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West Virginia Roster

2016 roster analytics, depth, and season stat leaders in one workspace.

Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown • WV

Big 12Milan Puskar Stadium
Players
132
Avg Height
6'1"
Avg Weight
229 lbs
Underclassmen
2

Scan talent concentration, class balance, transfer reliance, and player-level filtering without leaving the page.

Roster context

West Virginia roster construction

The roster tab connects player-level listings with the context that explains how the team is built: class year, position group, acquisition path, recruiting profile, and current season production.

For 2016, West Virginia has 132 rostered players in the current viewable dataset. The talent model has enough rated-player coverage to compare blue-chip ratio, RTI rank, and portal dependence.

Roster Workspace

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132

of 132 players

All roster filters are open. Narrow the table by position, class, stars, or geography.

Analytics Summary

Roster Profile

Quick-glance talent, experience, and portal context for the current roster.

FBS RTI rank reflects teams with at least 46% matched recruiting coverage.

Position health

Position Group Health

A quick diagnostic that combines talent score, class experience, and transfer reliance into an opinionated roster read.

Portal context
GroupTalentExperiencePortal riskVerdictContext
DBHighHighLowStrength29 players, 3% blue chips
WRHighHighLowStable23 players, 13% blue chips
OLHighHighLowStable17 players, 6% blue chips
LBMediumHighLowStable18 players, 6% blue chips
DLMediumHighLowStable17 players, 6% blue chips
RBLowHighLowNeeds depth8 players, 25% blue chips
STLowHighLowNeeds depth8 players, 0% blue chips
TELowHighLowNeeds depth6 players, 0% blue chips
QBLowHighLowNeeds depth5 players, 0% blue chips
OtherLowHighLowNeeds depth1 players, 0% blue chips

Roster

Showing 1-25 of 132 players

45Adam Hensley3★LBSr6'2"232 lbsCenterville, OH, USA
57Adam Pankey3★OLSr6'5"316 lbsHamilton, OH, USA
88Adam ShulerURDLSr6'4"275 lbsLongwood, FL, USA
3Al-Rasheed Benton3★LBSr6'1"238 lbsNewark, NJ, USA
67Alec Shriner3★OLSr6'4"305 lbsOviedo, FL, USA
83Alejandro MarencoURWRSr5'9"183 lbsHouston, TX, USA
41Alex BrooksURTESr5'11"235 lbsCleveland, OH, USA
21Antonio Crawford3★CBSr5'10"Tampa, FL, USA
15Billy KinneyURPSr6'4"221 lbsMorgantown, WV, USA
35Brady WatsonURRBJr5'6"213 lbsRidgeley, WV, USA
32Brandan Rivers2★SSr6'0"185 lbsHubbard, OH, USA
7Brendan Ferns4★LBSo6'2"225 lbsSt. Clairsville, OH, USA
69Brendan WillisUROLSr6'3"282 lbsCentreville, VA, USA
90Brenon ThriftURDLSr6'1"290 lbsMonroeville, PA, USA
47Carter WalburnURLBSr6'1"217 lbsMartinsburg, WV, USA
5Charlie BentonURLBSr6'1"228 lbsOpelika, AL, USA
29Chase RidleyURWRSr5'8"142 lbsCharlotte, NC, USA
4Chris ChugunovURQBSr6'1"208 lbsSkillman, NJ, USA
27Chris ParryURWRSr5'9"182 lbsNiles, OH, USA
95Christian Brown3★DLSr6'3"Fort Myers, FL, USA
10Cody SaundersURQBSr6'1"210 lbsPanama City Beach, FL, USA
53Colton McKivitzUROLSr6'7"312 lbsJacobsburg, OH, USA
26Conner WattsURWRSr5'10"206 lbsHurricane, WV, USA
70D.J. CarozzaURDLSr5'10"302 lbsParkersburg, WV, USA
Daikiel Shorts3★SrClayton, NJ, USA

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Season Stat Leaders

Up to eight category leaders from the current team season.

6/8

Passing Yards

Skyler Howard

QB

3,328

Rushing Yards

Justin Crawford

RB

1,184

Receiving Yards

Shelton Gibson

WR

951

Tackles

Justin Arndt

LB

84

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Roster Talent Index

Signature roster score built from recruiting stars across the full roster.

Methodology

RTI assigns 100 points to 5-stars, 80 to 4-stars, 60 to 3-stars, 40 to 2-stars, and 20 to unrated players. FBS rank appears only when matched recruiting coverage is at least 35%.

RTI Score
5,200
FBS Rank
#26

Ranked against FBS teams with qualified recruiting coverage.

Blue Chip Ratio
7%

Coverage 46% of the roster with recruit matches.

Position Talent Breakdown

See where the current roster stacks its most recruiting capital.

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DB
29 players • 3% blue chips
1,000
FBS rank #24
WR
23 players • 13% blue chips
960
FBS rank #9
OL
17 players • 6% blue chips
860
FBS rank #23
LB
18 players • 6% blue chips
800
FBS rank #22
DL
17 players • 6% blue chips
640
FBS rank #69
RB
8 players • 25% blue chips
440
FBS rank #39
ST
8 players • 0% blue chips
180
Rank unavailable
TE
6 players • 0% blue chips
160
Rank unavailable
QB
5 players • 0% blue chips
100
Rank unavailable
Other
1 players • 0% blue chips
60
FBS rank #54

Talent vs Experience

Clean FBS landscape view with the current roster highlighted and focused team context alongside it.

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Championship Contender
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Talent Index
Experience
Focus Team
West Virginia
Big 12
Championship Contender
Talent Index
5,200
Experience
3.92
Move across the plot to compare talent concentration. Higher placement signals a more veteran roster mix.

Roster Construction Breakdown

Current roster mix between portal additions and everyone else on the roster.

Full portal tracker
Transfers on roster
0

0% of the current roster.

Other rostered players
132

100% of the roster remains non-transfer.

Incoming
0
Outgoing
0
Net Portal
0

Experience Score

Weighted from class year to estimate how seasoned the roster is.

Average experience
3.92

Veteran-heavy

FBS experience rank
#66

Freshmen count as 1 point, sophomores 2, juniors 3, seniors 4.

Underclassmen
2
Upperclassmen
130

Quick Answers

West Virginia roster quick answers

Season

2016

Roster size
132
Positions represented
12
Underclassmen
2
Upperclassmen
130
Transfers
0
Average height
72.82
Average weight
228.53 lbs
RTI
5,200
Blue chip ratio
6.8%
Top season leader
Skyler Howard (3328)