The West Virginia Mountaineers shocked the college football word on Wednesday during the early hours of the Early Signing Period as they flipped a massive four-star recruit in the Class of 2026 from Penn State in safety Matt Sieg.
Sieg, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound prospect from Fort Cherry (PA) outside of Pittsburgh, re-opened his recruitment after James Franklin was fired from Penn State, and the Mountaineers were not considred to be a serious contender for Sieg in recent weeks as Indiana and Virginia Tech seemed like the most likely to land the highly-touted recruit. Sieg is currently ranked as the 104th-best player nationally and the 11th-best safety in the Class of 2026, and tops offensive tackle Kevin Brown as the highest-rated recruit in the class.