Penn State Sports Magazine
Issue link: https://comanpub.uberflip.com/i/1052705
who remains one of Ellies's good friends, that has many believing that Penn State is the team to beat. "He's de/nitely seen what P.J. Mustipher has done there, especially when it comes to early playing time and /tting into their rotation as a freshman," Sule said. "Obviously, for any kid coming out of high school, whenever you have a path to playing early, especially at a top school, it's more attractive than sitting on the sidelines and waiting a few years. I think what they've done with P.J. has def- initely caught D'Von's eye." Penn State also hosted its top two re- maining targets at running back for o1- cial visits. Mark-Antony Richards was the /rst to make the trip, visiting on the weekend of Oct. 26-28 for the game against Iowa. "It was a great visit. Me and my family really had a great time," said Richards, a Palm Beach, Fla., resident. "The people there were great. I would probably say that the people were one of the main things that really stood out. I was already close with Coach [Ja'Juan] Seider and Coach Franklin, and now I've met so many more great people there." Richards has since taken o1cial visits to Auburn and Florida. As of early Novem- ber, Tennessee and Miami were also ex- pected to host Richards for his /nal two o1cial visits either late in the season or in the /rst few weeks of December. Most believe that his hometown school, Miami, is the one to beat, but Penn State could very well end up stealing him from the Hurricanes, as his relationship with Seider, who has known Richards' mother since high school, is the strongest he's developed with any coach. "I would de/nitely say that they deserve to be called one of my top schools, no doubt about that," Richards said. "I still have more visits that I need to take, but my family was really impressed with everything we saw. Like I said, the people are great there. They really treated us well." Two weeks later, another Florida tail- back, Noah Cain, took his o1cial visit to University Park. Prior to the visit, his family had great things to say about Penn State. "Noah is still talking to Seider and Franklin, if not every day, then every other day," said Cain's father, Terrence. "He's talking to them all of the time. I reach out to them as well, so nothing has changed from that perspective. "We still feel like they're an incredible sta0 that really care about preparing their