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It took all of the first play of the 2020 season and Leddie Brown had a longer run than anyone did in 2019. Brown opened the game with a 38-yard inside run that immediately set the tone for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
1Q | 14:30 | Leddie Brown opens this game with a 38-yard run!#HailWV pic.twitter.com/rpzzp0uL5z
— WVU Football (@WVUfootball) September 12, 2020
Three plays later, Brown matched his rushing touchdown total from 2019 with the first touchdown of the 2020 season.
Q1 | 13:28 | Leddie Brown with the first touchdown of the season for the Mountaineers, a 10-yard run. West Virginia leads 7-0.#HailWV pic.twitter.com/UUiDXN9OfC
— WVU Football (@WVUfootball) September 12, 2020
After a punt by Eastern Kentucky, the Mountaineers took a methodical approach to the second drive. Quarterback Jarret Doege completed 7 of 8 passes and his last was a 14-yard swing pass to Leddie Brown in the flat who scored his second touchdown of the season.
The problem as I see it is you’ve got Leddie Brown and Jarret Doege and only one Heisman to give.
— Jθedy McCreary (@JoedyMcCreary) September 12, 2020