MORGANTOWN – West Virginia quarterback Scotty Fox lined up behind center, and behind him stood edge rusher Curtis Jones Jr. Jones took the handoff and scored, punching it in to extend the lead for the Mountaineers against Colorado.

Jones was a talented running back in high school, but came to the Mountaineers as a pass rusher. Rich Rodriguez had Jones play running back because of all the injuries in the running back room.

Rodriguez talked multiple times before and throughout the season that there’d be more two-way players in college football because of the shrinking roster sizes and the inability to add players after injuries, like in the NFL.

They won’t be true two-way players, like Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, who played whole drives on offense and defense, but they’ll come in

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