WVU Football Sends Offer Across Country to Las Vegas 2026 4-Star LB

Las Vegas isn’t exactly a hotbed recruiting area for West Virginia, but the WVU football coaching staff couldn’t resist sending an offer to this premiere prospect. Class of 2026 linebacker Kenneth Goodwin III revealed his West Virginia offer on Monday afternoon.

Goodwin, who is listed at 6-foot-2 and 212 pounds, is a Desert Pines High School product out of Las Vegas, Nev.

Honored to say I have received an offer from West Virginia University💙💛!! #WVUMOUNTAINERS🙏 @CoachJaxDL @WVUfootball pic.twitter.com/jpuB0XF4Io

— Kenneth Goodwin III (@KGoodwin702) May 20, 2024

Ranked as no worse than No. 5 in his class when it comes to Nevada, ESPN and Rivals both have Goodwin with four stars while On3 Sports and 247 Sports have him with three. ESPN even has Goodwin as their No. 34 player.

Blessed and thankful to be ranked number 34 in the country!! @TomLuginbill @TheUCReport @CraigHaubert @DemetricDWarren @CoachTroop3 pic.twitter.com/BLruI07VSM

— Kenneth Goodwin III (@KGoodwin702) May 4, 2024

Goodwin has offers from many major programs, most notably Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA, Washington and West Virginia. He also has offers from schools like Oregon State, SMU, Syracuse and UNLV.

On3 Sports projects Alabama and Georgia to eventually land Goodwin’s commitment, although he could believe playing elsewhere would like give him a better chance at earning playing time.

Oregon and Michigan were Goodwin’s two most recent offers prior to this one from WVU.

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