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Shane Cornali Switches to Safety | WVU Football All 105
All 105 is a West Virginia Sports Now series profiling each member of the 2026 WVU Football Roster.
Shane Cornali won a pair of WPIAL championships alongside Matt Sieg at Fort Cherry High School, playing outside linebacker and wide receiver and winning a state championship as the third leg of a 4×100 meter team.
The 6-foot-2, 191 pound speedster spent his first year of college at Wheeling University, taking a redshirt year. Now that he’s with the Mountaineers, he’ll switch to safety, likely a more natural fit because of his speed and size. Unless he’s able to carve out a role on special teams — his speed could translate as a punt gunner or on kickoff coverage — expect Cornali to take another year to develop: even those who played defensive back in high school face a steep adjustment to the talent level and offense-friendly rules of college football.
31 • Shane Cornali, redshirt freshman safety
Last Year: Rostered as an outside linebacker for D-II Wheeling University, Cornali took a redshirt year.
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Post-Camp Outlook: The Mountaineers need plenty of help in their secondary after finishing near the bottom of Division I in pass defense, but Cornali will likely need a year or two to develop as he adjusts to a new position… and a higher level of the sport.
Projected Role: If Cornali makes it on the field in 2025, expect him to do so on special teams.
Accolades, Highlights: A two-time WPIAL champion at Fort Cherry — roughly an hour north of Morgantown — alongside fellow Mountaineer Matt Sieg, Cornali played outside linebacker in high school.
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