertorched the WVU defense.
In Wilkins' start against BYUin the Mountaineers' most recent game, Fox had to relieve Wilkins for a few plays on an early drive, and also saw action late in the game.He looked good in those limited snaps, going 3-of-3 for 54 yards and a touchdown through the air while adding 22 yards on two carries. He had seen just a couple of snaps before that game since his appearance in the Backyard Brawl, where he threw interceptions on back-to-back drives.
It had been reported over the summer thatsome viewed Fox as "the future"of the West Virginia football program, and now he'll get his chance to showcase that potential as a starter – likely at a time long before anyone imagined he'd get to do so.
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