Rich Rodriguez Offers Tye Edwards Update, Confirms Nicco Marchiol News

After taking a week off due to the bye, the Rich Rodriguez Show was back on Monday night. While discussing West Virginia’s upcoming matchup with UCF, Rodriguez delivered some more bad news when it comes to the health of a key player.

Rodriguez revealed that running back Tye Edwards, who returned in a very limited role at BYU after missing back-to-back games, is in Alabama seeing a specialist. He’s there because he’s trying to everything possible to get back to anything close to 100%.

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Edwards became a WVU hero on Sept. 13, gashing Pitt for 141 yards and scoring three touchdowns in West Virginia’s comeback win. He then missed both the Kansas and Utah game before running for just two yards on two attempts against the Cougars.

In others news, Rodriguez confirmed quarterback Nicco Marchiol is out for the year.

In the interest of providing WVU fans as much information as possible, WV Sports Now learned more about Nicco Marchiol’s injury.

According to a trusted source who prefers to remain anonymous, Marchiol’s injury is far more serve than has been reported. Based on what WVSN has learned, Marchiol has a torn ligament in his foot that may require surgery.

If it does require surgery, something Marchiol and his family are trying to avoid, it will likely mean he will be unable to play in 2026. And to clarify, if Marchiol has surgery, that would then put his next season in serious jeopardy no matter where he ends up.

This same source confirmed Marchiol’s plans to transfer after the 2025 season, but also wanted to emphasize that was not his intention until it became clear that his departure would be in the best interest of the WVU program and own his personal career.

Also according to the source, Marchiol first noticed his injury early in the Pitt game. However, he was not taken out that game due to the injury. Marchiol did not disclose his injury at that time.

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