Whereas the West Virginia teaching workers has spent a ton of time recruiting out of the switch portal, they’ve additionally been making quite a lot of progress in future highschool recruiting courses. Saturday night, the trouble paid off by selecting up their first dedication of the 2026 class in tight finish Sam Hamilton (6’4″, 230 lbs) out of Archbishop Moeller in Cincinnati, Ohio.
If that college sounds acquainted, nicely, that is as a result of it is the alma mater of former Mountaineer basketball guard, Miles “Deuce” McBride.
Hamilton selected West Virginia over affords from Akron, Bowling Inexperienced, Central Michigan, Duke, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Houston, Kent State, Kentucky, Liberty, Miami (OH), Sacramento State, Toledo, UMass, Washington, and a handful of others.
As a junior, Hamilton caught all 22 passes that have been thrown in his route for 272 yards and 5 touchdowns.
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