Highlights + Evaluation of WVU DL Commit Makai Byerson

Taking a closer look at West Virginia's newest defensive lineman commit.

The West Virginia football staff received a verbal commitment from Midlothian, Virginia defensive end Makai Byerson (6'5", 250-lbs), choosing the Mountaineers over the three other finalists of Virginia Tech, Rutgers, and Kentucky while also receiving offers from Pitt, Tennessee, Duke, Maryland and Virginia. 

Highlights

Evaluation

Byerson is a versatile defensive lineman and effective across the line of scrimmage. He shoots the gap and meets the ball carriers head-on, driving them back and into the ground. 

The six-foot-five-once 250-pound sheds blocks, and at times throws offensive lineman around like rag dolls, also showing his strength making tackles while engaged, wrapping up running backs with one arm to bring them down. 

He's quick around the edge but doesn't over play the ball and has the wherewithal to keep his eyes on the backfield and hands up to tip passes at the line. 

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