Heading into his own recruitment, Kurt Mattes has a pretty good idea of what to expect. His brother, Brian Mattes, was a top recruit in the class of 2002. Brian signed with Notre Dame over Virginia Tech that year, drawing offers from a number of top programs.

Brian’s experience taught Kurt to take a laid-back approach to the recruiting process, which is exactly what the younger Mattes is doing to this point. It also enabled schools to get to know him, and for him to get to see some schools.

“I’m just trying to have fun with it,” Mattes said. “I’m enjoying everything so far…meeting new people and things like that. I had a chance to follow my brother around a lot on visits and things, so I’ve seen a lot of schools [in the past few years]. And coaches saw me when they came to visit.”

Mattes, who projects as an offensive tackle on the next level, is off to a solid start in the offer department. He has three official scholarship offers, from Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Vanderbilt, respectively. UVa was his first official offer, which he was excited to receive.

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