‘26 PA DB Matt Sieg (West Virginia Signee)

[calvegas04]

Can he play football?

 

[NDFAN2008]

Let’s get him to commit before leaving

 

[PolishDomer]

Let’s get him to commit before leaving

 

[GowerND11]

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

Even old AA (which could be AA up to AAAA in today's PIAA) would probably be keeping everyone on the roster. The real decision is are they dressing everyone/how many are JV only. But yeah

 

[IrishLax]

 

[Irish2155]

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.

Jack Kiser played at a 1A IHSAA school.

 

[EvilleIrish]

So wild how much recruiting for us has changed. 10 years ago this board would be lighting up about this. Now it's just kind of meh. Incredible job by MF.

 

[MacIrish75]

So wild how much recruiting for us has changed. 10 years ago this board would be lighting up about this. Now it's just kind of meh. Incredible job by MF.

I remember when crootin’ used to be wild and fun. Now it’s just normal to get good croots.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Let’s get him to commit before leaving

 

[KPENN]

Singer thinks he ends up at ND

 

[Kingbish01]

Jack Kiser played at a 1A IHSAA school.

You will always have those special players, I hope Sieg is one if he ends up at ND. I was just saying the competition is God awful. And it may be a little bit of a learning curve as he's 1000% not use to going up against 11 guys that can flat out play.

If you look at Central Catholic where Hinish is from, they play big time football in Pittsburgh.....They'd beat Fort Cherry at least 75-0 and that's not even a joke.

 

[PolishDomer]

Hope they aren't German...yikes...

 

[Dale]

 

[Kingbish01]

#72 @ 1:25 made me spit out water.....

 

[stpeteirish]

Not all small school guys aren't good enough. In addition to Kiser we have Luke Talich. If you don't think Talich is any good you must not be watching the games.

 

[Rocketman84]

You will always have those special players, I hope Sieg is one if he ends up at ND. I was just saying the competition is God awful. And it may be a little bit of a learning curve as he's 1000% not use to going up against 11 guys that can flat out play.

If you look at Central Catholic where Hinish is from, they play big time football in Pittsburgh.....They'd beat Fort Cherry at least 75-0 and that's not even a joke.

Difference is Sieg would be a starter at any school in PA regardless of the division.

 

[DCK_1981]

Not all small school guys aren't good enough. In addition to Kiser we have Luke Talich. If you don't think Talich is any good you must not be watching the games.

What a revelation Talich has been. Wasn’t he only offered after Bowen decomitted?

 

[Irish du Nord]

Not all small school guys aren't good enough. In addition to Kiser we have Luke Talich. If you don't think Talich is any good you must not be watching the games.

Agreed, Talich has been really solid the second half of the season

What a revelation Talich has been. Wasn’t he only offered after Bowen decomitted?

I believe so, he was offered as a PWO. He was deciding between Wyoming and Utah at the time, both on full scholarship.

 

[Kingbish01]

Difference is Sieg would be a starter at any school in PA regardless of the division.

Maybe, but we'll never know as he dominated very weak competition for years. Could he start as a DB for Central Catholic? Probably... would he be the best player on the field with 3 picks, 10 tackles and a def TD..... probably not. My main point is, he didn't play against much D1 talent. So I hope the transition to the big leagues isn't a hard one...since everyone will be as fast and strong as him for once in his football life.

 

[ColinKSU]

I don’t know if he’d be a player at this level, but I like the idea of taking another one of Penn State’s commits at a position we’re stocked at as a fun little treat.

 

[Irishdwarte]

ND has the best secondary class in the country. There is absolutely no harm in taking this kid. It’s not like they’re deciding between Sieg and a top 50 player. If Sieg works out great. If he doesn’t ND is loaded at safety. They took 6 last year and they’d be fine with 6 this year.

 

[NDPhilly]

Maybe they are selling him on Pouncey starting at CB and have Sieg and Joey OB be your safeties? Crazy to me they could actually land him wtih this DB class.

 

[Rocketman84]

Maybe, but we'll never know as he dominated very weak competition for years. Could he start as a DB for Central Catholic? Probably... would he be the best player on the field with 3 picks, 10 tackles and a def TD..... probably not. My main point is, he didn't play against much D1 talent. So I hope the transition to the big leagues isn't a hard one...since everyone will be as fast and strong as him for once in his football life.

He's also been playing 70% of the season with an injury to his labrum while playing QB and DB. The kid is a player period and has all the toughness you want out of a player. I think it's more of a case of a very good athlete playing against subpar competition and definitely not some average athlete dominating weak competition.

 

[Rocketman84]

Agreed, Talich has been really solid the second half of the season

I believe so, he was offered as a PWO. He was deciding between Wyoming and Utah at the time, both on full scholarship.

Case in point a very good athlete who was playing in a weak STATE forget conference.

 

[NDMD]

Biggest question for Sieg is not whether he's a take IMO, it's if there's anything in the NIL budget to be competitive for him. We've got a full secondary, somewhere like Pitt/PSU/WVU might be able to offer him a significantly larger sum

 

[allenm5333]

If he commits, do they do Reddish dirty?

 

[arrowryan]

Imagine watching Mickens as a coach, the guys he puts in the NFL, how his secondary plays, what a ND degree can do for you, and say “nah I’d rather go somewhere else”.

 

[notredomer23]

If he commits, do they do Reddish dirty?

I think in former cycles maybe, but there’s no reason to process with the current roster limits

 

[Ricochet]

If he commits, do they do Reddish dirty?

Nope, they see Reddish as a Nickel first.

 

[Rocketman84]

If he commits, do they do Reddish dirty?

Absolutely not, he's a heat seeking missile in the nickel