Lions get QB commit

October 26, 2017

A quarterback just north of 6-feet tall who is nimble on his feet and throws a really good slant or deep fade — sounds a lot like Trace McSorley, doesn’t it? Yes, but it also would be an ideal description of New Jersey junior Taquon Roberson, who announced on Thursday that he was going to head to Penn State to try to become one of McSorley’s successors as Nittany Lions’ signal-caller in a couple of years. Roberson went public with his commitment through a video he posted on Twitter that showed his highlights spliced together with some of McSorley’s. He is the second member ...

Recruits still show up no matter what

September 17, 2017

By Philip Cmor pcmor@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — One had to wonder what kind of recruiting prospects Penn State would attract for a night game against 38-point underdog Georgia State. It turned out to be a really, really good one. The Nittany Lions hosted Micah Parsons and Jayson Oweh, two of the best defensive ends in the 2018 class. They entertained two of the best defensive tackles in the 2019 class, five-star Antonio Alfano of New Jersey and four-star Steven Faucheux of Cincinnati. They welcomed four-star Virginia cornerback Cam’Ron Kelly, North Carolina defensive ...

Lions are chosen over other big names

August 11, 2017

By Philip Cmor pcmor@altoonamirror.com Aeneas Hawkins might not be the recruit who generates the most buzz in Penn State’s 2018 class, but his addition to it on Thursday was a perfect example of just how far Nittany Lion recruiting has come under James Franklin and his coaching staff. Hawkins is a four-star prospect from prep powerhouse Moeller in Cincinnati, which seemingly has had a pipeline to Notre Dame through the decades. He had an offer from Ohio State, which rarely misses out on a good in-state prospect. His family, which original hails from Johnstown, has ties to Pitt ...

Lions get four-star DT for upcoming ’18 class

August 8, 2017

Penn State ran near the top of the list for blue-chip recruit Sam Mustipher three years ago but came up short in the end, and Mustipher wound up signing with Notre Dame. The Nittany Lions were able to seal the deal with Mustipher’s younger brother, P.J. With spots in Penn State’s 2018 recruiting class rapidly drying up, P.J. Mustipher, the four-star defensive tackle from McDonough High School in Owings Mills, Md., jumped on board Monday, becoming the 22nd member in a class expected to finish with 24 or 25 players. After the younger Mustipher had made three visits to University ...

Lineman selects Lions over OSU

August 5, 2017

For decades, we’ve been told that juice is an essential part of a good breakfast. Juice certainly has helped make Cathedral Prep football healthy over the last two years — the Ramblers’ offense averaged better than 400 yards in 2016 and scoring 80 touchdowns en route to a 14-0 record and a PIAA Class 4A title. Now James Franklin and defending Big Ten champion Penn State are hoping to pour it on to their conference opponents in the years to come by adding a generous portion of “Juice” to their program. Fredrick “Juice” Scruggs, that is. The Nittany Lions continued to ...

Safety picks Lions

July 20, 2017

There was chatter Monday that Maryland offensive tackle Rasheed Walker might announce his commitment to Penn State, beating Imhotep Charter free safety Isheem Young to the punch to bring the Nittany Lions’ 2018 recruiting class to 20 at a small press conference at his school on Tuesday afternoon. Walker’s announcement didn’t come, but the big hitter from the Philadelphia prep power did as expected, becoming the fifth scholastic senior-to-be to pick the Lions in as many days around the weekend’s “Lasch Bash.” “It was a pretty easy, actually,” the 5-foot-10 Young told ...