Nittany Lions get plenty of results from ‘Lasch Bash’

July 17, 2017

Penn State’s annual “Lasch Bash” recruiting gathering on Saturday paid immediate dividends as the Nittany Lions found a big, athletic quarterback from the Northeast to replace decommitted Justin Fields in their 2018 class and nailed down pledges from a couple of highly-rated receivers who has been on their radar for a while. Connecticut quarterback Will Levis and Harrisburg wideout Shaquon Anderson-Butts joined the Lions’ current recruiting class after Saturday’s get-together at University Park, which attracted many of Penn State’s top remaining unsigned targets and brought ...

Fla. DT commits to Lions

July 15, 2017

On the cusp of one of its biggest recruiting dates of the year, the Penn State football team on Friday got a jump by securing the verbal commitment of another recruit from outside its traditional recruiting footprint. Judge Culpepper, a 6-foot-5, 256-pound three-star defensive tackle from Tampa, Fla., announced on Twitter that he decided to sign with the Nittany Lions two days after his second unofficial visit to University Park in four months, posting a photo of himself standing with defensive line coach Sean Spencer. “The coaches there are amazing,” Culpepper told Scout.com ...

Penn State lands four-star Florida cornerback

July 7, 2017

As Florida four-star cornerback prospect Jordan Miner was streaming his college commitment on a local television broadcast through social media, the feed froze up. It made Penn State football fans wait a few more minutes to learn the Wiregrass Ranch standout was going to be the newest Nittany Lion recruit, but they’ll gladly forgive that if he can shut down receivers just as effectively in real life. “I’m most excited about the tradition following the program and I’m excited to be a part of it,” Miner said of the reason he picked the Lions over Tennessee, Florida, North ...

Hardy picks PSU over many others

June 12, 2017

Penn State football fans might hope the Nittany Lions eventually can bring Harrisburg high school All-American Micah Parsons back into the fold as part ot their 2018 recruiting class, but they got a verbal commitment from another one of the country’s best defensive line prospects. Dorian Hardy, the 6-foot-5, 252-pound standout from national power Paramus Catholic, became the 13th member of the Lions’ class — which has sustained decommitments from Parsons and, more recently, five-star Georgia quarterback Justin Fields — when he announced his college choice on Twitter during an ...

Five-star quarterback decommits from PSU

June 7, 2017

It’s looking like 2018 could be a special recruiting class for Penn State football, but when you are recruiting big-time prospects, there’s big-time competition, and that can lead to big-time upheaval. That’s what happened on Tuesday night, as five-star quarterback Justin Fields of Georgia — the unquestioned centerpiece of this year’s class even before top-five overall player Micah Parsons, the defensive end from Harrisburg, decommitted — announced via social media that he was no longer pledged to the Nittany Lions. “After many hours of prayer and discussion with my ...

Penn State adds Illinois lineman to 2018 class

May 7, 2017

The run on offensive linemen apparently has begun. After securing commitments from a pair of players along the front line hours before kickoff of the Blue-White Game a couple of weeks ago, Penn State added another on Saturday afternoon when Illinois’ tackle Bryce Effner decided to enter the fold. “I couldn’t be more excited with what (is) to come and with 100% certainty I can say I have committed to play football and further my academics at Penn State,” Effner posted on his Twitter page. The 6-foot-7, 275 pound Effner, a three-star prospect from Metea Valley in Aurora, was ...