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Joey Porter Jr. Position: Cornerback Recruiting class (size): 2019 (16 players) School: Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny Weight: 6-2/185 Stars: 4 (247); 3 (Rivals) Other top offers: Pitt, LSU, Miami, Nebraska, Maryland, West Virginia, UCLA, Arizona State, Syracuse, Rutgers Notable: Son of Steelers outside linebackers coach and former All-Pro linebacker Joey Porter, a member of the team’s Super Bowl XL title teamreport: Rated the No. 1 recruit in Pennsylvania by 247Sports, but oddly enough is just No. 9 in the state by Rivals, which has him as a three-star recruit. That sort ...

PSU recruit: OT Anthony Whigan

Anthony Whigan Position: Offensive tackle Recruiting class (size): 2019 (16 players) Hometown/School: Great Mills, Md./Lackawanna College in Scranton Height/Weight: 6-5/290 Stars: 4 (247); 3 (Rivals) Other top offers: Oklahoma, Nebraska, TCU, West Virginia, Pitt, Louisville, South Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, Ole Miss Notable: Rated the nation’s No. 3 offensive tackle and the No. 1 JUCO offensive tackle by 247Sports; joins Lackawanna teammate Jaquan Brisker, a defensive back, as a PSU commit Scouting report: He will enroll in January and, as an experienced JUCO player, ...

PSU picks up offensive lineman

Several recruits were expected to commit to Penn State in the aftermath of the Nittany Lions’ “Lasch Bash” last Saturday. While the expected deluge of immediate pledges didn’t materialize, there’s been a steady flow of newly minted Nittany Lions over the last few days. The latest came on Thursday afternoon, when 6-foot-6, 287-pound Zachary Franks of Baltimore prep power Gilman jumped on board as the 15th member of the Lions’ 2019 class. Franks is the third rising senior to commit to Penn State in six days. North Carolina wide receiver Emery Simmons joined the class late ...

Lions land elite dual-threat QB recruit

The newest member of Penn State’s 2019 football recruiting class won’t need as much of a learning curve as the typical scholastic prospect transitioning to the college game. Michael Johnson Jr. is well-accustomed to the higher levels of football. “He’s been around football his whole life,” said Josh Line, who coaches Johnson at Sheldon High School in Oregon, in a video announcing Johnson’s college choice on The Oregonian newspaper’s website. Johnson, the son of longtime NFL and Pac-12 assistant coach and former CFL quarterback Mike Johnson, increased the size of Penn ...

PSU goes to its Delaware pipeline for latest recruit

By Philip Cmor pcmor@altoonamirror.com Although it’s a small state, Delaware has turned out some pretty big football talent over the years, like Randy White, Luke Petitgout and Devon Still. Penn State is hoping its latest football commit from Delaware follows a similar career trajectory to the one that took Still to University Park and the NFL. Saleem Wormley, a massive 6-foot-3, 317-pound four-star offensive lineman from Smyrna High School, announced on Monday afternoon that he had committed to the Nittany Lions over Notre Dame, Rutgers and Maryland, becoming the 12th member ...

WR Dunmore picks PSU over Auburn, FSU

For a couple of years, the Penn State football program has been forging a relationship with wide receiver prospect John Metchie, and, for a long time, the Nittany Lions were considered the favorite to land his commitment. However, when Metchie recently became more enamored with Alabama, the Lion coaching staff showed the value of not placing all of its eggs in one basket and, instead, came away with one of the top pass-catchers in the nation. Showing off its growing recruiting clout and national footprint, Penn State on Wednesday night landed the pledge of Florida wideout John ...