Neal Brown Announces 11 Mountaineers Suspended for Opener

The Mountaineers will be down a handful of starters today

In a release by the West Virginia University Athletic Communications Department, head football coach Neal Brown suspended 11 players for the season opener against Eastern Kentucky.

The suspended players are: 

T.J. Banks (TE/r-So.) 

Chase Behrndt (OL/r-Sr.)

Zach Davis (OL/r-Sr.)

Zack Dobson (WR/Jr.)

Isaiah Esdale (WR/r-Jr.)

JP Hadley (LS/r-So.)

Mike O’Lauglin (TE/r-So.) 

T.J. Simmons (WR/r-Sr.) 

Tairiq Stewart (OL/Jr.), 

Junior Uzebu (OL/r-So.) 

David Vincent-Okloli (CB/Fr.).

No details have been released on what warranted the suspension.

West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky kickoff at noon on FS1.