Pettaway stays ready

Pettaway has embraced the bruiser role in the West Virginia backfield. While a constant phrase used by college coaches, Martell Pettaway is a testament to that. Ten games into his true freshman season a year ago, Pettaway seemed destined for a redshirt.

Four-star DT Tyler Shelvin will redshirt at LSU after NCAA partially denies eligibility

The state of Louisiana’s top recruit will not be playing for the state’s top football team this fall. Four-star defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin will enroll at LSU next week, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, but will not be eligible to play in 2017 following a ruling from the NCAA on his status. The news is a big blow not only to Shelvin, but to the Tigers who are thin on the interior defensive line and were hoping to rotate in the 380-pounder this year. Shelvin’s high school coach told the paper that the NCAA “partially denied” the defender’s eligibility, forcing him to redshirt in his first year on campus. He reportedly took several classes over the summer in order to meet requirements

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  Tyler Shelvin to Enroll, Take ‘Academic Redshirt’

  And The Valley Shook
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  LSU's nose tackle depth thinning with Tyler Shelvin's absence, Ed Alexander's situation

  The Advocate

FAU-bound John Franklin III says he wasn’t having fun at Auburn

John Franklin III has had a ton written about him for a player going on his fourth program in five years but here’s a little more. The quarterback-turned-wide receiver recently gave an interview to Matthew DeFranks of the Florida Sun Sentinel on his decision to transfer to Florida Atlantic for his senior season and seemed to lob a subtle shot at his former coaching staff at Auburn while doing so. The not “having too much fun” line will probably draw most of the attention but don’t discount the issue Franklin has with playing every snap. While he arrived on the Plains as a signal-caller, he gave way to Sean White as the starter last year and was moved all over the field in a variety of packages.

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  Durante tweets he’s leaving Mountaineers for Florida Atlantic

  WV MetroNews
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  Lane Kiffin lands yet another talented transfer in WVU wideout Jovon Durante

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