One of the biggest stories in that it wasn’t a big story during spring football was the absence of Jock Sanders. Marks Rodgers and especially Ryan Clark made appreciable strides as running backs and Carmen Connolly, Brad Starks and obviously Wes Lyons did well for themselves as slot receivers.

Why, there was even talk about guys like Tavon Austin coming in in the fall and getting a shot in the backfield and in the slot.

Jock Sanders, you probably know, is a running back-slot receiver who caught more passes than anyone else for WVU last year. He was suspended in the winter following his second arrest in a year and hasn’t been reinstated. It may be a while still, according to Bill Stewart, though not for a lack of effort on Sanders’ part.

“The Judiciary Committee, which meets every week, tells me he is living a role model-like life,” said Stewart. “He has missed no classes since then.”

While unable to work out with the team this spring, he was working at Pro Performance, and Stewart said he has been exemplary there, too.

“They tell me he has been working tremendously hard there,” Stewart said, “pushing himself at times until he throws up.”