Garnett Hollis Jr. is on track to be a massive piece of the WVU defense.
The former Northwestern cornerback was very particular about where he wanted to go once he entered the transfer portal, meanwhile the WVU coaching staff had it as a top priority to go get an experienced, long corner that can help shutdown one half of the field. On February 20th, Hollis made the move to WVU official.
A big part of Hollis' decision was seeing what Beanie Bishop did in his one and only year at WVU after transferring in from Minnesota. Hollis cited that Bishop had 24 pass breakups last season while he was only targeted 37 times last season at Northwestern. Quite simply, there's just more opportunities for corners to make plays in the Big 12 than the Big Ten. The coaching staff pitched Bishop's All-American season and Hollis bought it.
Hollis even talked to Bishop a little bit before making the decision, where he raved about WVU's coaching staff, strength coach Mike Joseph, and just the overall culture that exists in Morgantown. For the cherry on top, Hollis comes to West Virginia with one of his closest friends, Jaheem Joseph, who also transferred in from Northwestern.
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