WVU Football Recruiting Hot Board: Top Lists, Names to Watch + Decision Dates

An in-depth look at which 2025 recruits are heavily interested in West Virginia.

Welcome to the WVU Football Recruiting Hot Board. If you've followed us for a while, you know how this works. But if you're new here, don't worry. Here's a quick rundown of what this page is for and why you need to bookmark it!

Our first section of the Hot Board are recruits who have place West Virginia in their top list of schools. These recruits will have more information provided such as hometown, height, weight, who is in the mix, social handles, highlights, visit/decision dates, and so on. Players will be listed in alphabetical order within their position.

Directly under that, we have our "Names to Watch" section. Recruits listed here have heavy interest in WVU and are guys we are going to keep a close eye on. Some in this category will have official visit dates scheduled to Morgantown. If so, we'll note that. If you click on the player's name under this section, it will take you to their X profile.

At the very bottom, we have our "predictions" section where we will submit predictions on where some recruits will go. The school listed first is my prediction, the second school (once announced) is the recruit's chosen destination. Ex: QB Geno Smith: West Virginia | West Virginia.

If you look at the historical data (which we continuously update), we've got a pretty high hit rate, so pay attention.

THE HOT BOARD

1. WR Jalil Hall

Height: 6'4" Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Drexel Hill, PA

Top Schools: Duke, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: May 31-June 2.

Decision Date: June 29.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @Jalil1Hall.

2. OL Raphael Greene

Height: 6'6" Weight: 320 lbs

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Top Schools: Louisville, Kentucky, Pitt, Purdue, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @RaphaelGreene73.

3. OL Cameron Herron

Height: 6'4" Weight: 275 lbs

Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

Top Schools: Boston College, Cincinnati, Iowa, Louisville, Northwestern, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: June 7-9.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @CameronHerron54.

4. DL Donta Simpson

Height: 6'3" Weight: 280 lbs

Hometown: Hollywood, FL

Top Schools: Florida Atlantic, Maryland, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: June 21-23.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @YDonta.

5. DL Christian Hudson

Height: 6'1" Weight: 280 lbs

Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL

Top Schools: Howard, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Jackson State, Louisville, Maryland, Tulane, UCF, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.


X Profile: @ChrisDaGoat07.

6. LB Paul Nelson

Height: 6'2" Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Top Schools: Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pitt, Toledo, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @Nelson_Paul8.

7. CB Dawayne Galloway Jr.

Height: 6'0" Weight: 175 lbs

Hometown: Columbus, OH

Top Schools: Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Penn State, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCF, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: June 2-4.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @DeejGalloway85.

8. CB Gavin Jenkins

Height: 6'2" Weight: 170 lbs

Hometown: Lake Butler, FL

Top Schools: East Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Memphis, Toledo, UCF, USF, Western Michigan, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @3wayyG.

9. CB Cam Strong

Height: 6'1" Weight: 170 lbs

Hometown: Anderson, SC

Top Schools: Duke, Georgia Tech, NC State, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: May 31-June 2.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @CAMSTRONG7.

10. CB Aydan West

Height: 6'1" Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD

Top Schools: Cincinnati, Duke, Penn State, Virginia, Wake Forest, West Virginia.

Visiting WVU: May 31-June 2.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @AydanWest0.

11. S Rashad Johnson Jr.

Height: 6'2" Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Bushnell, FL

Top Schools: Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCF, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @Rashad_Johnson4.

12. ATH Pedro Reyes

Height: 6'0" Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Egg Harbor City, NJ

Top Schools: Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia.

Highlights: Click here.

X Profile: @PedroReyesjr_.

NAMES TO WATCH (Visit date to WVU, if scheduled):

RB: John Forster (June 21-23), Isaiah Groves (June 21-23)

WR: Davion Chandler, AJ Johnson, Quincy Porter, Samari Reed (June 7-9), Braswell Thomas (June 7-9)

OL: Justin Bell (June 7-9)

DL: Taylor Brown (June 7-9), Brandon Caesar (May 31-June 2) Elijah Crawford (June 21-23), Christian Hudson, Amir Leonard-Jean Charles (June 7-9), Aubrey Melvin (June 7-9) Nic Moore (May 31-June 2), Evan Powell, Donta Simpson (June 21-23), Sidney Stewart (May 31-June 2)

EDGE: Khy'lek Jarrett, Zeke Chinwike (June 2), James Dunnemann II

LB: Grant Beerman, Michael Hastie (June 7-9), Cameron White (June 7-9)

CB: Christopher Hatfield (June 21-23), Kamden Tiller

S: Davin Chandler (June 7-9), Carson Lawrence (May 31-June 2), Morgan Linton, Seaonta Stewart (May 31-June 2)

ATH: Zeke Marshall, Montavin Quisenberry (May 31-June 2), Seaonta Stewart Jr. (May 31-June 2)

PREDICTIONS

5/21- OL Gavin Crawford: West Virginia | West Virginia (5/22)

6/2 - WR Teriq Mallory: West Virginia | West Virginia (6/4)

6/9 - EDGE Romando Johnson: West Virginia | West Virginia (6/10)

6/9 - DL Taylor Brown: West Virginia | West Virginia (6/12)

6/9 - S Sammy Etienne - West Virginia | West Virginia (6/17)

6/11 - DL Amir Leonard-Jean Charles - West Virginia | Not announced yet.

6/14 - CB Deuce Edwards - West Virginia | West Virginia (6/15)

6/18 - EDGE Wilnerson Telemaque - Wisconsin | Wisconsin (6/18)

6/18 CB Serious Stinyard - West Virginia | West Virginia (6/18)

Commitment predictions: 

26/27 (94%) in '22 class

20/20 (100%) in '23 class

6/6 (100%) in '24 class

8/8 (100%) in '25 class

60/61 (98%) all-time