Penn State has offered 2018 athlete, Jasiah Provillon from Irvington, New Jersey. Jasiah has recently been blowing up with offers now from Penn State, Michigan, and Boston College in the last 24 hours and there will be many more coming his way before the soon to be junior signs his letter of intent.
Month: May 2016
Week of May 23rd
“Week in Review” eBook published for the week of May 23rd
A little early this week
NEW OFFER! Penn State offers 2018 Running Back from Durham, North Carolina
Penn State is the latest to offer highly touted running back, Jamal Elliott from Durham, North Carolina. The young ball carrier has close to 20 offers from schools such as hometown Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Ole Miss to name just a few.
Elliott is the fourth running back Penn State has offered in the 2018 class.
Caught up with 2017 wide receiver, Jordan Pouncey
Last Thursday (May 20th), Penn State offered 2017 wide receiver/athlete, Jordan Pouncey from Winter Park, Florida.
The soon to be senior currently has numerous offers from all over the country including schools such as Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Duke, Tennessee, and Michigan State. The “Pouncey” name may sound familiar as Jordan is the second cousins of NFL twins Mike and Maurkice of the Steelers and Dolphins respectively.
I was able to catch up with Jordan and get a few of his thoughts on his recent Penn State offer and what he thought of Penn State.
Question: What was your first thought on your offer from Penn State?
Answer: The offer from Penn State is an honor. Penn State is such a prestigious school with tremendous tradition.
Question: What are three things that first come to mind when thinking about Penn State?
Answer: 1. Joe Paterno 2. Tradition 3. Big time football
Question: What is most important to you when choosing a school?
Answer: What is most important to me is relationships with the coaches
Question: Being from Florida, does distance matter when choosing a future school?
Answer: Being from Florida, proximity used to be a big thing, but now that I have so many offers from big time schools that are out of that, I do not mind leaving Florida anymore.
Thank you, Jordan for taking the time to answer a few questions, and good luck with your upcoming season, school, and the rest of your recruiting process.
Jordan can be followed on Twitter at @_pouncey
Is Penn State building a pipeline from Ohio to Happy Valley?
Is Penn State building a pipeline from Ohio to Happy Valley?
Not sure there is a better team in the country at keeping in state talent at home than Ohio State, but it seems that Coach Franklin and staff are looking to dive in and build a pipeline from the Buckeye State to Happy Valley.
The 2017 class currently has 8 verbal commitments, with 2 of them (Sean Clifford and Michael Miranda) being from the state of Ohio. After this past weekend, Matt Dotson (TE from Cincinnati, OH) is now believed to be trending towards the Nittany Lions, and Penn State seems to be in good standing with several other Ohio recruits in the 2017 class such as Danny Davis (WR from Springfield, OH), Joel Honigford (OT from Sugarcreek, OH), and Lynn Bowden (ATH from Youngstown, OH)
Below I laid out the commitments by year from Ohio for the last 10 years:
2017: 2 (Sean Clifford, Michael Miranda)
2016: 3 (Anthony Johnson, Antonio Shelton, Alex Gellerstedt)
2015: 0
2014: 1 (Chance Sorrell)
2013: 0
2012: 1 (Anthony Stanko)
2011: 0
2010: 0
2009: 1 (Nate Cadogan)
2008: 2 (Michael Zordich, Brandon Beachum)
2007: 0
2006: 0
Matt Dotson has “Amazing” visit to Happy Valley
Matt Dotson is Penn State’s top tight end recruit in the 2017 cycle and the Nittany Lions helped their chances at landing Dotson’s talents tremendously yesterday on an unofficial visit to Happy Valley. Matt currently has a top 3 of Penn State, Michigan, and Michigan State, and many believed that Michigan State was the leader. I believe that Penn State was in third in that list as Matt never visited State College until this past weekend. That visit may have just bumped Penn State into the lead.
NEW OFFER! Penn State offers 2018 DE from Erie, PA
Yesterday, Penn State offered 2018 defensive end, Fredrick Scruggs from Erie, Pennsylvania while he was in Happy Valley for an unofficial visit. Fredrick is from the same school (Cathedral Prep) as other 2018 target, Matthew Bauer.
The young defensive end has already began blowing up with offers as he was offered by Michigan State and Penn State in the last 48 hours.
NEW OFFER! Penn State offers 2017 WR, Sean Savoy
Yesterday, Penn State offered 2017 wide receiver, Sean Savoy from Washington, D.C. while he was in Happy Valley for an unofficial visit. The speedy wide receiver has already picked up several offers from schools such as Iowa, Virginia Tech, Miami, and Maryland. It seems that both Miami and Virginia Tech have been recruiting Savoy the hardest, but now that the Nittany Lions have offered I believe that they may jump into the mix as a serious contender with Sean.
NEW OFFER! Penn State offers TE, Jeremy Ruckert
Yesterday, Penn State offered 2018 tight end, Jeremy Ruckert from Lindenhurst, New York while he was in Happy Valley for an unofficial visit. The Nittany Lions offer gave the young tight end double digit offers from schools such as Mississippi State, Pitt, and Wisconsin. Jeremy is going into his junior year, and there will be plenty of other offers coming his way before National Signing Day in early 2018.
NEW OFFER! Dean Engram out of Gonzaga H.S. in D.C.
Penn State has extended an offer to 2019 cornerback, Dean Engram out of Washington D.C. Yes, Dean is the son of Penn State great, Bobby Engram who played for the Nittany Lions in the early 90’s. You have to think that Penn State has an advantage in the recruitment of Dean with his father being a Penn State great.
Penn State is Dean’s third offer with other offers from N.C. State and Toledo.
Happy Valley Recruiting 