This offseason West Virginia signed Oklahoma State wide receiver transfer Jaden Bray in hopes of bolstering their roster and adding a playmaker.
Bray spent his whole life in Oklahoma but wanted a better opportunity and decided to join WVU. Throughout spring camp and now fall camp he has been highly talked about by teammates and coaches as someone who is going to make a difference for the Mountaineers in 2024.
“I’m excited about him as a football player. He’s going to be one of our better special teams players also,” Brown said of Bray Monday.
In three seasons (one redshirt) with the Cowboys, Bray has compiled 686 yards and four touchdowns on 48 catches. One of those touchdowns came against the Mountaineers last season in a 48-34 OSU win.
“First of all he plays the game really hard, He’s coachable. He ran down 21 plus miles per hour the other day on a kickoff and that’s that’s special. He’s really good at the Gunner on punt I think he’s got he he is going to be a lead at that. I thought he used his body well on offense he made a couple couple plays down in the Red Zone, where he went up and used his length. So those are those are some real positives for him,” Brown said when asked what specifically he sees in Bray.
Bray sees the vision for what the Mountaineers are looking to accomplish and wants to be a part of it. He says that he’s felt welcomed ever since he got to Morgantown due to his coaches and strong connections in the receiver room.
“What drew me here was just the people and the culture they have a great thing going here,” Bray said. “Since I came here on my visit just being around all those people, especially in the receiver room and just being around coach Lal (Bilal Marshall) that’s what really brought me here. I feel like we got really some something really special going on here and yeah I just wanted to be a part of it,” Bray said. “How long did it take me to get adjusted, like to feel welcome, like really since I got here. They have great great staff on board, great teammates.”
Since his arrival, Bray has been denoted as an abnormally strong receiver by many including teammates and coaches. He says that having to be an outside receiver and hard work in the weight room has led to that.
“Just working hard in the weight room. Especially being an outside receiver sometimes being in the boundary you’re going to go against bigger corners,” Bray said. “Yeah I feel like I’m a strong receiver but you know I worked to get there as well.”
