WVU Football Recruiting
WVU Football Lands Nation’s Leading Rusher Cam Cook
The nation’s leading rusher is going to be a Mountaineer, committing to the WVU football program after finishing up an official visit.
Cam Cook (5-foot-11 and 200 pounds) will now bring his talents to West Virginia after an historic 2025 season with Jacksonville State.
He ran for 1,659 yards on 295 carries for an average of 5.6 yards per touch. Cook score 16 touchdowns and also added 30 receptions and 296 yards as a receiver. His total came without even playing in the Gamecocks’ bowl game. Cook was named Conference USA Player of the Year and to multiple major All-American teams.
A source also tells WV Sports Now that his previously scheduled visit with Tennessee was canceled. The reports that he visited Tennessee are inaccurate. No Tennessee visit took place and he’s going to be a Mountaineer.
To add to the @EerSportsDotCom report about Cam Cook committing to WVU, a source tells me his previously scheduled visit with Tennessee was canceled.
The reports that he visited Tennessee today are inaccurate. No Tennessee visit took place and he's going to be a Mountaineer.
— Mike J. Asti (@MikeAsti11) January 6, 2026
Helping his transition from Conference USA, Cook is already familiar with the Big 12. Prior to transferring to Jacksonville State, Cook spent two years at TCU and totaled 608 yards and nine touchdowns off 135 rushing attempts with the Horned Frogs.
The embedded video below shows some of Cook’s highlights.
— Cam “The Chef” Cook (@CamCook_4) December 29, 2025
A former top recruit out of Stony Point High School in Round Rock, Texas, Cook was rated as a four-star prospect by national recruiting services like Rivals and 247 Sports.
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