Breaking: WVU Football Lands Top WPIAL Recruit Matt Sieg in Signing Day Shocker

In a shocking development, top Western Pennsylvania recruit Matt Sieg flipped his commitment from Penn State to West Virginia.

After recent reports suggested WVU was out of the running, Sieg ended up signing with the Mountaineers during a live ceremony on the Early National Signing Day.

A day after announcing his recruitment was back open due to Penn State firing James Franklin, Sieg revealed he was re-offered by WVU.

“Thankful to have been re-offered by West Virginia,” posted Sieg. Sieg was initially offered by Neal Brown’s WVU staff and made a visit to Morgantown before eventually committing to Franklin and Penn State in November of 2024.

The four-star safety prospect from Fort Cherry High School in the Pittsburgh Area told Hayes Fawcett of Rivals.com that he was re-opening his recruitment after learning the news about Franklin’s firing. He then wrote his own post to social media later.

“I love Penn State and am still open to being a Lion,” said Sieg, “but with the uncertainty of the current situation, my family and I are trying to make sure we make the best decision for the future. Please respect our decision.”

“At this time, I am still committed to current staff at Penn State,” he told Fawcett. “However, due to the recent changes and uncertainty, I have decided to re-open my recruitment.”

Sieg has broken multiple WPIAL records, with the most recent one being for career total yardage. That was a recent Friday night. The next day, Penn State suffered a stunning loss at the hands of Northwestern, and the day after that, Franklin was fired.

Sieg is the No. 2 player in Pennsylvania per 247Sports, along with the No. 9 safety in the country from his class and the No. 79 overall player. Despite playing quarterback, he’s projected to be a safety at the next level.

WVU’s involvement seemed to signal an opportunity for Sieg to play offense as well. Sieg did talk about his desire to play offense with WVSN at the beginning of his recruitment.

Sieg also had offers from schools such as Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pitt, Rutgers, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, USC, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin.

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