Rich Rodriguez said earlier in the week, leading up to the UCF game, that Scotty Fox Jr. and Khalil Wilkins would both split reps and battle it out to see who the starter would be for West Virginia.
Quarterback Nicco Marchiol was out for the year, and Texas A&M transfer Jaylen Henderson was doubtful and eventually ruled out. It was up to the youngsters for UCF.
Despite the competition, everyone who covered the team and the fans all thought it was going to be Wilkins who’d start. Wilkins started against BYU and showed flashes, and Fox played well at times, but made rookie mistakes. Wilkins looked the best out of the two in the limited time.
Just before the game, reports flooded the timeline that Fox would actually start. The insider sources were right, Fox trotted out in the opening driv