Football Announces Linebacker Addition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – (January 8, 2024) - West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced that Reid Carrico, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound, redshirt junior linebacker from Ironton, Ohio, has signed a grant-in-aid and will transfer to WVU from Ohio State. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Reid Carrico, LB, 6-2, 235, r-Jr., Ironton, Ohio/Ironton/Ohio State
2023 (r-So.)
- Played for coach Ryan Day at Ohio State
- Academic All-Big Ten Conference
- Played in the first 10 games of the season, mostly on special teams, before missing the final three games
2022 (r-Fr.)
- Academic All-Big Ten Conference
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Played in eight games on special teams
2021 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Saw action against Akron, Rutgers, Maryland ad Michigan State
High School
- Two-way player and starting running back for coach Trevon Pendelton at Ironton
- First player ever to be named the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Southeast District Player of the Year on offense and defense in the same season
- Earned all-conference First Team and all-district honors
- Ohio’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters
- Had 56 tackles, including four sacks and 17 tackles for loss in 12 games as a senior in 2020
- Rushed for 1,544 yards and 25 touchdowns in helping Ironton reach the Division V state championship game
- Had 187 yards on 29 carries in a 22-19 win over Roger Bacon in the state semifinals
- Rushed for more than 3,000 yards with 48 career touchdowns
- Rated No. 4 player in Ohio and a consensus four-star prospect
- Ranked No. 84 nationally regardless of position by 247Sports.com
- Dubbed nation’s fifth-ranked linebacker prospect
Personal
- Son of Shelley and the late Gary Carrico
- One of two children (1 brother)
- Majoring in integrated studies
