In the midst of a disappointing 2-5 season, two transfers that joined the WVU football program this year have not made much of a mark through the first seven games.
Coming into the 2025 season, arguably the two biggest names that WVU got in the transfer portal were Jimmori Robinson on the defensive side of the ball and Cam Vaughn on the offensive side of the ball. But Robinson and Vaughn have not produced like many expected and/or hoped them to.
Jimmori Robinson
Battling eligibility issues, the expectations were lowered for the reigning American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, as he couldn't begin playing until Week 4. But Robinson has yet to do almost anything through the first four games that he has been on the field. A measly two total tackles (one solo tackle) and one quarterback hit are all the stats that the UTSA transfer has put up so far in 2025.
Even with the skill gap between the American Conference and the Big 12, there was no way that WVU fans should have expected the former American Conference Defensive Player of the Year to have only two tackles and one quarterback hit through four games.
This has been a shocking disappointment to see from the UTSA transfer. Coming into the 2025 season, Robinson was expected to be a major contributor for this WVU defense, but has been nowhere near that projection as of the UCF game.
Cam Vaughn
Vaughn has been much more of a contributor for WVU than Robinson, but has still fallen short of the expectations coming into the 2025 season. Getting off to such a hot start in the season opener against Robert Morris, Vaughn recorded seven catches for 137 receiving yards and one touchdown. Since then, production has plummeted. Since Robert Morris, Vaughn has recorded just 14 catches in the six games since the season opener.
We have highlighted Vaughn before, discussing why he should receive the ball more and how to increase his opportunities to get the ball. However, it appears that head coach Rich Rodriguez cannot currently devise schemes that would increase Vaughn's targets. One would think that some wide receiver screen, tunnel screens, jet sweeps, and/or end arounds would be in the cards to get Vaughn the ball more, especially with quarterbacks who struggle to move the ball; however, that has yet to happen.
If you take away his game against an FCS opponent (Robert Morris), Vaughn has 14 catches, 208 receiving yards, and two touchdowns in those six other games. Vaughn is averaging 34.66 receiving yards per game outside of the Robert Morris game. That is almost unbelievable, especially given the season-ending injury to top wide receiver Jaden Bray in the Ohio game (second game of the season).
Whether it's Robinson or Vaughn, or almost anyone else, we have seen what we expected to see from these WVU players this season.