There were so many question marks surrounding the West Virginia
Mountaineers a year ago, including the quarterback position. We had seen glimpses of Garrett Greene throughout
his career, but primarily as a runner. Toward the end of 2022, he took the reins of the offense from JT Daniels, winning
two of the final three games knocking off Oklahoma and Oklahoma State on the road.
The first month of 2023 was a challenging one for Greene as he opened the season on the road in one of the most
hostile environments in college football, facing a Penn State defense loaded with NFL talent from front to back. Two
weeks later, Greene left the Backyard Brawl early in the first quarter with an ankle injury and did not return. When he
returned a couple weeks later against TCU, he still wasn’t at 100% but Neal Brown found out late in the practice
week that backup quarterback Nicco Marchiol had an ankle injury, forcing Greene back into action
What I don’t understand is how Greene is being overlooked by nearly every
national media outlet and every college football analyst. It’s pretty rare for a
quarterback who threw for 2,406 yards, had a 16/4 touchdown/interception split, accumulated 772 yards and 13
touchdowns with his legs, and led his team to a nine-win season to not be talked about. If you stack his numbers up
against the other highly regard signal callers in the Big 12, it further proves that he’s being overlooked.
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