West Virginia Football: 5 takeaways from 2017 regular season

5. Holgorsen knows how to develop offensive talent

The West Virginia offense showed all season how versatile it truly is. There’s talent at all stops for the Mountaineers. Grier spearheaded an offense that was hard for any team to stop. The receiving corps was the best positional group on the team, though.

Senior running back Justin Crawford and sophomore Kennedy McKoy presented a great change of pace from the passing game. Crawford had himself another 1,000 yard season. And, Crawford and McKoy combined for 14 rushing touchdowns.

Entering the season, senior wide receiver Ka’Raun White, and Crawford, were supposed to be the primary sources of production. While both White and Crawford had a great regular season, the depth of the skill positions were shown with the emergence of players like Gary Jennings, David Sills V, and Marcus Simms.

Grier would not have been as successful as he was without all this surrounding talent. Most Big 12 defenses had their hands full with trying to stop Holgorsen’s offensive scheme. The Utes will have the same challenge ahead of them as well.