WVU Football

Key WVU Football OL Taking Time Away from Team

Published

11 months ago

August 2, 2025

Mike Asti

WVU Football OL Ayden Bussell with Tennessee

Courtesy of Tennessee Athletics

A key transfer addition is stepping away from the WVU football program weeks before the regular season gets underway.

Offensive lineman Ayden Bussell will be taking time away from the team to focus on his health, as first reported by WVSports.com and confirmed by WV Sports Now on Saturday night.

Bussell transferred to West Virginia in May after spending the last two seasons with Tennessee and then entered the transfer portal on April 19. He appeared in three games for the Volunteers during the 2024, logging 62 snaps, after taking a redshirt year.

The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Mount Juliet, Tenn. native was ranked as a top 100 offensive lineman in the 2023 class.

WV Sports Now will update this story as it develops.

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