Over the years, West Virginia hasn’t successfully ventured in the state of Michigan much when it comes to the recruiting trail.

But this year could be the start of something different for a lot of reasons.

Since 2002, the program has signed a total of 441 players according to Rivals.com. A total of two of those came from The Great Lakes State during that span in Derek Knight in 2007 and Martell Pettaway in 2016.