WVU Football
WVU Safety Davis Mallinger Out for Rest of Season After Having Surgery
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The injury news has rarely been good for West Virginia this season, and despite the announcement of getting running back Tony Mathis back, there was more bad news from head coach Neal Brown.
Safety Davis Mallinger, who missed the Iowa State loss, had surgery and will miss the rest of the season. Brown informed the media, including Mike Asti of WVSN, about this news during his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
Even though cornerback Charles Woods did return after undergoing ankle surgery earlier in the season, the WVU secondary has been a weak spot for the defense, making the permanent loss of Mallinger a significant hit for the remaining games.
This season was Mallinger’s first full campaign as a Mountaineer after only registering a couple solo tackles in four games in 2021 and receiving a redshirt. He posted 25 tackles with 17 of them recorded as solo and two sacks in seven games so far this season.