College Football Career
For three years, West was the starting quarterback at Elon, during which time they won three conference championships. He was MVP on the 1973 team that lost the Division I National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics title game to Abilene Christian; the Abilene Christian team was led by future professional football players Clint Longley and Wilbert Montgomery. West left Elon holding three passing records that would not be broken for 20 years, and he was inducted into the Elon Sports Hall of Fame in the same class as North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow.
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