Trio of Football Freshman, Including One Four-Star Prospect, Enroll for 2017 Spring Semester at WVU
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on January 10, 2017 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen has announced that three freshmen student-athletes have signed grant-in-aids and enrolled for the 2017 spring semester.
Seven transfer student-athletes already signed letters of intent and grant-in-aids on December 14: Hakeem Bailey (CB), Jalen Harvey (DL), Dominique Maiden (WR), Quondarius Qualls (LB), Ezekiel Rose (DL), David Sills V (WR) and Kelby Wickline (OL).
Tevin Bush, RB, 5-8, 170, New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker HS
• Played for Coach Emanuel Powell at Landry-Walker High
• Earned 5A All-State Honorable-Mention honors as a senior by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association
• Finished with more than 2,500 all-purpose yards and 29 touchdowns
• Helped lead Landry-Walker to a 13-2 record and the 5A state championship
• Registered 134 rushing yards and a touchdown and added 82 receiving yards and a touchdown against Destrehan in the state semifinals
• Named first-team all-district and all-metro
• Collected more than 1,500 all-purpose yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior
• Three-star rating by ESPN, Rivals, Scout and 247Sports
• Ranked No. 10 all-purpose back nationally and No. 27 recruit in Louisiana by Rivals
• No. 10 all-purpose back nationally and No. 31 recruit in Louisiana by 247Sports
• No. 9 wide receiver in Louisiana by Scout
• No. 67 athlete nationally and No. 35 overall in Louisiana by ESPN
• Also offered by Arkansas, Cincinnati, Kansas, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisville, Texas Tech and Tulane
Derrek Pitts, S, 6-2, 179, Dunbar, W.Va./South Charleston HS
• Played for Coach Donnie Mays at South Charleston High
• Won the Carl Lee Award, signifying the top defensive back in West Virginia
• Earned All-West Virginia All-State First Team honors
• Named Charleston Gazette-Mail Kanawha Valley Player of the Year
• Had 348 career tackles, including 13 sacks and 35 tackles for loss
• In 2016, he finished with 90 tackles, including 56 solo stops and nine tackles for loss
• Finished with three fumble recoveries and two interceptions, returning two of them for touchdowns
• Had five solo tackles, two assisted tackles, season-high four tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and had two pass breakups against Huntington in the first round of the state playoffs
• Compiled 1,169 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns (four on receptions, two each of kickoffs and fumble returns and one each on a punt return and a rushing touchdown)
• Caught 27 passes for 468 yards and four touchdowns and ran 45 times for 277 yards and a touchdown
• Averaged 45.5 yards on kickoff returns and 21.3 on punt returns
• No. 23 safety nationally and No. 1 player overall in West Virginia by Rivals
• No. 34 safety nationally, No. 5 player overall in the East and No. 1 player in West Virginia by Scout
• No. 30 safety nationally and No. 2 player overall in West Virginia by 247Sports
• Four-star rating by Rivals and three-star rating by ESPN, 247Sports and Scout
• Also offered by Arizona, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Louisville, Maryland, Nebraska, NC State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.
Maverick Wolfley, FB, 6-3, 235, Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown HS
• Played for coach Matt Lacy at Morgantown High
• Played in nine of 13 games as a senior, sitting out four games with Injuries
• Earned 3A All-State Special Honorable-Mention as a senior
• Named All-State Second-Team as a sophomore and junior
• Three-time Three-Rivers Athletic Conference and three-time Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
• Two-time all-area selection
• As a senior, helped lead Morgantown to a 10-3 record, the state semifinals and the No. 4 ranking in West Virginia
• Finished with 332 career tackles, including 75 tackles as a senior, including three sacks and seven tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Also had 65 carries for 521 yards and eight touchdowns and four receptions for 93 yards
• Had 66 tackles as a junior, including a sack and 12 tackles for loss
• No. 5 overall recruit in the state of West Virginia by Rivals
• No. 30 inside linebacker nationally and No. 5 in West Virginia by 247Sports
• No. 25 inside linebacker nationally and No. 1 in West Virginia by Scout
• Three-star rating by Rivals, Scout, 247Sports and two-star by ESPN
• Brother, Stone, is a current member of the Mountaineer football team
• Father, Dale, was a standout performer on the offensive line for WVU on the 1988 team that played for the national championship
• Uncle, Ron was also a former Mountaineer standout at fullback and for almost 10 years in the NFL, including four years as an NFL Pro Bowl selection
• Uncle, Craig played at Syracuse and in the NFL for more than 10 years, including 10 years with the Steelers
• Grandfather, Ray Mansfield, started at the University of Washington and played 14 years in the NFL, including 13 with the Pittsburgh Steelers
