You’re damn right long snapper John DePalma has a highlight video. You laugh? Well, it’s for recruiting purposes and DePalma produced a scholarship offer at WVU.

He handled all but a handful of snaps last season — he thinks three during the Marshall game went to Jerry Cooper, who is no longer with the team, and WVU was rusty in that opener — and will only get a challenge when two other prospects arrive during the summer.

It would seem the job is his, though. He’s here. The others aren’t. And DePalma is practicing and making an impression under the watchful and demanding eye of Joe DeForest.

“It used to be really easy,” DePalma said, “but now we have Coach DeForest coming to us all the time and he really works with us a lot more.

“He gives us a lot more personal attention now and I think we’re getting a lot better because of it.”

Joe DeForest was WVU’s defensive coordinator last season and it did not go well. He’s now the special teams coordinator and he’s milking something out of every minute of the 15 spring practices.

“Last year, we didn’t really have anyone and it was more on our own and with more of a relaxed pace,” DePalma said. “Now it’s a lot more structured.”

Structure is good. He’ll be on his own once spring practice ends, and rest assure DeForest will give his guys plenty to work on so that they’re sharp when preseason practice starts in August. Here’s hoping DePalma finds time to top this.