Wide receiver Jeff Weimer transferred to West Virginia on January 24, trying to get ahead and learn the Rich Rodriguez offense. At least, that’s what he thought.

Weimer’s been around the block in his career. He started off at junior college in California, then moved up and transferred to UNLV as a redshirt sophomore. At UNLV, Weimer had 26 catches for 278 yards and a touchdown.

After UNLV and in 2023, Weimer had personal issues, so he took a year off from football.

Then, he transferred to Idaho State and had 75 receptions for 1,016 yards — a big-time stat line. Now, Weimer’s on WVU. He went from California, to Nevada, to Idaho and now to West Virginia.

“It feels like I’ve only been in one place for a year, and then I’ve changed,” Weimer said. “I think that’s been eye-opening, for sure. I think it’s been cool to be able to see the world. Honestly, though, the best thing about that is building relationships. That’s the thing I’ve been blessed with is being able to learn from meeting different coaching staffs and honestly, the players and relationships I’ve made through each organization, being able to be a part of it’s been a blessing.”

Weimer’s time at WVU, like his career, has been a rollercoaster. He committed in January, but wasn’t able to fully practice with the team until just a week before the season. Weimer was one of the four transfers fighting the NCAA to have their waivers passed.

Instead of training with the team and practicing, Weimer had to train and prepare for the season on his own. He said the process was repetitive, but powered through it.

“You feel like you’re doing the same thing each day,” Weimer said. “There are worse things, like I wasn’t injured or anything, so I could actually physically practice. I’ve dealt with injuries in the past, and that is hard because you physically can’t do what you want to do. Yeah, I wasn’t practicing, but I was finding ways to get better, and that allowed me to put my head on my pillow at night knowing I got better, which is important to me.”

Weimer was training this offseason, not knowing the fate of the court case. His waiver was denied by the NCAA, and the court date was set up so close to the season. Weimer could’ve been doing all this work for nothing.

He said the anticipation reminded him of when he was in junior college in California.

“You’re working hard and doing the things you can control, but you don’t know if that opportunity will come,” Weimer said. “It’s similar in that regard, which I’ve had the opportunity of going through junior college, and that kind of prepared me for that. Frustration isn’t the word I would use. I think it’s just being patient, focusing on day by day, what I can do to get better.”

Then came the court date on Aug. 20, just 10 days before the season kicked off against Robert Morris. Weimer was nervous, rightly so.

Luckily for Weimer, the court ruled in favor of the players, allowing them to play this fall for WVU.

Weimer adjusted quickly to the offense. He registered his first catch against Kansas, which went for 18 yards, one of the bigger plays of the whole game for WVU. The journeyman will be a bigger part of the offense going forward with the injuries to Jaden Bray and Preston Fox. He’ll be mixed in with Cam Vaughn and Justin Smith-Brown outside on the perimeter.

Weimer has enjoyed his time so far in Morgantown.

“Football has taken me a lot of places, but wherever ball has been, my passion, I’ve always loved where that’s been,” Weimer said. “But the coaching staff is really the biggest sales point for me. Coming out here and now being out here, I say, really just grown on me, and I really like it a lot.”