‘26 PA DB Matt Sieg (West Virginia Signee)

[bobbyok1]

Come on Matty, come on home to the Irish, you know you want to!

 

[SoIll]

Come on Matty, come on home to the Irish, you know you want to!

Believe it or not, I don't think he wants to.

 

[NDMatt91]

Believe it or not, I don't think he wants to.

The fact that he didn't even decommit after PSU has had a dumpster fire of a season and fired their coach speaks volumes, IMO.

 

[Padomer9]

Yea, I would agree with you on that point. I think him and the OL Brown really want to be at PSU but are just reassuring themselves. This also could depend on who PSU hires obviously. On the flip side though, a lot of their other switches haven't "officially" decommitted. Some have just taken visits then switched their commitments without officially decommitting.

 

[Irish Man3]

Nothing against the kid, he’s definitely talented, but our db class is loaded. No sour grapes if he doesn’t pick ND and I’d be fine taking him but a large part of me wishes this potential late addition was Vallejo and not Seig.

 

[Dale]

If Poindexter goes to Va Tech with Franklin I would think he’ll go there or see who PSU hires

Terry Smith (CB), Knowles, Poindexter (S) will all be heavily sought after.

 

[IAIrish]

Nothing against the kid, he’s definitely talented, but our db class is loaded. No sour grapes if he doesn’t pick ND and I’d be fine taking him but a large part of me wishes this potential late addition was Vallejo and not Seig.

Agreed. He'd be the 6th outta 6 with the current group. Looks like a really good athlete but played mainly rb. And he'd compete with classmates that are 4-6" bigger and likely just as athletic. Tough sell.

 

[rtrn2glory]

we've come a long way in our DB recruiting to be ok with this kid sticking with them or going elsewhere.

 

[fightingirish26]

we've come a long way in our DB recruiting to be ok with this kid sticking with them or going elsewhere.

I get ur point but i wouldnt say id be ok with him sticking with psu lol. Fuck them. Go to wvu or something

 

[NDMatt91]

I get ur point but i wouldnt say id be ok with him sticking with psu lol. Fuck them. Go to wvu or something

I have no inside info, but this is what I believe is happening. He probably grew up a PSU fan and always wanted to go there, but he has a close relationship with Franklin. Because of their close relationship, he's sad that PSU let Franklin go and is a bit confused, but he won't decommit because he's from PA and grew up a PSU fan.

 

[bobbyok1]

Nothing against the kid, he’s definitely talented, but our db class is loaded. No sour grapes if he doesn’t pick ND and I’d be fine taking him but a large part of me wishes this potential late addition was Vallejo and not Seig.

Totally good with Vallejo over Sieg as well. Is there talk of Vallejo decommitting from Michigan? And same, I'm okay with ND not signing Sieg.

As far as the competition, I'm not sure Reddish is better than Sieg

Same height, ranked far lower. Unless Reddish is undervalued at this point (certainly possible), I'd be happy to add Sieg, especially in the NIL and transfer portal era.

Nick Reddish, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– BASEBALL Holds a grade of ‘7’ from Perfect Game as a LHP/OF. –––– FOOTBALL 2024: Missed majority of junior season due to injury....

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Matt Sieg, West Virginia Mountaineers, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– TRACK & FIELD -Part of a Fort Cherry relay team that captured back-to-back WPIAL titles in the 4x100. -Top markers per MileSplit...

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[SWirishfan]

Totally good with Vallejo over Sieg as well. Is there talk of Vallejo decommitting from Michigan? And same, I'm okay with ND not signing Sieg.

As far as the competition, I'm not sure Reddish is better than Sieg

Same height, ranked far lower. Unless Reddish is undervalued at this point (certainly possible), I'd be happy to add Sieg, especially in the NIL and transfer portal era.

Nick Reddish, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– BASEBALL Holds a grade of ‘7’ from Perfect Game as a LHP/OF. –––– FOOTBALL 2024: Missed majority of junior season due to injury....

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Matt Sieg, West Virginia Mountaineers, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– TRACK & FIELD -Part of a Fort Cherry relay team that captured back-to-back WPIAL titles in the 4x100. -Top markers per MileSplit...

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I think Seig is more worried about all 6'3" of JO'B

 

[bobbyok1]

I think Seig is more worried about all 6'3" of JO'B

Totally agree with that, lol

Joey is at the top of our DB group, whereas Reddish is closer to the bottom. I was thinking of Sieg as shoring up more of the middle to lower end of our DB recruits.

 

[allenm5333]

I think Seig is more worried about all 6'3" of JO'B

They are buddies fwiw

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

Mike White: With high school career over, where does Matt Sieg stand among all-time WPIAL football greats? According to this article. Sieg took an official visit with his parents to ND last night.

 

[DCDomer]

A little sprinkle of Exciting White on top of this DB class? Who says no?

 

[rtrn2glory]

I'm sure VA tech just became a player

 

[NDMatt91]

Mike White: With high school career over, where does Matt Sieg stand among all-time WPIAL football greats? According to this article. Sieg took an official visit with his parents to ND last night.

Wasn't his OV the Navy game?

 

[DomeFieldAdvantage]

Wasn't his OV the Navy game?

He did visit, but maybe it wasn't an OV? I could see him wanting to save the OVs for after his season when he is more likely able to stay the whole 48 hours and get more time with the coaches.

 

[bobbyok1]

I’m still all in for this guy signing with ND. Let’s go Irish ☘️

 

[notredomer23]

Wasn't his OV the Navy game?

That was a UV. On3 confirmed this is an official.

 

[NDFAN2008]

So he came back this Sunday for an official? Is that correct wasn’t he at Pitt this weekend?

 

[Rocketman84]

Totally good with Vallejo over Sieg as well. Is there talk of Vallejo decommitting from Michigan? And same, I'm okay with ND not signing Sieg.

As far as the competition, I'm not sure Reddish is better than Sieg

Same height, ranked far lower. Unless Reddish is undervalued at this point (certainly possible), I'd be happy to add Sieg, especially in the NIL and transfer portal era.

Nick Reddish, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– BASEBALL Holds a grade of ‘7’ from Perfect Game as a LHP/OF. –––– FOOTBALL 2024: Missed majority of junior season due to injury....

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Matt Sieg, West Virginia Mountaineers, Safety

Multi-sport athlete. –––– TRACK & FIELD -Part of a Fort Cherry relay team that captured back-to-back WPIAL titles in the 4x100. -Top markers per MileSplit...

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He's better at playing on the defensive side of the ball. Sieg has been a star on the offensive side of the ball and has much more notoriety as a runner at the prep level as opposed to the defensive side. I think he finished up around 8,000 career rushing yards.

Didn't know the kid played with labrum injury in his throwing arm since the 4th game of the season! Wow😳😳 kid has some stones.

**Sieg finished his career as the WPIAL all-time leader in offensive yardage (passing and rushing) with 12,592 yards. He completed 273 of 491 passes for 4,634 yards and 59 touchdowns. He ran for 7,958 yards on 842 carries (9.5-yard average) and 131 touchdowns.**

 

[OrlaNDomer]

So he visited ND, went to the ND @ Pitt game and then immediately came back for a visit to ND?

Sounds like this one is wrapped up.

 

[Kingbish01]

Fort Cherry lost to a team (Laurel) from my hometown, all I can tell you guys is.....It's the lowest class in the WPIAL. So low, if you have a kid willing to play football he is on the team. That being said, sometimes these 1A kids pop like Tyler Boyd or Terrell Pryor. But I worry about the competition, as I'd take a 3 star Knapp (5/6A Ga) over a 4 star WPIAL kid from a 1A school most days of the week.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

He's better at playing on the defensive side of the ball. Sieg has been a star on the offensive side of the ball and has much more notoriety as a runner at the prep level as opposed to the defensive side. I think he finished up around 8,000 career rushing yards.

Didn't know the kid played with labrum injury in his throwing arm since the 4th game of the season! Wow😳😳 kid has some stones.

**Sieg finished his career as the WPIAL all-time leader in offensive yardage (passing and rushing) with 12,592 yards. He completed 273 of 491 passes for 4,634 yards and 59 touchdowns. He ran for 7,958 yards on 842 carries (9.5-yard average) and 131 touchdowns.**

08 incoming w the hot take “Gotta throw a bag at him and tell him he’ll play both O and D.”

 

[Dale]

He did visit, but maybe it wasn't an OV? I could see him wanting to save the OVs for after his season when he is more likely able to stay the whole 48 hours and get more time with the coaches.

It was an unofficial because he wasn’t here long enough to be an OV.

08 incoming w the hot take “Gotta throw a bag at him and tell him he’ll play both O and D.”

Pitt and WVU are selling him on both ways. IU and ND is DB only.

 

[GowerND11]

Fort Cherry lost to a team (Laurel) from my hometown, all I can tell you guys is.....It's the lowest class in the WPIAL. So low, if you have a kid willing to play football he is on the team. That being said, sometimes these 1A kids pop like Tyler Boyd or Terrell Pryor. But I worry about the competition, as I'd take a 3 star Knapp (5/6A Ga) over a 4 star WPIAL kid from a 1A school most days of the week.

Jeannette was AA back then

 

[Irishdwarte]

According to Loy, he’s still on his official right now.

 

[Kingbish01]

Jeannette was AA back then

Ha...Now you're at least getting into having a tryout rather than everyone making it.