# 2025 Roster Preview: Rich Rodriguez’s 1st Quarterback Room Back at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — The echoes of “Rodriguez football” are back in the hills of West Virginia, and with them comes a quarterback room that embodies both promise and uncertainty. As Rich Rodriguez embarks on his second stint in Morgantown, nearly two decades after igniting a Mountaineer renaissance, all eyes are on who will lead his high-octane offense under center in 2025.
The battle begins with redshirt junior Nicco Marchiol, a lefty gunslinger known for his grit, leadership, and mobility. Having waited patiently behind former starter Garrett Greene, Marchiol flashed brilliance in limited action last season — most notably during the Backyard Brawl, where he orchestrated a fourth-quarter comeback that had Mountaineer fans chanting his name beneath a cold Appalachian sky.
Now, with Rodriguez installing his signature zone-read spread system — one that once propelled Pat White to legend — Marchiol looks tailor-made to thrive. “He’s tough as nails, smart, and coachable,” Rodriguez said during spring camp. “But nobody’s been handed anything.”
Enter Sean Henderson, the true wildcard. A sophomore transfer from Arizona, Henderson followed Rodriguez east after redshirting in Tucson. Though unproven on the field, his familiarity with Rich Rod’s playbook gives him a strategic edge. Built like a linebacker with a rocket arm and 4.5 speed, Henderson embodies the dual-threat chaos Rodriguez covets. During April’s Blue-Gold scrimmage, he dazzled with a 65-yard strike off a rollout and kept defenders guessing on zone reads.
Behind them stands Will Brennan, a cerebral former walk-on turned scholarship player who’s earned the respect of the locker room. Though less flashy, Brennan offers a steady hand and grasp of situational football — think Jarrett Brown lite.
Rounding out the room is early-enrollee Kaden Rozier, a four-star recruit from Georgia who lit up 7A defenses last fall. At 6’3” with a smooth release and poise beyond his years, Rozier is the future — but with Rodriguez’s track record of fast-tracking young QBs, don’t rule him out of the mix just yet.
The competition has been fierce, with no clear leader emerging out of spring ball. “We’ll take it through fall camp,” quarterbacks coach Calvin Magee Jr. said. “We want a field general who can process fast, run angry, and throw deep.”
Rodriguez has always valued iron sharpening iron, and this QB room has steel on every side. The starter may not be named until late August, but whoever wins the job will be handed the keys to one of college football’s most explosive offenses.
For fans starved for glory and grounded in grit, 2025 feels like a return to something electric — and it all starts under center.
