Jacob Bradford holds the SS · Backup spot in West Virginia Mountaineers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jacob Bradford is a strong safety from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who played high school football at Catholic under coach Hudson Fuller. A consensus 4-star prospect, Bradford earned First-Team 5A All-State honors in 2023 and 2024, and was named all-district first-team in 2022, 2023, and 2024. As a senior, he helped lead Catholic to an 11-1 record, a district championship, and a state semifinal appearance, finishing ranked No. 5 in Louisiana. Bradford attended LSU, where he redshirted in 2025 under coach Brian Kelly and appeared in contests against Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, Western Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Houston. He now transfers to West Virginia as a redshirt freshman.

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