The most notable and least mentioned note to Eddie Davis’ move from cornerback to wide receiver was that Davis entered the spring as the backup to Keith Tandy at one cornerback spot and one of just eight players — six on scholarship — at the  position.

The Mountaineers are so thin at wideout they have to take — and maybe the better word is “borrow” — from a position with two players who have any meaningful playing time, one who played sparingly and two who’ve never played.

Yikes.

Help will come over the summer. Ishmael Banks actually played corner in high school and prep school — what a novel idea! –as did Avery Williams, though he may get a shot at receiver, too.

Pity cornerbacks coach David Lockwood, who’s doing some serious coaching on one good leg and one surgically repaired leg.

Last December, away with the team and preparing for the Gator Bowl against Florida State, a stinging shock pulled Lockwood out of a deep sleep.

“It was 5 o’clock in the morning and it locked up on me,” he said. “I thought I was dreaming. I wasn’t moving or anything, I was on my back and I went to turn on my side and the pain just shot up my leg. I popped up in bed. Every other time, I was able to get it back. That time, I couldn’t.”

Lockwood needed a shot to ease the pain and it was a couple of hours before everything went back to where it was supposed to be. The next day Lockwood coached without much pain, but he knew what was next.

On Jan. 8, with the team late in the recruiting cycle, Lockwood had surgery.

“It was supposed to be (arthroscopic), snip it and three days on crutches,” he said. “When he got in there, he had to repair the whole thing. Then it was six weeks on crutches.”