Photo courtesy of BlueGoldNews.com Tight end Kole Taylor took part in all drills Wednesday as WVU opened up camp.

MORGANTOWN — You expect to hear about bumps and bruises, sprains and breaks, muscle pulls and surgeries in college football press conferences, but the first day of camp opening?

That, however, was what much of Neal Brown’s opening press conference centered around, leading him to offer up a suggestion to those who run the sport that it is time to come clean with the public and opponents on injuries.

“I think as a league and college football as a whole, we need to look at injury reports and just have a reporting mechanism,” Brown said. “We try to protect the kids, which is the right thing to do, but at the same time there’s the changes and gambling and everything.”

Presently, coaches are not required to disclose any injury news. Brown has been upfront with injuries, but coaches are always looking for an edge, and with gambling now the nation’s national pastime, it’s time that college football let you know the status of the two quarterbacks entering a game.

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So the good news was that running back CJ Donaldson, tight end Kole Taylor — both expected to be key components in this season’s Mountaineer offense — along with linebacker Trey Lathan, a key player on defense, and safety Jaheem Joseph took part in all drills after having been limited or out of spring camp.

Joseph is a transfer from Northwestern who is expected to compete for a starting position in the secondary.

The bad news is that legacy linebacker Corey McIntyre, whom Brown expected to have a big year, and offensive lineman Kyle Altuner will miss a good part of the season rehabbing injuries.

“We look for him to come back at some point mid-season,” Brown said of Altuner. “He’s not going to miss the year.”

The worst news was that linebacker Jairo Faverus, one of the players Brown recruited from Europe about to enter his fifth year in the program, and Maurice Hamilton, have been medically disqualified for this season — which is different from a redshirt in that they are no longer on the roster and cannot return.

Brown indicated it probably marks the end of their careers.

“I hate it for Faverus,” Brown said. “Great guy. Really was a heavy special teams contributor, but just had several injuries that set him back,” Brown said of Faverus, a redshirt junior linebacker entering his fifth year with the program.

Participating in practice on a limited basis on Wednesday but expected to be back in plenty of time for the season were Asani Redwood, who missed the spring; Oryend Fisher, hurt in bowl practice last December, freshman receiver Dom Collins and cornerback Jacolby Spells.

Spells was a contributor at cornerback last season.

“He has really done well,” Brown said. “He was injured in practice 2 o3 3 of spring ball. I feel good about him progressing and being ready (for the regular season).