Steelers center Zach Frazier sets up to snap during a drill at minicamp at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on May 28, 2025. Credit: Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette.
Mountaineers in the NFL: Camp battles to watch in 2026
July 18, 2026
NFL training camps are opening across the league in the coming days. Rookies have already reported to camp for the Seattle Seahawks on July 17 and the San Francisco 49ers on July 18. All 32 teams will have reported to camp by July 28. The New York Giants are coming to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on July 30 for six practices....
Former West Virginia quarterback Will Grier has retired after seven NFL seasons, bringing an end to a football career that included one of the most accomplished stretches by a quarterback in Mountaineer history. During two seasons at West Virginia, Grier played in 22 games, completing 516 of 782 passes for 7,354 yards and 71 touchdowns while posting a 66% completion rate.
WVU Football returns home after its first road game against Oklahoma State, with Arizona coming to town for the team's third annual Coal Rush outing. The Week 6 contest is also set to serve as WVU Sports Hall of Fame Weekend. Neither of those promotions bode well, as WVU lost both in both editions last year, as well as the inaugural Coal Rush in 2024. Alas, a new season means another chance to right wrongs of the past.
