Messiah Mickens, Virginia Tech
Messiah Mickens was the first commitment of the James Franklin era at Virginia Tech. (@messiah_mickens on Twitter)

The 2026 recruiting class is complete, so it’s time for my annual half-star ratings article on the prospects Virginia Tech signed. As a reminder, I do half-stars because I think there are too many four-star and three-star recruits these days and it’s too hard to differentiate between most of them.