College Football
Where Does WVU Football 2026 Class Rank Going Into Early National Signing Day?
With the 2026 class marking an important distinction for a new era of WVU football, multiple national outlets have West Virginia ranked favorably heading into the Early National Singing Day.
As of Dec. 2, Rivals has the Mountaineers ranked as the No. 32 class in the country. Conversely, 247 Sports has WVU slightly lower at No. 34.
Rivals has West Virginia with a class full of 34 three-star recruits and one four-star in offensive lineman Kevin Brown. By the metrics, WVU has a score of 87.858. To put that score into perspective, USC has a score of 93.530 as the No. 1 ranked program on their list.
247 Sports has awarded 217.95 points to the WVU class based on their calculations.
The chart below includes a list of WVU’s 2026 class (in no particular order):
| Player | Position | State | Star Rating |
| Kevin Brown | OL | PA | 4 |
| Kedrick Tripplett | WR | AL | 3 |
| Jyron Hughley | QB | FL | 3 |
| Vincent Smith | S | IL | 3 |
| Christopher Talley | RB | TN | 3 |
| SirPaul Cheeks | RB | VA | 3 |
| Kamdon Gillespie | Edge | NC | 3 |
| Cameron Mallory | DL | AL | 3 |
| Emory Snyder | S | OK | 3 |
| Kade Bush | TE | MN | 3 |
| Robert Smith | WR | FL | 3 |
| Noah Tisendorf | Edge | OR | 3 |
| Martavious Boswell | RB | TX | 3 |
| Carter Kessler | Edge | OH | 3 |
| Lamarcus Dillard | OL | MD | 3 |
| Caleb Gordon | LB | NC | 3 |
| Sam Hamilton | TE | OH | 3 |
| Mahki Boone | CB | OH | 3 |
| Wyatt Brown | QB | CA | 3 |
| Cameron Dwyer | LB | FL | 3 |
| Camden Goforth | OL | TN | 3 |
| Antoine Sharp | LB | FL | 3 |
| Malachi Thompson | WR | WV | 3 |
| Rhett Morris | OL | NJ | 3 |
| Rickey Giles | S | TX | 3 |
| Charlie Hanafin | WR | MA | 3 |
| Aidan Woods | ATH | VA | 3 |
| Simaj Hill | CB | PA | 3 |
| Miles Khatri | LB | AL | 3 |
| Landon Drumm | WR | CO | 3 |
| Jayden Ballard | S | VA | 3 |
| Rayshawn Reynolds | DB | AL JUCO | 3 |
| Damun Allen | DB | AL JUCO | 3 |
| Da’Mare Williams | S | JUCO | 3 |
| Deshawn Woods | OL | JUCO | 3, former 4 |
| Jonas Muya | OL | IN | 3 |
| Lawrence Autry | RB | TN | 3 |
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