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West Virginia Mountaineers: Transfer 101: Jeff Weimer
The West Virginia Mountaineers football program has continued to add key pieces to address positions of need from the transfer portal and have done it once again with Idaho State wide receiver Jeff Weimer.
Weimer, 6-foot-2, 204-pounds, received an offer from the Mountaineers Jan. 15 just a day after he elected to enter the transfer portal and is coming off a season with the Bengals where he hauled in 75 passes for 1,016 yards and 6 touchdowns for an average of 13.5 per grab.
The California native also spent time at UNLV in 2022 where he appeared in just five games and grabbed 26 catches for 278 yards and a touchdown.
Prior to that Weimer also spent time at two different junior colleges with his first season at Hartnell College where he was productive with 78 catches for 1,040 yards and 11 scores and then City College of San Francisco where he had 75 catches for 1,253 yards and 17 touchdowns prior to signing with UNLV.
Weimer becomes the fifth wide receiver addition that West Virginia has made through the transfer portal this off-season joining Eastern Michigan transfer Oran Singleton, Jacksonville State transfer Jarod Bowie, Youngstown State transfer Cyrus Traugh and Jacksonville State transfer Cam Vaughn.
Weimer has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.
WVSports.com breaks down the transfer of Weimer and what it means to the West Virginia Mountaineers football program both now and in the future.
The data:
Weimer has been productive in relation to his on the field snaps at every stop of his college career from the FBS, FCS and junior college levels. At Idaho State in 2024, Weimer played a total of 844 snaps at wide receiver, where that was broken down into 540 pass routes and 302 run blocking.
Across those 540 pass routes, Weimer was targeted 122 times and responded with 75 catches for 1,016 yards and 6 touchdowns for a reception rate of 61.5-percent.
Weimer spent 442 of those snaps out wide and 100 in the slot, where he showed some wiggle with 224 yards after the catch and forced a total of 8 missed tackles.
At 6-foot-2, Weimer also displayed the ability to win in contested situations making 8 of 18 catches.
During his time at UNLV, Weimer saw action in seven games and caught 26 of 43 targets although there he was used more in the slot with 173 of his 210 pass routes there. This is an experienced wide receiver that has spent time at multiple positions at multiple different levels.
Fitting the program:
West Virginia was still searching for another wide receiver to add to the roster and Weimer fills a lot of needs as a seasoned option that has filled multiple roles. Over his time in college, Weimer has accounted for 1,000 yards in three of the four years he was on the field and has shown flexibility to play inside or outside.
It was telling that West Virginia made Weimer a priority when he entered the transfer portal, and he gives the Mountaineers an interesting piece to the puzzle in a room that is essentially rebuilding itself from last year. West Virginia only returns a handful of snaps from the 2024 season and outside Rodney Gallagher even less total production meaning that there will be opportunities for newcomers to make their mark.
Weimer is a senior that joins a room with 12 other scholarship options although four of those are either true or redshirt freshmen. That opens the door for Weimer to make an impact in his final season.
Recruiting the position:
Now with five transfer additions on top of the two high school prospects signed, West Virginia has added a lot of new faces to the wide receiver room heading into the 2025 season. But the program still could look at adding one or possibly two more younger options at the inside spots to round things out. This addition gives the Mountaineers another experienced outside option but don’t count any potential additions out this off-season as the coaching staff has remained aggressive rounding out needs on the roster.
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N.C. man faces prison after relocating to W.Va. without updating sex offender registration
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A North Carolina sex offender who relocated to West Virginia is facing prison time after violating federal registration mandates, prosecutors said.
James Terry Lawson Jr., 43, pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to register and update registration as a sex offender, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The release said Lawson was convicted of indecent liberties with children in North Carolina back in 2003. The man lived in Vienna, W.Va., in late 2024 and early 2025 without registering as a sex offender.
Prosecutors noted Lawson has previous convictions for failing to maintain records in 2009 and 2017.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 5 when Lawson faces up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release time and a fine of up to $250,000.
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Commentary: As Mountaineers ready for elimination game, harping on errors does no good – WV MetroNews
OMAHA, Neb. — There’s no denying the impact a pair of West Virginia errors in the seventh inning played in the outcome of what amounted to a 5-2 loss to North Carolina on Sunday night at Charles Schwab Field.
There’s no reason to harp on them either.
Tyrus Hall and Brodie Kresser would like nothing more than to have made fairly routine plays, particularly Kresser’s miscue that prevented a potential inning-ending double play.
Instead, Gavin Gallaher followed with a two-run triple to break a 2-all tie and UNC scored three unearned runs in the inning. Neither team would score again.
“Over the course of 62 games, that stuff happens,” second-year WVU coach Steve Sabins said. “I think we have the best fielding percentage in our league. Tyrus is one of the best defenders in the nation. So we’ve had really good success. And that’s kind of part of it. You don’t want it at that time. But I feel very confident that any mistakes that are made are made because mistakes happen in baseball, not necessarily the moment or the situation. I feel like our guys have played really free and aggressive this entire time.”
The Tar Heels are now within one victory of a spot in the Men’s College World Series Finals, while the Mountaineers (46-16) suffered their fourth loss in 22 games since May, and now have to defeat Troy on Tuesday to get another crack at the No. 5 national seed.
WVU never led Sunday and scored one of its two runs on a double play that Matt Ineich hit into in the fourth inning.
The next time Ineich stepped into the batter’s box in the sixth, the Mountaineers were in their best position of the game to lead with runners at first and second, before the shortstop hit into his second 4-6-3 twin killing in as many at bats.
Consider that among its single-season program record 46 victories this season, only two for West Virginia have come scoring two or fewer runs and four have with three or fewer runs. On both occasions that the Mountaineers won with two runs, they prevented the opposition (Liberty and TCU) from scoring.
Baseball is a game predicated on handling failure, not dwelling on it. Succeeding three times every 10 trips to the plate leaves you in position to be enshrined in Cooperstown at the highest level.
Let it not be forgotten that Kresser’s single to start the bottom of the 10th inning led to him scoring the winning run in the Mountaineers’ 6-5 victory over Kentucky to win the Morgantown Regional. He’s been a mainstay in the Mountaineer lineup each of the last three seasons — two that have ended in Super Regional appearances and this year, which will at some point end in Omaha.
“It is what it is. Have to flush it,” Kresser said. “Can’t let the moment get too big.”
Hall has hit exceptionally well throughout the NCAA Tournament and broke a 5-all tie last Friday against Troy with a two-run single in the eighth. He’s also made numerous high-level defensive plays throughout the 2026 campaign, including a few in the MCWS.
Sabins has described Hall as the best defensive third baseman he’s been around and numerous teammates have offered similar praise.
“I just missed it. It happens,” Hall said.
A big part of what’s made West Virginia’s 2026 season so successful is the team’s ability to stay present.
The Mountaineers haven’t dwelled on losses or harped on wins. They didn’t get too low after a 23-1 midweek loss to rival Pitt or an 11-9 postseason loss to Kentucky, and didn’t get too high after fending off elimination twice in one day, including an 11-9 win over the Wildcats that featured five ninth-inning runs.
Staying present and not living in the past has never been more important than now as WVU seeks a second win over the Trojans to prolong its stay on college baseball’s premier stage.
“We’re one of the best defensive teams in the country and sometimes things happen,” said Mountaineer relief pitcher Reese Bassinger. “You’re playing on a really good surface. Sometimes the ball takes a really weird bounce. I don’t really know what happened there, but it happens. We move forward.
“Kresser and Tyrus are some of the best defenders we have and I know without a doubt I would throw that same pitch over and over and I guarantee Kresser fields it for a double play every other time. That guy has been the rock. He’s been a captain for us. He’s a guy that everyone loves. Nobody cares about that. We move on, keep pitching, keep hitting and just go on the next game.”
A body found in a burning vehicle in West Virginia has prompted a homicide investigation.
In a press conference on Monday, Sean Snuffer, the chief deputy of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, said first responders were called to a rural section of Cabin Creek Road on Sunday around 9:50 a.m. for reports of a “suspicious vehicle.” A 911 caller said the vehicle’s doors were open and items were scattered around the vehicle, Snuffer said.
About 13 minutes later, a 911 caller said the vehicle was on fire, officials said. After crews arrived and extinguished the vehicle fire, a body was found. The remains were taken to the medical examiner’s office, and an autopsy on Monday determined the death was a homicide, Snuffer said. Officials are not releasing the manner of death at this time.
The victim’s identity has not been released as of Monday night, though Snuffer said the body appears to be an adult male. Snuffer said the investigation is “active and ongoing.” It was not immediately known if there were any suspects.
“We can’t answer a whole lot of questions,” he added. “I know people are going to want to know exactly what happened, but we can’t release that information.”
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the vehicle blaze. Anyone with information on the case can contact detectives with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office at 304-357-0556 or leave a tip on the sheriff’s website.
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