With a veteran team returning, Mountaineers coach Bill Stewart could concentrate on a rather esoteric recruiting approach, looking for "speed, height and athleticism."

With 19 players signing letters-of-intent and a few more still out there dangling tantalizingly close, Stewart proclaimed the effort a success.

"We feel like we have a special class," Stewart said.

At the top of the class is Parade All-America quarterback Barry Brunetti of Memphis University High, who hasn't lost a game he started since the seventh grade.

With him on hand to join holdover Geno Smith and another highly regarded incoming quarterback, Jeremy Johnson from Texas, Stewart assured quarterback competition to keep everyone sharp.

The two surprises in the class were wide ...More