Oct 2, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
Bonus episode with the audio being taken from the October 2nd WVU News Daily feature over on the #CRW YouTube Channel. Subscribe below. #WVU #WVUFootball #WVUBasketball #WVUSports #WVUMountaineers…
All right, let's lead off with Michael Hawkins Jr. soaring up the quarterback rankings here, as ESPN came out with a new list ranking all power five quarterbacks, or power four quarterbacks rather, and there's 68 within the power of four.
And if you see here, they did this in the spring, and back then they had Michael Hawkins ranked 50th out of 68 total quarterbacks.
Thought he was underrated then.
Think that's proved to be true through the first four games of the season.
And ESPN agrees, as you see him all the way up to number 17, a top 20 quarterback in college football thus far this season.
And we see some numbers here.
His QBR currently 89.3. He's thrown for 609 yards, ran for 464, and already has 14 touchdowns.
We know he became the first WVU player since 1972 to have three plus rushing touchdowns in back-to-back games after he did that in the two most recent West Virginia football games.
"On paper, the dual-threat Hawkins playing in a Rich Rodriguez offense seemed pretty perfect.
It has played out that way on the field, too.
He's averaging only 16.5 dropbacks per game but is throwing efficiently and running beautifully.
He has gained at least 96 non-sack rushing yards in every game and has topped 120 yards twice.
Defense is a concern, but the WVU offense has come around nicely with the right guy behind-
All right, let's lead off with Michael Hawkins Jr. soaring up the quarterback rankings here, as ESPN came out with a new list ranking all power five quarterbacks, or power four quarterbacks rather, and there's 68 within the power of four.
And if you see here, they did this in the spring, and back then they had Michael Hawkins ranked 50th out of 68 total quarterbacks.
Thought he was underrated then.
Think that's proved to be true through the first four games of the season.
And ESPN agrees, as you see him all the way up to number 17, a top 20 quarterback in college football thus far this season.
And we see some numbers here.
His QBR currently 89.3. He's thrown for 609 yards, ran for 464, and already has 14 touchdowns.
We know he became the first WVU player since 1972 to have three plus rushing touchdowns in back-to-back games after he did that in the two most recent West Virginia football games.
"On paper, the dual-threat Hawkins playing in a Rich Rodriguez offense seemed pretty perfect.
It has played out that way on the field, too.
He's averaging only 16.5 dropbacks per game but is throwing efficiently and running beautifully.
He has gained at least 96 non-sack rushing yards in every game and has topped 120 yards twice.
Defense is a concern, but the WVU offense has come around nicely with the right guy behind-
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