Early Signing Day Primer: What's Going to Happen?

Predicting how the early National Signing Day will end for West Virginia

Christmas is just around the corner, but it will feel like Christmas for college coaches around the country on Wednesday when they officially add to their football program on the first day of the early signing period.

To give a sneak peek of what will go down tomorrow, we break it all down for you below.

Undecided names to watch

LB Reid Carrico (Ohio State transfer)

Carrico is extremely interested in West Virginia but there is some concern that interest may have cooled off a bit. There isn't a starting spot for him at WVU, so if he is fine with being a rotational depth piece, he'll make the pledge.

CB Cameron Martinez (Ohio State transfer)

I wouldn't completely rule out Martinez, but with the addition of TJ Crandall, I'd be surprised if Martinez is still in play.

CB Devon Marshall (Villanova transfer)

Kind of a mix of the previous two situations above. The coaching staff would still love to have him, but with now a bit of a crowded room I expect Marshall to look elsewhere.

RB Traevon Dunbar (Graniteville, SC)

West Virginia is in a great spot here for the consensus three-star high school running back. Knowing they'd likely lose a running back (or two) to the portal, WVU went heavy pursuit for Dunbar since the end of the regular season. My prediction is WVU.

Flips and flipaways

UCF wide receiver commit Ric'Darious Farmer is on flip watch to the max. He recently took an official visit to WVU and all indications point to him making the flip to the Mountaineers. There's always the chance he stick at UCF, but I like West Virginia's chances here.

As far as the current commits are concerned, I don't see any flipping away from WVU.

Current commits 

QB Khalil Wilkins

RB Diore Hubbard

WR Brandon Rehmann

WR Keyshawn Robinson

WR Jaden Bray (Oklahoma State transfer)

TE Jack Sammarco

OL Lucas Austin

OL Kyle Altuner

OL Justin Terry

DL Nate Gabriel

EDGE Obinna Onwuka

EDGE Elijah Kinsler

EDGE Makai Byerson

EDGE Ty French (Gardner-Webb)

LB Rickey Williams

LB Curtis Jones

CB Keyon Washington

CB Israel Boyce

CB TJ Crandall (Colorado State transfer)

CB Ayden Garnes (Duquesne transfer)

DB Zae Jennings

DB Chris Henry

S Jason Cross

S Josh Minkins Jr. (Louisville transfer)

Signing day coverage

Don't sleep in or you'll miss a bunch of guys sending in their NLIs, not to be confused with NIL. We'll be active from sun up to sun down on Twitter (X) @MountaineersNow and on Facebook @MountaineersNow posting each signee's profile the moment they sign. In that profile, you will find the player's height, weight, hometown, high school, list of offers, film evaluation, projected playing time, and highlights.

Wednesday evening, we will have our annual Mountaineers Now Signing Day show, which will be available to view here on the site AND on our YouTube channel, Mountaineers Now. We will have interviews with OL Kyle Altuner and DE Obinna Onwuka along with analysis from Christopher Hall, former WVU running back Eugene Napoleon, and myself. There is no set time for when the show will be posted mainly because we hope to get it up as soon as humanly possible. So, be sure to turn your notifications on our X account and hit that subscribe button on our YouTube channel to be notified when the show goes live. 

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