Complete 2026 WVU Football Early Signing Period Class

Despite coming up short in their pursuit of Chris Henry Jr., Rich Rodriguez and his staff have still put together one of the best WVU football classes of the star-rating era.

Below includes a complete list of the entire 2026 class from the early signing period. Of course, more players will be added via the transfer portal and others prospects will sign during the final National Signing Day for 2026 recruits in February.

2026 West Virginia Football Early Signing Class

Alphabetical order by last name as sent by WVU to the media

Da’Mun Allen* CB 6-3 190 Sanford, Fla./Seminole Sanford/Hutchinson CC

Xavier Anderson TE 6-6 202 Martinsburg, W.Va./Spring Mills

Lawrence Autry RB 5-10 213 Olive Branch, Miss./Collierville

Jayden Ballard S 6-0 180 Chesterfield, Va./Manchester

Makhi Boone* CB 6-0 171 Elyria, Ohio/St. Edward

Martavious Boswell* RB 5-9 175 Ft. Worth, Texas/Southwest/Copiah-Lincoln CC (Miss.)

Kevin Brown* OT 6-6 280 Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg

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Wyatt Brown QB 6-3 197 Santa Monica, Calif./Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks

Kade Bush* TE 6-4 220 Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen

SirPaul Cheeks RB 5-7 176 Richmond, Va./Varina

Lamarcus Dillard* OG 6-2 290 Landover, Md./St. Frances Academy

Landon Drumm WR 6-2 190 Anchorage, Ala./Arapahoe (Colo.)

Cameron Dwyer* LB 6-1 195 Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central

Rickey Giles* S 5-10 185 Oak Cliff, Texas/South Oak Cliff

KJ Gillespie* DE 6-2 242 Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville

Camden Goforth* OG 6-4 321 Athens, Tenn./McMinn County

Sam Hamilton* TE 6-2 235 Loveland, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller

Charlie Hanafin* WR 6-0 181 Burlington, Mass./Dexter Southfield School

K.J. Henson* DL 6-4 275 Glen Burnie, Md./Old Mill/Hutchinson CC

Simaj Hill CB 6-0 173 Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep

Jyron Hughley* QB 6-2 195 Belle Glade, Fla./Cardinal Newman

Keon Hutchins* WR 6-0 180 Union, Miss./Union/Northwest Mississippi CC

John Johnson III* ATH 6-0 180 New Orleans, La./Edna Karr

Jeremiah Johnson* BAN 6-2 243 Spanish Springs, Nev./Spanish Springs HS/Butte CC

Carter Kessler* DE 6-2 250 Shelby, Ohio/Shelby

Miles Khatri* N/S 6-0 208 Montgomery, Ala./Pike Road

Amari Latimer* RB 6-0 228 Fairburn, Ga./Sandy Creek

Yendor Mack* DT 6-2 244 Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township

Cam Mallory* DT 6-0 315 Moody, Ala./Moody

Trey McGlothlin LB 6-2 205 Bixby, Okla./Bixby

Rhett Morris* OG 6-2 302 Ridgewood, N.J./Don Bosco Prep

Jonas Muya OT 6-7 292 Fort Wayne, Ind./Ft. Wayne – Bishop Luers

Robert Oliver* WR 6-2 180 Tucson, Ariz./Niceville (Fla.)

Rayshawn Reynolds Jr.* CB 6-3 178 Liberty, N.Y./Davis/Hutchinson CC

Chase Ridley* P 6-2 233 Perth, Australia/Prokick

Antoine Sharp Jr.* LB 6-0 212 West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central

Matt Sieg* ATH 6-0 180 McDonald, Pa./Fort Cherry

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Vincent Smith CB 6-1 223 Orlando, Fla./Sandburg (Ill.)

Emory Snyder* N/S 6-3 200 Bixby, Okla./Bixby

Chris Talley* RB 5-11 181 Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven

Jaylen Thomas* DT 6-2 313 Memphis, Tenn./Northwest Mississippi CC

Malachi Thompson* WR 6-4 192 Nitro, W.Va./Nitro

Noah Tishendorf BAN 6-2 254 Sherwood, Ore./Lakeridge

Kedrick Triplett* SLOT 5-11 211 Florence, Ala./Florence (Ala.)/Pearl River (Miss.) CC

Greg Wilfred* SLOT 5-9 166 New Orleans, La./Edna Karr

Da’Mare Williams* S 6-1 201 Sylva, N.C./Smokey Mountain/Coffeyville CC

Aidan Woods* OT 6-5 297 Abingdon, Va./Abingdon

Deshawn Woods* OT 6-5 291 Omaha, Neb./Omaha Central/Wyoming/Butler CC

Darius Wiley, DE, 6-6, 255, Elizabethtown, Ky./North Hardin/Hutchinson CC

*2026 Spring Enrollee

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