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Name | Class | Height | Position | School | DI Offers |
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Tiqwai Hayes | 2025 | 6'1 | RB | Aliquippa | Signed with Penn State |
Arison Walker | 2025 | 5'9 | DB | Aliquippa | Signed with Saint Francis (PA) |
Qalil Goode | 2026 | 6' | WR/DB | Aliquippa | Chattanooga, Duquesne |
Justus Starks | 2026 | 6'0 | DL | Aliquippa | Saint Francis (PA) |
Amari Jackson | 2025 | 6' | DB | Beaver | Signed with Villanova |
Will Sabatos | 2027 | 6'2 | RB/S | Bethel Park | Miami (OH) |
Anthony Crews | 2025 | 5'10 | WR | Belle Vernon | Robert Morris |
Henry Barbisch | 2025 | 6'5 | TE/DE | Bishop Canevin | Signed with Air Force |
Justin Saunders | 2028 | 5'10 | WR/DB | Bishop Canevin | Akron |
Matt McMahon | 2025 | 6'2 | OL | Canon-McMillan | Signed with Navy |
Bradley Gompers | 2025 | 6'5 | OLB | Central Catholic | Signed with Duke |
Xxavier Thomas | 2025 | 5'10 | DB | Central Catholic | Signed with Penn State |
Mekhi Ahmed | 2027 | 6'2 | WR/DB | Central Valley | Miami (OH) |
Donte Wright | 2026 | 5'9 | DB/ATH | Clairton | Temple, Akron |
Taris Wooding | 2026 | 5'9 | WR/DB | Clairton | Akron |
Chris Portis | 2026 | 6'2 | WR/S | East Allegheny | UNLV |
Christopher Climes | 2025 | 6'2 | DT | Elizabeth Forward | Signed with Buffalo |
Shane Cornali | 2025 | 6'2 | WR/OLB | Fort Cherry | Robert Morris |
Matt Sieg | 2026 | 6'1 | QB/S | Fort Cherry | Penn State Commit |
Dayshaun Burnett | 2025 | 6'4 | LB | Imani Christian | Signed with Penn State |
Alex Tatsch | 2025 | 6'3 | LB | Latrobe | Signed with Penn State |
John Wetzel | 2025 | 6' | S | Latrobe | Signed with Marshall |
Antwan Black Jr. | 2025 | 6'1 | ATH | Laurel Highlands | Penn State, Pitt, WVU, Michigan State, Syracuse, Boston College, Bowling Green, Akron, Marshall, Toledo, Robert Morris, Delaware |
Kemon Spell | 2027 | 5'10 | RB | McKeesport | Penn State Commit |
Daniel Batch | 2025 | 5'11 | WR | Montour | Signed with Maine |
Caden Halajcio | 2026 | 5'11 | RB/LB | Montour | Robert Morris |
Ryan Robbins | 2027 | 6'7 | OL | Upper St. Clair | Kent State |
Brock Gillespie | 2025 | 6'2 | OL | Upper St. Clair | Signed with Colgate |
Peter Notaro | 2025 | 5'11 | K | North Allegheny | Signed with Alabama |
Nicholas Humphries | 2025 | 6' | WR/CB | North Allegheny | Signed with Drake |
Jack Yatchenko | 2025 | 6'3 | OL | North Allegheny | Signed with Princeton |
Brady O'Hara | 2025 | 6'6 | ATH | North Catholic | Signed with Penn State |
Zion Hauser | 2026 | 5'7 | WR/DB | University Prep | North Arizona |
Mike Strutt | 2025 | 6' | DL | Norwin | St. Francis (PA) |
Vann Kavals | 2025 | 6'5 | DE | OLSH | Signed with Akron |
Devin Harris | 2026 | 6'1 | QB | Penn Hills | Penn |
Micaiah Wheeler | 2026 | 6'2 | DL | Perry | Akron, Central Michigan, Kent State, Army, Bucknell, Cornell, New Hampshire, Marist, Holy Cross, Campbell, Wagner,Sam Houston State, Mercyhurst, Drake |
Mickey Vaccarello | 2025 | 6'4 | LB | Peters Township | Signed with Stanford |
Franco Muscatello | 2025 | 6'2 | DL | Peters Township | Signed with Bucknell |
Joshua Nindl | 2025 | 6'3 | OL/DL | Pine-Richland | St. Francis (PA), Sacred Heart |
Darian Slaughter | 2025 | 6'3 | DE | Plum | Signed with St. Francis (PA) |
Darian Nelson | 2025 | 6'1 | ATH | Plum | Signed with St. Francis (PA) |
Jayden Price | 2025 | 6'3 | DB | Seneca Valley | Signed with Toledo |
Hunter Molanick | 2025 | 5'2 | WR/CB | South Allegheny | Robert Morris |
Parker Cunningham | 2025 | 6'4 | OL | South Park | Signed with James Madison |
Donald Barksdale | 2025 | 5'10 | ATH | Steel Valley | Signed with Youngstown State |
Lukas Stead | 2026 | 6'3 | Edge/TE | Taylor Allderdice | Akron |
Shep Turk | 2025 | 6'5 | OL | Thomas Jefferson | Signed with Pitt |
Xair Stevenson | 2025 | 6'2 | S | University Prep | Signed with Buffalo |
Michael Albert | 2025 | 6'3 | DL | Upper St. Clair | Princeton Commit |
Nate Stohl | 2025 | 6'3 | OL | Upper St. Clair | Princeton Commit |
Brock Cornell | 2025 | 6' | S | West Allegheny | Penn Commit |
Tyler Hatton | 2027 | 6'4 | TE/DL | West Allegheny | UNLV, Robert Morris |
Lloyd Penn | 2025 | 5'11 | WR/DB | Westinghouse | Miami (OH) |
George Hill | 2025 | 6'2 | RB/LB | Woodland Hills | Signed with Buffalo |
Jaiden Brown-Demery | 2025 | 6'4 | OL | West Mifflin | Signed with Akron |
Jarelle Mason | 2028 | 5'10 | RB/S | West Mifflin | Syracuse, Akron |
Clancy Orie | 2025 | 6'3 | DE/TE | Bethel Park | Signed with Navy |
Nasir Wade | 2028 | 5'9 | RB/WR | Aliquippa | Buffalo, Akron |
Sam Brackney | 2025 | 6'2 | OL | Central Catholic | Signed with Brown |
Jy'Aire Walls | 2025 | 6'1 | QB | Central Catholic | Signed with North Carolina A&T |
Zaemear Correll | 2025 | 6'4 | WR/ATH | Clairton | Signed with Duquesne |
Ethan Shearer | 2026 | 6' | LB/TE | Central Valley | Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH), Akron |
Macallister Bresnahan | 2025 | 6'5 | TE | Franklin Regional | Signed with Robert Morris |
Montrell Johnson | 2025 | 5'10 | WR | Highlands | Ohio, Hampton |
David Davis | 2026 | 6' | DB/RB | Imani Christian | Penn State Commit |
Valdez Stuvaints | 2025 | 5'11 | Safety | McKeesport | Pitt Commit |
Tony Perrotta | 2025 | 6'4 | OL | Neshannock | Signed with Duquesne |
Jayden Revis | 2026 | 5'10 | WR/CB | Moon | Temple, Akron |
Joe Safar | 2025 | 6'6 | TE/DE | North Catholic | Signed with Cornell |
Julius Green | 2025 | 6' | S/ATH | North Hills | Signed with Mercyhurst |
Donovan Burnett | 2025 | 6'4 | DT | Penn Hills | VMI Commit |
Naytel Mitchell | 2025 | 5'10 | ATH | Penn Hills | Signed with Sacramento State |
Logan King | 2025 | 5'10 | RB/SS | Seton LaSalle | Signed with Robert Morris |
Camden Lewis | 2025 | 6'3 | TE | South Allegheny | Signed with Mercyhurst |
Anthony Smith | 2028 | 6'2 | QB | Southmoreland | Syracuse, Sacramento State |
Jackson Mickens | 2028 | 6'1 | DE/ATH | Southmoreland | Akron, Miami (OH) |
Troy Cunningham | 2025 | 6'3 | DL | South Park | Signed with Temple |
Kenyan Brown | 2025 | 6' | RB/DB | South Park | Signed with Robert Morris |
Brayden White | 2025 | 6' | WR/DB | Thomas Jefferson | Signed with South Dakota |
Malik McCloud | 2027 | 5'10 | ATH | Woodland Hills | Akron, Toledo |
DeJheerit Mellix | 2026 | 6' | ATH | Westinghouse | Akron |
Armand Hill | 2027 | 5'10 | ATH | West Mifflin | West Virginia Commit |
Marques Council Jr. | 2026 | 6'2 | QB | Aliquippa | Temple, Penn, Brown |
Ryan Petras | 2025 | 5'9 | ATH | Bethel Park | Signed with Duquesne |
Nikolas Engelmore | 2025 | 6'3 | OT | Avonworth | Signed with Robert Morris |
Charles Butler | 2027 | 6'6 | OL | Bishop Canevin | Akron, Toledo, Sacramento State |
Javaughn Moore | 2025 | 5'11 | RB | Bethel Park | Signed with Robert Morris |
Jaece Booker | 2027 | 5'11 | WR/CB | Clairton | Akron, Sacramento State, Howard |
Roman Thompson | 2027 | 6' | LB/RB | Central Catholic | Akron, Miami (OH), Toledo, Buffalo, Kent State, Howard |
James Armstrong | 2028 | 6'2 | QB | Hopewell | Pitt, Akron, Sacramento State, Delaware State |
Gabe Hein | 2026 | 6' | WR/S | Mars | Sacred Heart |
Sean Franklin | 2026 | 6'5 | OT | Mars | Miami (OH), Maine, Columbia |
Tristan Reed | 2026 | 6'4 | QB/WR | Washington | Miami (OH), Robert Morris, Duquesne, Towson |
Mason Geyer | 2026 | 6'3 | OL/DL | Upper St. Clair | Davidson, Bucknell, Georgetown |
Ryan Carey | 2025 | 6'4 | DE/TE | North Hills | Signed with Robert Morris |
Braylen Price | 2026 | 6'6 | OL | Pine-Richland | William & Mary Commit |
Dajaun Webb | 2026 | 5'11 | WR/DB | Pine-Richland | Akron, Robert Morris, Hampton |
Richard Littlejohn | 2027 | 6'0 | WR/SS | Seton LaSalle | Akron, Toledo, Miami (OH), Sacramento State |
Drew Cook | 2026 | 5'11 | WR/DB | South Allegheny | Akron, Youngstown State, Duquesne, Sacred Heart |
Justin Schmidt | 2025 | 6'1 | LS | Thomas Jefferson | Signed with Purdue |
Semaj Fuse | 2025 | 6'3 | Edge | Trinity | Signed with Robert Morris |
Josiah Collins | 2026 | 6'2 | DL/TE | Westinghouse | Temple, Akron, Miami (OH), Maine, New Hampshire |
Brendan Alexander | 2026 | 6'4 | OL/DL | Central Valley | West Virginia, USF, Boston College, Pitt, Duke, N.C. State, Penn State, Stanford, Michigan State, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Temple, Marshall, Sacramento State, James Madison, Bowling Green, Akron, Central Michigan, UConn, Troy |
Elijah Faulkner | 2025 | 5'10 | RB | Central Catholic | Signed with UMass |
Will Gorman | 2026 | 6'3 | Edge | Imani Christian | Akron, Bowling Green, Troy, UNLV, Miami (OH), Dartmouth, Hampton, Youngstown State, Georgetown, Sacramento State |
Nick Anderson | 2028 | 6'4 | OL | Kiski Area | Sacramento State, Albany |
Da'Juan Craighead | 2027 | 6'3 | Edge | Imani Christian | West Virginia, Duke, Bowling Green, Sacramento State |
Noah Schaerli | 2025 | 6'2 | WR/CB | Mt. Lebanon | Signed with Robert Morris |
Dajour Webb | 2027 | 6'2 | DT | Pine-Richland | Akron, Youngstown State, Howard |
Kia Jones Jr. | 2028 | 6' | QB | Seton LaSalle | Boston College, Memphis, UMass, Sacramento State, Western Kentucky |
Grant Argiro | 2025 | 6'2 | K | Pine-Richland | Signed with Colgate |
Elijah Hickman | 2028 | 6'1 | OLB/TE | Seton LaSalle | Kentucky, Syracuse, Akron, Sacramento State |
Tyler Collins | 2025 | 6' | Longsnapper | South Fayette | Duquesne Commit |
Charlie Bywalski | 2025 | 6'2 | WR/SS | Upper St. Clair | Sacred Heart Commit |
DaeJour Pinckney | 2028 | 6'2 | DE | Westinghouse | Pitt, Wisconsin, Akron, Miami (OH), Western Michigan, Sacramento State |
Jordan Reid | 2027 | 5'10 | DB/WR | Westinghouse | Delaware State, Sacramento State |
Dai'Saun Blanchard | 2027 | 6'1 | ATH | Westinghouse | Akron, Miami (OH), Sacramento State |
TJ Sabatucci | 2026 | 6'3 | TE/DE | Canon-McMillan | Buffalo Commit |
Jon Sassic | 2027 | 6'6 | OL | Central Catholic | N.C. State, Toledo, Sacramento State, Buffalo, Miami (OH), Kent State |
Chrys Black Jr | 2028 | 5'7 | ATH/DB | Central Catholic | West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, Syracuse, USF, Temple, Akron, Bowling Green, UNLV, Troy, Sacramento State |
Nico D'Orazio | 2026 | 5'10 | WR/S | Upper St. Clair | Colgate, Bucknell, Lehigh, Georgetown, Brown |
Korry Pitts Jr. | 2026 | 6' | WR/DB | North Allegheny | Arizona State, Miami (OH), Sacramento State, Maine, Towson |
Samir Crosby | 2026 | 5'9 | WR/DB | Greensburg Central Catholic | Akron, Fordham, Penn, Miami (OH), Buffalo, UNLV, Kent State, Sacred Heart, Georgetown |
Patrick Smith Jr. | 2026 | 6'3 | LB | Mt. Lebanon | Penn Commit |
Carter Bonner | 2027 | 6'3 | CB | Penn Hills | Penn State, Michigan State, West Virginia, Pitt, Kentucky, Rutgers, Maryland, Temple, UConn, Toledo, Troy, Akron, Miami (OH), UNLV, Sacramento State |
Kyshawn Robinson | 2026 | 5'10 | ATH | Westinghouse | Penn State, Pitt, WVU, Clemson, Oklahoma, TCU, Oregon, UCLA, Washington, USC, Michigan State, Florida, Texas A&M, Kansas, South Carolina, Colorado, Nebraska, Tennessee, Maryland, Florida State, Wisconsin, Louisville, Illinois, Kentucky, Memphis, Houston, Syracuse, N.C. State, Purdue, SMU, Boston College, Cincinnati, Boise State, Tulane, Toledo, Akron, UNLV, Temple, UConn, Florida A&M, Delaware State, Sacramento State |
Angelo Pugliano | 2026 | 6'1 | DL | Central Catholic | Miami (OH), Eastern Michigan, Cornell, Stony Brook, Lehigh, Robert Morris, Duquesne, Richmond, Albany, Sacramento State, Georgetown |
Harran Zureikat | 2026 | 6' | K | Fox Chapel | Pitt, Penn State, Maryland, Syracuse, Boston College, Akron |
Javien Robinson | 2027 | 6'2 | WR/SS | McKeesport | Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, UConn, Akron, Sacramento State, Duquesne |
Jaymier Austin | 2026 | 6'3 | ATH | Franklin Regional | Purdue, California, Akron, Ohio, Youngstown State, Marshall, Dartmouth, Albany |
Gabriel Jenkins | 2027 | 6'1 | ATH | Imani Christian | Penn State, Michigan State, Pitt, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, SMU, Syracuse, Nebraska, UCF, UNLV, Temple, Akron, Toledo, James Madison, Marshall, Miami (OH), UNLV, Sacramento State |
Colin Bruno | 2025 | 6'3 | OG/DE | Norwin | Mercyhurst Commit |
Cayden Parker | 2026 | 6'3 | ATH/Edge | Seneca Valley | Miami (OH), Toledo, Buffalo, James Madison, Cornell, New Hampshire, Bryant |
Will Martin | 2026 | 6'2 | OLB/TE | Seton LaSalle | Toledo, Akron, Kent State, Ohio, Robert Morris, Albany |
Aaron Strader Jr. | 2027 | 5'10 | QB | Pine-Richland | Akron, Central Michigan, Miami (OH), Kent State, Youngstown State, Sacramento State, Hampton |
Khalil Taylor | 2027 | 5'11 | ATH | Seton LaSalle | Penn State Commit |
Aaron Loritts | 2026 | 6'2 | OLB/ATH | Seton LaSalle | Akron, Miami (OH), Toledo, Norfolk State, Monmouth, Robert Morris, Albany |
Santino LaMolinare | 2026 | 6'3 | OL | Bethel Park | Bucknell, Lafayette, Albany, Stony Brook, Richmond, Duquesne, Robert Morris, New Hampshire, Towson, Rhode Island |
Daiveon Taylor | 2026 | 6'2 | OLB | Moon | Kent State Commit |
Carlos Diggs | 2026 | 5'11 | CB | Gateway | Marshall, Akron, Bowling Green, Maine, Howard, Morgan State, Hampton, Albany, New Hampshire, VMI |
Brandon Murphy | 2028 | 5'11 | ATH | Clairton | Penn State, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pitt, Syracuse, USF, Temple, Akron, Western Michigan, Sacramento State, Miami (OH) |
Jackson Kraemer | 2026 | 6'3 | OL/DL | Mt. Lebanon | James Madison, Robert Morris, Albany, Stony Brook |
Da'Ron Barksdale | 2026 | 5'11 | ATH | Steel Valley | West Virginia, Syracuse, Pitt, James Madison, UConn, Temple, UMass, Bowling Green, Akron, Kent State, UNLV, Sacramento State, Morgan State |
Owen Herrick | 2028 | 6'2 | QB | Central Catholic | Syracuse |
Maceo Watkins | 2026 | 6'1 | WR | Central Catholic | UNLV, Navy, Akron, New Hampshire, Sacramento State, Morgan State, Georgetown, Sacred Heart |
Joseph Malone | 2026 | 6'2 | DE/ATH | Mt. Lebanon | Toledo, Buffalo, Brown, Cornell, Stony Brook, Maine, Georgetown, Bucknell, Lehigh, New Hampshire, Richmond |
Andy Tatsch | 2026 | 6'1 | WR/S | Latrobe | West Virginia, Akron, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Bucknell, Penn, Cornell, Lehigh, Yale, Dartmouth, New Hampshire |
Nolan DiLucia | 2026 | 6'2 | QB | Peters Township | Miami (OH), Fordham, Yale, Lehigh, Cornell, Penn, Towson, Princeton, Villanova |
Mason Green | 2026 | 6'4 | OT | South Fayette | Robert Morris |
Colton Astorino | 2026 | 6'7 | OL/DL | South Fayette | Robert Morris |
Matt Bowers | 2026 | 6'4 | OL | Central Catholic | Buffalo, New Hampshire, Cornell, Towson, Maine, Colgate, Stony Brook, Albany, Rhode Island, Princeton |
James Halter | 2027 | 6'5 | OL | Central Catholic | Pitt, Michigan State, Nebraska, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, N.C. State, West Virginia, Boston College, Rutgers, Toledo |
Zachary Gleason Jr. | 2027 | 6' | DB/ATH | Central Catholic | Rutgers, Pitt, California, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Indiana, SMU, Akron, Miami (OH), Toledo, Howard, Sacramento State |
Colsen Gatten | 2026 | 6'1 | LB | Central Catholic | Pitt, Wisconsin, Penn State, Nebraska, California, Duke, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Arizona, SMU, Louisville, Purdue, Cincinnati, Indiana, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Michigan, Oklahoma, Maryland, Kentucky, Boston College, Texas A&M, Michigan State, Temple, Sacramento State |
Anthony Charles | 2026 | 6'5 | DE | South Fayette | Minnesota Commit |
Jonah Williamson | 2026 | 6'2 | LB | Trinity | Harvard Commit |
Scoop Smith | 2026 | 5'6 | ATH | Woodland Hills | Nebraska, Temple, Akron, Ohio, Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo, Bowling Green, Miami (OH), Kent State, UNLV, Sacramento State, Delaware State, Lafayette, Towson, Youngstown State,Robert Morris, UMass, Hampton |
Zykir Moore | 2026 | 6'2 | LB | Woodland Hills | Syracuse, N.C. State, Boston College, UConn, Albany, UNLV, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Liberty, Ohio, Akron, Miami (OH), Kent State, Toledo, Buffalo, Sacramento State, New Hampshire, Monmouth, UMass |
Peter Bonnet | 2026 | 6'5 | OT/DT | Avonworth | Utah State, Army, Air Force, Fresno State, Miami (OH), Navy, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Fordham, Sacramento State, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, New Hampshire, Lafayette |
Grayson Beck | 2026 | 6'2 | OLB/ATH | Mt. Lebanon | Princeton Commit |
Lincoln Hoke | 2026 | 6'1 | DT | North Allegheny | Pitt, West Virginia, Toledo, James Madison, New Mexico, Delaware, Buffalo, Akron, Kent State, Penn, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Sacramento State |
Adam Gehm | 2026 | 6'6 | TE/DE | Seneca Valley | Vanderbilt Commit |
Lawrence Timmons | 2026 | 5'11 | WR/LB | Pine-Richland | Indiana Commit |
Ashton Blatt | 2026 | 6'4 | OLB/ATH | Central Catholic | West Virginia, Penn State, Oklahoma, Pitt, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Minnesota, Maryland, Purdue, UCLA, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse, Indiana, Duke, Toledo, Eastern Michigan |
Reston Lehman | 2026 | 6'4 | Edge | Peters Township | Pitt Commit |
Lucas Shanafelt | 2026 | 6'4 | WR/DE | Peters Township | Stanford Commit |
Brock Heisler | 2026 | 6'3 | DE | Hempfield | West Virginia, UConn, Temple, James Madison, Air Force, Kent State, Buffalo, Ohio, Miami (OH), Navy, Arkansas State, Sacramento State, Villanova, William & Mary, Lafayette, Stony Brook, New Hampshire, Delaware, Penn, Akron, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Fordham, Lehigh |
John Curran III | 2026 | 6'4 | OG | Pine-Richland | James Madison, Marshall, Buffalo, Akron, Miami (OH), Central Michigan, Ohio, Coastal Carolina, Bowling Green, Yale, Youngstown State, Albany, Dartmouth, Towson, Richmond, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Rhode Island, Stony Brook, Fordham, Old Dominion, Lafayette, New Hampshire |
Jimmy Kalis | 2027 | 6'6 | OT | Central Catholic | Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Clemson, Michigan, Miami, Washington, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, Pitt, Penn State, Michigan State, West Virginia, Rutgers, Ole Miss, N.C. State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kentucky, UCLA, Nebraska, Florida State, Vanderbilt, Syracuse, California, Indiana, Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, Duke, Arizona State, Mississippi State, USF, Central Michigan, Akron, Miami (OH), Toledo, Sacramento State |
Kaleb Platz | 2025 | 6'2 | LB | Montour | Signed with Mercyhurst |
Braeden Stuart | 2026 | 6'2 | ATH | Moon | Navy, Air Force, New Hampshire, Bucknell, VMI |
The WPIAL football recruiting board has tracked over 150 prospects from around the Pittsburgh area, including the City League, from the class of 2025 through the class of 2028 either committed or with offers from Division I program
In the Class of 2025, 61 recruits have signed or committed to Division I schools.
Five players in the class are Penn State bound with Aliquippa four-star running back Tiqwai Hayes, Latrobe four-star linebacker Alex Tatsch, Imani four-star linebacker Dayshaun Burnett, Central Catholic defensive back Xxavier Thomas and North Catholic athlete Brady O’Hara.
Princeton has landed a trio WPIAL products in Upper St. Clair teammates Nate Stohl and Michael Albert and North Allegheny offensive lineman Jack Yatchenko.
Buffalo has landed three players in Woodlands Hills’ George Hill, Elizabeth Forward’s Christopher Climes and University Prep’s Xair Stevenson.
The Class of 2026 also boasts a handful of talented recruits with high-level offers. The highest-rated WPIAL product in the class, according to Rivals.com, is Fort Cherry quarterback/safety Matt Sieg who has committed to Penn State. Imani Christian athlete David Davis has also committed to Penn State.
Other highly-rated players in the Class of 2026 include Peters Township edge rusher Reston Lehman, Pine-Richland defensive back Lawrence ‘Jay’ Timmons, an Indiana commit, Westinghouse cornerback Kyshawn Robinson, Aliquippa linebacker Daiveon Taylor, a Kent State commit, Seneca Valley tight end Adam Gehm, Central Catholic linebacker Colsen Gatten and teammate Ashton Blatt.
Kemon Spell became the first player in the 2027 cycle to announce his commitment. The running back prospect picked Penn State in early August. Four-star wide receiver Khalil Taylor also has committed to Penn State. West Mifflin running back Armand Hill has also found his future home in West Virginia.
Central Catholic offensive lineman Jimmy Kalis has turned into a national recruit with offers from Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and many others.
Additional top recruits in the 2027 class include Imani Christian athlete Gabriel Jenkins, Penn Hills wide receiver/defensive back Carter Bonner, Central Catholic athlete Chrys Black Jr. and Clairton athlete Brandon Murphy.
