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linemen were recruited in 1991, but each of member of the foursome that signed brought something different to the team. 'We hit the lottery with those four' Conlin was the easiest to recruit be- cause his older brother Bucky was a first- team All-America tackle on Penn State's 1986 national championship team. The family, which included Keith, Bucky and their five siblings, lived in the Philadel- phia suburb of Glenside, Pa. Keith was an All-State lineman and a Big 33 selection who was recruited to play defense or of- fense. The Philadelphia area was part of Anderson's recruiting territory. "Conlin was a big, tall guy, and in high school he was primarily a defensive player," said Anderson, who in 1991 was the quarter- backs coach and oversaw the passing game. The weight training worked for Conlin, as he went from 265 pounds in high school to 300 pounds in his junior and senior seasons at Penn State. Johnson and Rivera were New York natives. John- son was a high school All- American as a two-way tackle from Southampton on the eastern tip of Long Island. Penn State saw him as a future defensive lineman, according to the Lions' media guides. Rivera also lived on Long Island, but about 80 miles west and close to Queens, N.Y. He was an All-State offensive guard and de- fensive tackle in high school. Although he was credited with 300 tackles, 16 sacks and six interceptions, Penn State penciled him in on offense at guard or tackle. Bove remembers Hartings being a pri- ority target. He was from the small, rural Ohio town of St. Henry, nearly 65 miles northwest of Dayton and some 12 miles or so from the Indiana border. He also was from a large family, with four brothers and five sisters. St. Henry High School was so small there were only 49 students in Hartings' senior class, but the football ANCHOR MAN Hartings came to Penn State out of a small high school in western Ohio but quickly established him- self as a formida- ble presence on the Nittany Lions' offensive line. Photo by Harvey Levine

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