MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — .Junior Adam Hensley spent most of the fourth quarter at Dylan Tonkery’s middle linebacker spot for West Virginia in the Mountaineers’ 38-22 win against Kansas on Saturday.
Mountaineers’ defensive coordinator Tony Gibson said Tonkery was “hobbled a little bit.”
Fellow linebacker David Long said Hensley filled in just fine.
“Next man in, gotta come in and make plays,” Long said. “Hensley did a great job of doing that.”
Hensley made two tackles.
Quotable from Saturday’s game
“I don’t recall them having a big bomb of a catch that they are known for just about every game.” — Kansas coach David Beaty
“We’re the only undefeated team in the Big 12, so let’s keep fighting, let’s keep getting better, because It’s going to get a lot harder.” — West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital
“We could have played until tomorrow morning and they wouldn’t have scored again on our 1s. And you can print that in big, bold [words].” — West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson
“It’s the second week in a row that I’m going home a winner with a headache,” — West Virginia coach Dana Holgerson
Crunching numbers from Saturday’s game
3 — Number of interceptions thrown by quarterback Will Grier, the most he’s thrown in a game since he had four against Oklahoma State last season.
27-16 — Record for Dana Holgorsen when West Virginia is ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
— Contributing: Allan Taylor.
