Things are looking tough for Virginia Tech on the 2026 recruiting trail.

Head coach Brent Pry’s 2025 class is ranked No. 48 in the nation, which is nothing to write home about. Now, his 2026 class just lost its top recruit.

Carnell Warren is a four-star wide receiver from Bluffton, South Carolina, who had been committed to VT since the second day of January.

That’s a commitment that no longer stands, as Warren announced Thursday on social media that he’s opening his recruitment back up.

“After long thoughts and consideration, I’m opening my recruitment back up. I wanna thank everyone in Blacksburg for everything, it means a lot,” he wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.