Zach Frazier's Senior Bowl acceptance likely means his WVU career is over

The former Fairmont Senior star has one more year of eligibility left and recently said he had not decided whether he would return to play it out at WVU.

He will graduate in December with a degree in sports management.

No WVU official would comment and it wasn’t clear whether or not Frazier could accept a bid to the Senior Bowl or even play in it and keep some form of his eligibility intact.

WVU head coach Neal Brown seemed to be giving off a hint that he expected Frazier to leave after this season on his Thursday night radio show.

When asked about Frazier, he answered:

“You don’t know what you have until it’s gone. We need to enjoy these last three games with him on our team. We do some things at the center spot that no other teams can do, because of him. He’s going to play a long time in the NFL.”

That seems to include everything but a goodbye gift.

Frazier is considered among the two or three top centers in the nation, which means it would be no surprise if he entered the draft.

WVU football general manager Drew Fabianich recently analyzed Frazier’s game on the Three Guys Before the Game Podcast:

“He plays longer than his length,” he said. “He looks like he’s short-armed and he’s really not. He’s 32.5 inches. Smart. Physical. Great quickness. He needs to stay in contact at the second level better. His feet need to follow his hands.

“He’s gotten better. Against Texas Tech, he played really well. He played really well against TCU, too. Does he have a lot of knockdowns? Yes, he does. Is he tenacious? Yes, he is. This always goes back to ‘Who does he remind you of?’ I said he was better than (Tyler) Biadasz. We at Dallas took Biadasz out of Wisconsin ... and Frazier’s better than him. And Biadasz is starting in the NFL.

“Frazier’s going to play 10 years (in the NFL) if he stays healthy.”

He is also one of eight players under consideration for the Wuerffel Trophy “presented to the FBS player who best combines exemplary community service with leadership achievement on and off the field, and among 16 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, presented to the college player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-field performance. That trophy is called the “Academic Heisman.”

Frazier is in the running, too, for the Rimington Award, given to the nation’s top center, and the Outland Trophy, presented to the top interior lineman in the nation.