WV Sports Now Recruiting Notebook: March 23

Update 4:20 p.m.

** West Virginia has offered defensive end Mattheus Carroll from Baltimore.

Blessed to say that I have received an offer from West Virginia University! Thank you to the West Virginia football coaching staff for the opportunity! 🟡🔵🟡 @Coach_Addae @WVUfootball @CoachBachGilman #TakeMeHome21 #TrustTheClimb #HailWV pic.twitter.com/kNAVfiDw1W

— Mattheus “Stretch” Carroll (@mc4mvp) March 23, 2020

Carroll (6-foot-5, 220 lbs.) is a 2021 defensive end from Gilman School in Maryland. Both 247Sports and rivals have Carroll rated as a three-star recruit. He has power five offers from Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Maryland, Pitt, South Carolina, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Virginia Tech.

**West Virginia is the latest school to offer 2021 cornerback William Simpkins III.

I am blessed to receive an offer from West Virginia University #HailWV pic.twitter.com/6LGudNcTOQ

— William Simpkins III (@WNS_III) March 23, 2020

Simpkins (6-foot-2, 175 lbs.) is from Gaithersburg, Maryland. 247Sports rates Simpkins as a three-star prospect, but rivals has him as a two-star. He has power five offers from Duke, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and Virginia Tech.

**West Virginia has offered 2023 linebacker Semaj Bridgeman.

After a great conversation I am honored to receive another offer from WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 🟡🔵! #HailWV @CoachChadScott @NealBrown_WVU @WVUfootball @MikeWakins @EdOBrien247 @SportsByBLinder pic.twitter.com/AWV0smFKwM

— Semaj Bridgeman (@MAJ7___) March 23, 2020

Bridgeman (6-foot-2, 220 lbs.) just finished his freshman season at Bishop Mcdevitt in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. Other than WVU, Bridgeman has offers from Rutgers, Maryland, Ole Miss, Iowa State, Bowling Green, Pitt, Central Michigan and Syracuse.