Penn State Sports Magazine
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CLASS OF 2015 COMMITMENTS* NAME POS HT WT HOME SCHOOL Saquon Barkley RB 5-11 190 Whitehall, Pa. Whitehall Ryan Bates OG 6-5 285 Warminster, Pa. Archbishop Wood Ryan Buchholz DE 6-6 230 Malvern, Pa. Greater Valley Kamonte Carter DE 6-4 230 Gaithersburg, Md. Gaithersburg Jake Cooper LB 6-2 226 Warminster, Pa. Archbishop Wood Steven Gonzalez OG 6-4 321 Union City, N.J. Union City Jonathan Holland DE 6-3 235 Potomac, Md. Bullis School Sterling Jenkins OT 6-9 308 Pittsburgh, Pa. Baldwin Juwan Johnson WR 6-4 205 Glassboro, N.J. Glassboro Adam McLean DT 6-1 282 North Potomac, Md. Quince Orchard Jarvis Miller DB 6-1 198 West Suffield, Conn. Suffield Ayron Monroe DB 6-1 195 Washington, D.C. St. John's College Brandon Polk WR 5-9 150 Ashburn, Va. Briar Woods Andre Robinson RB 5-10 210 Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop McDevitt Brandon Wimbush QB 6-2 208 Jersey City, N.J. St. Peter's Prep CLASS OF 2015 HOT LIST Josh Adams Ath. 6-2 200 Warrington, Pa. Central Bucks South Jerome Baker LB 6-1 202 Cleveland, Ohio Benedictine Austin Bryant DE 6-5 244 Thomasville, Ga. Thomas County Central Matthew Burrell Jr. OL 6-4 286 Woodbrdige, Va. C. D. Hylton Manny Bowen LB 6-2 206 Barnegat, N.J. Barnegat Irvin Charles WR 6-4 207 Haddonfield, N.J. Paul VI Austin Clark OL 6-6 285 Lexington, Va. Rockbridge Jashon Cornell DE 6-3 270 Saint Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall Rick DeBerry LB 6-2 237 Richmond, Va. St. Christopher's Myles Hartsfield Ath. 6-0 175 Parlin, N.J. Sayreville War Memorial Trent Irwin WR 6-2 190 Newhall, Calif. Hart Van Jefferson WR 6-1 166 Brentwood, Tenn. Ravenwood Shareef Miller DE 6-5 225 Philadelphia, Pa. Frankford Grant Newsome OL 6-7 280 Lawrenceville, N.J. Lawrenceville Cameron Ordway DB 5-11 171 Pulaski, Tenn. Giles County Kyle Phillips DE 6-4 245 Nashville, Tenn. Hillsboro Isaiah Prince OL 6-6 270 Greenbelt, Md. Eleanor Roosevelt John Reid DB 5-10 175 Philadelphia, Pa. St. Joseph's Tim Settle DT 6-2 307 Manassas, Va. Stonewall Jackson Kendall Sheffield DB 6-0 165 Missouri City, Texas Fort Bend Marshall Darrell Taylor Ath. 6-4 220 Hopewell, Va. Hopewell Jordan Whitehead DB 5-10 165 Monaca, Pa. Central Valley Christian Wilkins DE 6-4 295 Suffield, Conn. Suffield Academy * As of June 1 looking to show Nittany Lion fans that he's just getting started. And it appears that he has the ability to do just that. "He's a freakishly talented athlete," said Roman Morris, father of former Penn State cornerback Stephon Morris and co-founder of Prime Example, a defensive back training academy in the Washington area. "The kid can jump very high. The kid is very explo- sive, very quick and very, very fast. We al- ways joke that he's a low-4.4 40-yard kid right when he wakes up. When he comes out and works at everything, the sky's the limit for what he can accomplish. "He has very good ball skills, 5uid hips, no wasted movement when he makes those transitions," Morris added. "He goes from zero to 60 faster than most guys. He can do it, too, in a compacted area or when he's playing in space, so he really 4ts all the physical traits a coach wants to see in his defensive backs. Physically, he stacks up with some of the best players I've been around." As for Barajas, his decision to back out of his commitment means that Penn State will most likely look for an additional strong-side linebacker prospect. Darrin Kirkland of Indianapolis had been the Nit- tany Lions' next target at the position, but the sta6 stopped recruiting him fol- lowing Barajas' commitment. He later gave a verbal commitment to Michigan. At the weak-side linebacker position, Brent Pry is still actively pursuing both Jerome Baker of Cleveland and Manny Bowen of Barnegat, N.J. Bowen has said the Nittany Lions are his leader, but he's expected to visit a few schools this summer before making a decision. One player to watch in the immediate future is o6ensive lineman Grant New- some. The four-star prospect from Lawrenceville, N.J., was expected to visit Penn State June 4-5, and a7er that he was planning a trip to Michigan. It's likely that Newsome will make his decision in the next few weeks. Otherwise, the early summer will likely be a quiet time on the recruiting scene, as Penn State will be shi7ing its focus to the Class of 2016 prospects who are expected to attend the sta6's 4ve Elite Camps in June and July. ■