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Class of 2026 WVU Football Commit Shows Off Elite Strength With Bench Press Footage

Days after flipping his commitment from Coastal Carolina, West Virginia 2026 OL prospect Camden Goforth impresses with his bench press footage.
ByJoseph Smith|
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The West Virginia Mountaineers seem to have landed a winner in a recent Class of 2026 commit.

McMinn County (Tenn.) offensive linemanCamden Goforth, who recentlyflipped his allegiancefrom Coastal Carolina to West Virginia, has somenasty highlight footagethat shows why he'll be a perfect fit for coach Rich Rodriguez's"hard edge" mentality.

“I promise to bring physicality and intensity,” Goforth toldRivalsafter his commitment.

But now, Goforth has dropped some footage of some of his work in the weight room that really drives home why Rich Rodriguez and his staff -- as well as WVU football fans -- should be excited about his decision to join the Mountaineers.

Big Man Challenge

33 reps of 185lbs Bench.@RealCoachRod@CoachBicknell@Coach_Dressler@TreylenBrown@CoachTTrickett@WVUfootball@WVUFBRecruiting#HardEdgepic.twitter.com/1rYPLmhdyK

— Camden Goforth (@camden_goforth)June 17, 2025

Goforth posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, of him completing what he labelled the "Big Man Challenge." This seems to involve repping out on bench press at 185 pounds (similar to the 225-pound bench rep test for college and pro athletes), and the results were impressive. Goforth pumped out 33 repetitions on the bench press at 185.

This follows avideohe shared earlier this spring where he broke his school's record on the squat rack, cranking out three reps at a whopping 640 pounds -- which he assured viewers in "nowhere near" his max weight.

FILM DONT LIE!

Passed the school record of 635 squat!
But didn’t just pass it, had 3 reps of 640 lbs.!

No where near max!pic.twitter.com/wGawsYhzms

— Camden Goforth (@camden_goforth)March 3, 2025

That type of strength is certainly one reason why Rodriguez and offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. will be excited to get Goforth on campus and inside the program. Another reason happens to be the fact that they see him as a versatile player that can be slotted at various positions across the interior of the offensive line.

"They want me to be able to snap so I could play any of the three interior positions,” he said.


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