Wide receiver Preston Fox was in the gym just a couple of weeks after announcing he is retiring from football. Fox dealt with a calf injury, lower back, a concussion, and the trauma of a disappointing season under Neal Brown. Retiring sounded like a relief.

“It was really taxing on my mental and physical [health], so it was pretty rough last year,” Fox said.

But, it wasn’t.

Fox sat in the gym, and all he could think about was football and how he missed the grind, despite all the injuries.

“I started to miss the game,” Fox said. “I was going day in and day out, going to the gym, just thinking about football.”

His father, Tom, also had big WVU tailgates before the games and was pushing him to return, along with his other teammates, like receiver Jaden Bray.

Fox realized he had to get b

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