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What? You’ve never heard of Cecil Level?

Well, may I suggest you join the club. It’s a support group, though, and it’s for all of those who have thus far missed this special teams terror tear down the field and take apart blockers or take down return men.

Seriously, he’s been WVU’s special teams player of the week twice and after games when Tavon Austin was very good in the return game … and once named the Big East’s special teams player of the week.

There’s an explanation and not merely one that extends what seems to be subtle ways to motivate Austin into more consistent performances in all aspects of the game. Level is honestly pretty good at what he’s asked to do.

“Watch the kickoffs,” WVU Coach Dana Holgorsen said. “He was about 15 yards ahead of everybody else on our kickoff team. It takes a situation like that to notice things. He ran down on kickoffs about seven times and was clearly playing at a different level than some of the others.”

Level is the 5-foot-10, 185-pound walk-on from Fayetteville, Ga., by way of West Virginia Tech. He wears No. 45. He also happens to be alarmingly admired by his peers.

“If you got in the stands and watched him, you’d think he was a highly recruited player from an effort standpoint and the way he takes coaching,” Rigg said. “I don’t play the same position as him, but I don’t ever hear coaches yelling at him telling him he needs to work harder. They never need to.”