WVU Football Recruiting: Meet the 2026 CommitsWVU Football Recruiting: Meet the 2026 Commits Despite still finalizing the 2025 class, WVU football coaches and experts are already focused on the 2026 class. Here are the current verbal commitments, ranked by 247Sports rating: 1. Brodie McWhorter * Quarterback * 4-star * Ranked among the top 150 players in his class nationally 2. Daiveon Taylor * Linebacker * First commitment to WVU’s 2026 class * Chose WVU over offers from Penn State and Pittsburgh Brodie McWhorter McWhorter has the potential to be a groundbreaking recruit for West Virginia. As a 4-star quarterback, he is ranked among the top 150 players in the country. If he commits to WVU, he would become the university’s highest-rated quarterback recruit since 2002. McWhorter has actively recruited other players, including his cousin Bear, a 3-star offensive lineman. Daiveon Taylor Taylor was the first to commit to WVU’s 2026 class. The Pittsburgh native chose WVU over offers from Penn State and Pittsburgh. He made his commitment after about a year of being offered. Blaine Stewart and Jeff Koonz were instrumental in his recruitment.
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Football coaches and recruiting experts in Morgantown are still finalizing the 2025 recruiting class and have already started working on the 2026 class.
Here’s a list of 2026 verbal commitments (ranked in order of each player’s 247Sports rating).
- Brodie McWhorter
- Daiveon Taylor
Below you will find information about every player currently playing at WVU.
Brodie McWhorter
McWhorter has a chance to be a historic commit for West Virginia. A four-star quarterback prospect, he’s ranked among the top 150 players in the country in his recruiting class. If he continues his progression and does end up in Morgantown, he would be WVU’s highest-rated quarterback recruit since 2002, according to Rivals. Shortly after committing in June 2024, he publicly and privately recruited his cousin Bear, a three-star offensive lineman in the same recruiting class.
Daiveon Taylor
Taylor was the first player to commit to WVU’s 2026 class, doing so on April 24, 2024. The Pittsburgh native chose West Virginia over offers from Penn State and Pittsburgh. He unofficially visited Penn State several times, but committed to the Mountaineers about a year after he was first offered. Blaine Stewart and Jeff Koonz did the legwork to recruit the linebacker.
