Maurice Fleming, who is, I guess, tackling a Pitt player, thought I suppose any means necessary is fine by you, says he’ll be on campus two weeks from today.

The first full summer session begins June 6, so he’ll be here for all the supervised workouts and the get-togethers the players organize on their own. This is an advantage for him to catch up with the incumbents and to get a lead on the soon-to-arrive contenders.

And Fleming isn’t coming here to be an accessory again.

“I wouldn’t have chosen West Virginia if I felt like I wasn’t able to start,” said Fleming, who visited WVU last week and announced Thursday he would play his final college season with the Mountaineers after four years, three seasons and one degree with the Hawkeyes.

Whether or not he can do that at the expense of seniors Nana Kyeremeh, Rasul Douglas or Antonio Crawford or any of the freshmen or junior college transfers who are on campus or on their way will be decided once preseason practices begin Aug. 2.

What Fleming does know is he’ll chase a chance he wasn’t going to get with the Hawkeyes.

The Mountaineers lost their top three cornerbacks from 2015, and three of the five scholarship cornerbacks on campus haven’t played a down for WVU. Iowa ended spring football content with two senior starters, including a consensus All-American. Fleming was the defense’s nickelback in 2015, and reports from the spring had Fleming working as a backup safety at times.

Iowa announced Fleming’s plan to transfer in April, and coach Kirk Ferentz wished the Chicagoan well and said, “Reese has been a valuable contributor throughout his career at Iowa.”

Fleming wants to be worth more than that after leaving Iowa with 31 tackles, six pass breakups and one forced fumble in 33 games.

“I was looking for a job,” Fleming said. “I’m a competitor, and I didn’t want to accept that role at the University of Iowa. That was the deal there, and I’d pretty much accepted the role I was given. I didn’t agree with that at that time, but I did what’s best for the team.”

I don’t think that’s a shot across the bow as much as it’s an indisputable comment on reality. He has one year left, and he wasn’t comfortable being a third wheel again at Iowa, while the Mountaineers simply need bodies, never mind one who’s spent four years and three seasons in the Big Ten.

But hey, Maurice Fleming, how do you do?