Monthly Archives: January 2011

No. 14 in the den

Penn State’s recruiting class grew by one Monday when Atco, N.J., athlete Bill Belton verbally committed to the Nittany Lions. Belton previously had committed to Pittsburgh, but de-committed there when Dave Wannstedt was forced to resign in December. Since then, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Mike McQueary had been on the case and got [...]

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Catching up

Since my last post Penn State’s recruiting class grew by two, with one expected commit and a bit of a surprise. Owings Mills, Md., offensive tackle Donovan Smith, thought to be a longtime Penn State lean, verbally committed to the Nittany Lions during the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Saturday. That came a day after [...]

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Nowicki comes aboard

Penn State continued to build recruiting momentum when Glendale, Ariz., offensive tackle Ryan Nowicki verbally committed earlier this week. Nowicki, who chose the Nittany Lions over offers from Arizona, Illinois and USC among others, is rated as a three-star prospect, Arizona’s ninth-rated player and the nation’s 36th-best offensive tackle by Rivals.com Here’s a brief scouting [...]

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