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That's where I always needed to be. That was a big thing in my recruiting process – (nding somewhere that was home to me. I've been home at Barnegat my whole entire life. At Southern, it wasn't the greatest experience for me. At Central, it wasn't all that great, but coming back to Barnegat and being able to get every- thing done with my grades and my team in football season – it was just a matter of being home and comfortable and being around the people I needed to be around. That's what I realized about Penn State. So how did that impact your recruit- ment? Were you being recruited when you were transferring between those schools? No. I never even thought I would have any Division I o)ers even a*er this year. I never spoke to a college coach until this year. The (rst college coach I spoke to was Charlie Weis [from Kansas], and that was actually my (rst o)er, so I'll always remember that one. So when did Penn State come into the picture? A*er a playo) game [in November]. I went up there with my quarterback, and this was when Bill O'Brien and his sta) were still on board. We watched them play a game vs. Purdue, and it was amazing because we were sitting in the recruit sec- tion. One thing I said when I le* was, "It was crazy." I didn't even know the people sitting around us, but they were all just talking to us like we knew them forever. We were having a good time at the football game. They were scoring touchdowns. Everybody was happy. The family atmos- phere [impacted] me right there, the mo- ment I was there for the (rst time. The second time I went there with my family is when I got my o)er. That was a great thing. They really sold family to me there. That's when my recruiting process started with [the new sta)] and the com- mits and everybody. Everybody worked to keep me on deck. That really showed that they cared about me and that they were going to do everything in their power to make me the best player I could be and the best student I could be, so that was a great feeling. ■ 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 Manny Bowen LB 6-2 206 Barnegat, N.J. Barnegat 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 Myles Hartsfield Ath. 5-10 180 Parlin, N.J. Sayreville War Memorial 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 Micah Abernathy CB 6-0 181 Norcross, Ga. Greater Atlanta Christian Austin Bryant DE 6-5 244 Thomasville, Ga. Thomas County Central Matthew Burrell Jr. OL 6-4 286 Woodbrdige, Va. C. D. Hylton Drayton Carlberg DT 6-5 281 Minneapolis, Minn. De La Salle Irvin Charles WR 6-4 207 Haddonfield, N.J. Paul VI Neville Gallimore DT 6-3 303 St. Catharines, Ontario Canada Prep Football Academy 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 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 Russell Ude DL 6-3 251 Atlanta, Ga. Westminster Jordan Whitehead DB 5-10 165 Monaca, Pa. Central Valley Christian Wilkins DE 6-4 295 Suffield, Conn. Suffield Academy * As of July 13

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