West Virginia Football: 5 breakout candidates for spring 2019
By Phil Poling
If the secondary at WVU was a revolving door in 2018, the wide receivers group would be a vault with a security system Danny Ocean couldn’t crack. In other words, it was locked down.
Gary Jennings and David Sills had a strangle hold at the position for the past two seasons, amassing 3,978 yards and 47 touchdowns. But they’ll be playing on Sunday’s from now on (and occasionally Monday’s/Thursday’s). And while Marcus Simms and T.J. Simmons are still around to produce for the ‘Eers, Tevin Bush is the game-breaker opponent’s should fear.
Bush is only 5-foot-6, but is quick as lightning, just like other shorter weapons that have paraded through Morgantown. He came in as a running back, but moved to wide receiver following his freshman season. And with few touches, proved he can add a dynamic element to an offense.
He saw a big jump in his yards-per-touch average from year-one to year-two, going from 4.0 yards per touch as a freshman on 24 attempts up to 15.6 yards-per-touch on 20 attempts as a sophomore. While it might take time finding a role in Neal Brown’s system, Bush has all the tools to be a big-time contributor.