West Virginia Football: Early predictions for the 2022 depth chart

West Virginia football defense

Nose Tackle: Jordan Jefferson

Defensive Tackle: Dante Stills

Defensive End: Taijh Alston

Bandit: Jared Bartlett

MIKE Linebacker: Lee Kpogba

WILL Linebacker: Lance Dixon

SPEAR: Saint McLeod

Cornerback: Charles Woods

Cornerback: Marcus Floyd

Free Safety: Aubrey Burkes

Cat Safety: Jasir Cox

Defensive Spotlight: Well, the Mountaineers’ defense has certainly shaken things up since the 2021 season. Several of WVU’s defensive starters are elsewhere, including three of the best players in Sean Mahone, Daryl Porter Jr., and Akheem Mesidor.

These departures shouldn’t be too much of a loss for the Mountaineers as they still have Stills and were able to bring in some major talents from the transfer portal in Cox and Kpogba. I might be too high on Cox but I think he’ll become a special defender and someone who can bring some winning culture to WVU after winning three National Championships with the NDSU Bison.

Special Teams

Punter: Kolton McGhee

Kicker: Casey Legg

Long Snapper: Austin Brinkman

Returner: Reese Smith

Special Teams Spotlight: Who would have thought that WVU’s most stable unit would be the special teams? Maybe everyone.

Each one of the starters on special teams has logged significant snaps at their position which makes it an easy positions group to predict. Casey Legg should follow up his good 2021 season with another one in 2022.