West Virginia’s Matt Sieg Earns Multiple High Honors for HS Career

Matt Sieg, one of the headliners from West Virginia’s historic 2026 class, has earned multiple high honors from his senior season of high school.

The Western Pennsylvania product and four-star prospect has been named a National High School Player of the Year Award finalist and also a Maxwell Football Club’s High School All-American.

Congratulations to Navy All-American Matt Sieg (@matt_sieg) for being named to the @MaxwellFootball Inaugural National High School All-American Team.#HailWV #NavyAAB 🇺🇸 @AmericasNavy pic.twitter.com/iMnGrIHWnE

— Navy All-American Bowl (@AABonNBC) December 29, 2025

Sieg surprised many across the region by announcing his decision to flip his commitment from Penn State to WVU over offers from rivals Pitt and Virginia Tech.

Sieg owns multiple WPIAL records, most notably for career total yardage. He wrapped up his high school career and recruitment as the No. 3 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.

Joining WVU signals 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, Penn State, Rutgers, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin among others.

Find more coverage of Matt Sieg and the WVU football program at WV Sports Now.

For a related story, West Virginia’s 2026 recruiting class ranks as the top in the Big 12 and at an historic level in program history.