Arkansas OL Transfer Ty'Kieast Crawford Signs with West Virginia

West Virginia announced the signing of Arkansas offensive line transfer Ty'Kieast Crawford on Thursday.

Before landing at Arkansas, Crawford made the interesting decision coming out of high school to play for the Charlotte 49ers over offers from Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia, Houston, Indiana, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Purdue, SMU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USC, West Virginia, and a few others.

He spent just one year in Charlotte before making the move to Arkansas. There, he appeared in 33 games over the course of four seasons, making six starts. Before signing with committing to WVU, Crawford made a pledge to UCLA.

He will have one year of eligibility remaining.

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Names in bold have signed.

Offense: QB Jaylen Henderson (Texas A&M), QB Max Brown (Charlotte), RB Tye Edwards (Northern Iowa), RB LJ Turner (Catawba College), WR Cyrus Traugh (Youngstown State), WR Cam Vaughn (Jacksonville State), WR Jarod Bowie (Jacksonville State), WR Oran Singleton Jr. (Eastern Michigan), TE Jacob Barrick (Jacksonville State), TE Johnny Pascuzzi (Iowa), OL Ty'Kieast Crawford (Arkansas), OL Walter Young Bear (Tulsa), OL Robby Martin (NC State), OL Wyatt Minor (Youngstown State), OL Kimo Makane’ole (LSU), OL William Reed (Princeton).

Defense: DE Braden Siders (Wyoming), DE Keenan Eck (Citrus College), LB Jimmori Robinson (UTSA), LB Chase Wilson (Colorado State), LB Ashton Woods (North Carolina), CB Derek Carter (Jacksonville State), CB Jordan Scruggs (South Alabama), CB Devonte Golden-Nelson (Akron), CB Jason Chambers (Appalachian State), CB Michael Coats Jr. (Nevada), S Justin Harrington (Washington), S William Davis (Virginia Union), S Fred Perry (Jacksonville State), S Jordan Walker (Chattanooga), and K Ethan Head (Tulane).

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