See Chavas Rawlins. See Chavas Rawlins throw. See Chavas Rawlins run.

Sorry, I just like saying Chavas Rawlins.

Nevertheless, Chavas Rawlins is a rising senior at Pennsylvania’s Monessen High and on May 18 he became the fourth player in WVU’s 2013 recruiting class. He is, as the scouting sites and colleges coaches call it, a dual-threat quarterback, one who passed for 991 yards and ran for 599 last season.

Hence the title this morning. It’s not a critique. It’s curiosity. Been on my mind for a few days, too.

The Mountaineers have for so many years been a home to that type of player, but the Mountaineers have a new type of coach in Dana Holgorsen, who so values the pass that he’d rather have his quarterbacks in the pocket and in the game than on the run and on the sideline. Seriously, in his six seasons as an offensive coordinator or head coach, Holgorsen’s quarterbacks totaled 121 yards on 278 carries – or 0.44 yards per rush.

OK, OK, a lot of the that can be explained by negative yardage from sacks, but figure the sacks account for many of the attempts, too. Only once in all those seasons did a quarterback run at least 10 times in a game – and Case Keenum was still sacked three times in that loss against Air Force in 2008.

So, what gives?

Since the beginning here, Holgorsen has said he won’t run it much with his quarterback, but that he can and that the offense will do what the quarterback does best: “It would depend on who the guy was.”

Well, Rawlins is not Paul Millard or Ford Childress and probably not even Geno Smith, though he can run a little and was once asked to do it 15 times in a game against UConn in 2010.

How then did Rawlins end up with the Mountaineers? Remember, WVU doesn’t mess around recruiting that position and leaves itself very little margin for error. Every year, they craft an elite list and take just one player. For 2013, Rawlins was that player – and trust the staff didn’t settle on a guy with his skills. Not the way WVU likes to operate its offense. It’s too important not to have a proper fit.

Of course, we’re in an unusual time now and never before have opponents studied Holgorsen’s offense and all the things it does. College football takes that break from winter to summer, but the competition never ends and teams are always trying to catch up and get ahead. Figure Holgorsen is in his laboratory, too, and trying to find ways to move the ball into the scoring zone faster and easier than before.

And understand WVU has three quarterbacks it really likes this season and will have three again next season when Rawlins enters and Smith exits. Depth is a commodity and Rawlins or someone like him down the road might be the benefactor who flips this offense upside down.

Yet Holgorsen sees something in Rawlins and his jukes and jets and maybe it’s something opponents have never seen from Holgorsen. Time will tell.

“I think they are much more comfortable with the depth they have at quarterback now, which gives any recruit now time to grow and develop,” said Brown, who has an affinity for Holgorsen’s designs. “Indeed, Holgorsen always says the best feature of his offense is not the plays, but instead how they practice and therefore develop players over time.

“While he was at Texas Tech, Mike Leach and Holgorsen started four straight fifth-year senior quarterbacks. The coaches obviously think they’ll have time to work with and develop Rawlins’ considerable physical skills.”

Special thanks to Chris Brown from SmartFootball.com for helping out here. Check out his new book, The Essential Smart Football. If you weren’t already, you’ll be smarter than me by the time you finish.