Penn State Sports Magazine
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CLASS OF 2016 NAME POS HT WT RATING HOME SCHOOL Cameron Brown LB 6-6 210 ★★★★ Potomac, Md. The Bullis School Christian Colon DT 6-3 309 ★★★ Charlotte, N.C. Independence Danny Dalton TE 6-5 230 ★★★ Marshfield, Mass. Marshfield Karamo Dioubate DL 6-4 280 ★★★★ Philadelphia, Pa. Prep Charter Michael Dwumfour DT 6-2 282 ★★ Wayne, N.J. De Paul Catholic Will Fries OL 6-6 265 ★★★★ Cranford, N.J. Cranford Alex Gellerstedt OL 6-7 275 ★★★ Dublin, Ohio Coffman Blake Gillikin P 6-2 185 ★★★ Atlanta, Ga. Westminster Lavert Hill CB 5-11 173 ★★★★ Detroit, Mich. Martin Luther King Ellison Jordan DT 6-0 270 ★★★★ Baltimore, Md. Gilman School Daniel Joseph DE 6-3 240 ★★★ Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest Academy Connor McGovern OL 6-5 290 ★★★★ Lehman, Pa. Lake Lehman Senior Zechariah McPhearson CB 6-0 185 ★★★ Upper Marlboro, Md. Riverdale Baptist Michal Menet OL 6-5 273 ★★★★ Reading, Pa. Exeter Township Senior Quinn Nordin PK 6-2 200 ★★★ Rockford, Mich. Rockford Andrew Pryts Saf. 6-3 205 ★★★ Hermitage, Pa. Hickory Miles Sanders RB 5-11 200 ★★★★ Pittsburgh, Pa. Woodland Hills Shane Simmons DE 6-3 225 ★★★★ Hyattsville, Md. DeMatha Shaka Toney LB 6-3 193 ★★★ Philadelphia, Pa. Imhotep Charter Jake Zembiec QB 6-2 205 ★★★★ Rochester, N.Y. Aquinas Institute CLASS OF 2017 NAME POS HT WT RATING HOME SCHOOL Sean Clifford QB 6-2 197 ★★★★ Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier * As of Oct. 18 | Key prospects visit Penn State Clark, McFarland, McNair travel to University Park for nonconference games W ith only a handful of scholarships remaining in the Class of 2016, and with the college and high school football seasons well under way, the past six weeks have been relatively quiet when it comes to Penn State's re- cruiting e/orts. Aside from the game against Rutgers, for which roughly 50 of the sta/'s top prospects made the trip to Happy Valley to watch Penn State defeat the Scarlet Knights, 28-3, the visitor lists were limited during the .rst half of the season. Because there are no preseason games with which to judge the team's preparation heading into the season, the sta/ typically tries to limit distractions by restricting the visitor list to prospects who have already com- mitted or won't be able to visit later in the year. Another factor that kept atten- dance down was the stormy fall weather. Several prospects who had planned to visit ended up holding o/ until later in the season. While the overall numbers may have been small, the sta/ did receive visits from a few of their top Class of 2017 prospects. One of the more noteworthy players who was on hand for the game against San Diego State was o/ensive line- VERBAL COMMITMENTS* F O O T B A L L R E C R U I T I N G