One of the subtle highlights of the first week of WVU camp was Dana Holgorsen’s oh-by-the-way revelation that Terrell Chestnut might be the best coach for Shelton Gibson. Insight like that, things we can’t pick up in 30 minutes of observation two days a week during these two weeks, turn into stories. This was no different … except that it’s part of a story.

The fifth-year senior cornerback helping the sophomore receiver is a tile in the mosaic. When put together with the speeches to the youth groups, the stops at the children’s hospital, the volunteer work with the elderly and meals cooked at the Ronald McDonald House, it gives you the complete picture.

So next time you see Chestnut downtown with a bunch of sandwiches or hot dogs, give him a hand.

Chestnut said there have been many nights now when he went downtown and used his money to buy sandwiches, slices of pizza or even hot dogs from a street vendor and gave them to homeless people.

The inspiration came from quarterback Skyler Howard, who was a little embarrassed one day by the amount of food provided for a team meal.

“One Sunday we got some sandwiches from the Boston Beanery and there were so many left over, so he got me to go downtown with him and start handing them out,” Chestnut said. “That was something I enjoyed, so I’ve been doing it since. Nobody should ever have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. If I can make a difference and help someone out and make sure they have food in their stomach, why not?”

It’s that attitude and Chestnut’s constant application of it that last month landed him on the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, which hails itself as “college football’s premier award for community service.”

“Playing football here should be a networking tool to touch people, to be around people, to show people that just because we’re athletes and people idolize us, we’re humans as well,” Chestnut said. “We’re not all cocky and egotistical guys. We actually care about people as well.”