West Virginia linebacker David Long will miss the first month of the upcoming season due to a meniscus injury, according to a report from Bruce Feldman of Sports Illustrated.
Long suffered the injury in off-season conditioning, according to Feldman.
A redshirt sophomore from Cincinnati, Long appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman, collecting 63 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss on the year, which ranked among the top six on the team in both categories. He posted a season-best 11 tackles in a Russell Athletic Bowl loss to Miami.
The Mountaineers’ schedule opens with Virginia Tech on Labor Day Sunday at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., before home games against East Carolina and Delaware State. West Virginia closes September with a conference opener at Kansas on Sept. 23. WVU takes Sept. 30 off before a road trip to TCU on Oct. 7.