West Virginia Football: 5 reasons the Mountaineers defeat ECU

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MORGANTOWN, WV – OCTOBER 22: Kyle Hicks #21 of the TCU Horned Frogs gets wrapped up by Kyzir White #8 of the West Virginia Mountaineers during the fourth quarter at Mountaineer Field on October 22, 2016 in Morgantown, West Virginia. West Virginia won the game 34-10. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) /

5. West Virginia secondary dominates ECU’s receiving corps

ECU lost possibly their best wide receiver in program history with the departure of Zay Jones to the Buffalo Bills. Jones is the all-time leading pass catcher in NCAA history. The Pirates were not able to recover from that in Week 1.

Senior receiver Davon Grayson now leads the ECU receiving corps. ECU’s receivers played rather well last week but it was not enough. However, West Virginia’s secondary has some experience and depth. They have a lot more talent than the Pirate receivers.

They have three senior cornerbacks that rotate in and all three of their starting safeties are at least juniors. Redshirt junior Dravon Askew-Henry saw his first action since a knee injury took away his entire 2016 season. Askew-Henry had a good game last week with five tackles.

Look out for West Virginia to pick off starting ECU quarterback Thomas Sirk multiple times this week. Sirk threw two interceptions already and the Mountaineer secondary is much better than James Madison’s.

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