WVU Football Offers 2026 Multi-Sport Athlete as TE to Battle Rivals

The WVU football staff is looking at a multi-sport athlete as potential future tight end. West Virginia tight ends coach Michael Nysewander extended an offer to Tilden Riley V, an athlete in the 2026 class from South Carolina, earlier this week.

Riley (6-foot-5 and 205 pounds) revealed on social media that he received the offer during a talk with Nysewander. Even though Riley is still hoping to gain more recognition from national outlets, he does hold seven total Division I offers.

Just had a great talk with @NYSEandeasy I’m extremely blessed and grateful to receive an offer from WVU‼️ #AGTG @RealCoachRod @WVUfootball pic.twitter.com/qZU2mjDsNS

— Tilden(T) Riley, V (@t_riley5) February 7, 2025

A producer of Orangeburg Preparatory School in Orageburg, S.C., has offers on the table from East Carolina, FAU, Liberty, Pitt, USF and Virginia Tech. His FAU, USF and Virginia Tech offers are new and came in earlier in the week. He’s visited Blacksburg on multiple occasions.

By contrast, Pitt was one of the first school interested in Riley, sending him an official offer in October. Riley kicked off February by attending Junior Day at ECU.

During his junior season in 2024, Riley made 49 receptions for 903 yards and scored 13 touchdowns. He even added 215 more rushing yards, giving him 1,118 total yards from scrimmage.

In addition to football, Riley plays both basketball and baseball in high school.

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