BREAKING: WVU Flips Arkansas OL Transfer Ty'Kieast Crawford Away from UCLA

A big-time get for the Mountaineers' offensive line.

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Monday morning, the West Virginia Mountaineers secured a massive commitment out of the transfer portal, flipping UCLA offensive line commit Ty'Kieast Crawford, formerly of Arkansas.

Crawford began his career at Charlotte, choosing the 49ers out of high school 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.

After one year in Charlotte, Crawford entered the transfer portal and landed at Arkansas. There, he appeared in 33 games over the course of four seasons, making six starts.

He will have one year of eligibility remaining.

WVU's updated transfer portal additions

QB Jaylen Henderson (Texas A&M), RB Tye Edwards (Northern Iowa), RB LJ Turner (Catawba College), WR Cyrus Traugh (Youngstown State), WR Cam Vaughn (Jacksonville State), WR Daveon Walker (Butler C.C.), WR Jarod Bowie (Jacksonville State), WR Oran Singleton Jr. (Eastern Michigan), TE Jacob Barrick (Jacksonville State), TE Johnny Pascuzzi (Iowa), OL Walter Young Bear (Tulsa), OL Ty'Kieast Crawford (Arkansas), OL Robby Martin (NC State), OL Wyatt Minor (Youngstown State), OL Kimo Makane’ole (LSU), DE Braden Siders (Wyoming), 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 Michael Coats Jr. (Nevada), S Justin Harrington (Washington), S Will Davis (Virginia Union), S Fred Perry (Jacksonville State), S Jordan Walker (Chattanooga), and K Ethan Head (Tulane).

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