The one thing I’m most happy I learned from watching WVU’s preseason practice? Not that Robert Sands is a rather scary presence in the defensive backfield or that Terence Kerns swings the ball too much and doesn’t protect it enough to cause his own fumbles. Not that Reed Williams is a better teammate than linebacker or that Quinton Andrews knows how to practice without feuding with coaches.

No, I was pleased to learn that safeties coach Steve Dunlap has a cannon.

Turns out, Steve Dunlap was coaching the safeties and, with no disrespect meant toward Patrick White, if all you had seen was the flight of the football, the accuracy of the pass, the velocity with which it was thrown, you’d have thought it had been thrown by the quarterback who is a contender for the Heisman Trophy rather than a 55-year-old former Mountaineer linebacker.

Steve Dunlap may not be the best passer on the West Virginia roster, but he’s close.