2023 Recruiting thread

RyanSnyder

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Other than Link, Keyes, and perhaps a QB, are we looking at anybody else? Class seems *almost* full. Bunch of Florida DTs will be announcing soon. No CBs favor us, yet.

Thx for your posts!

DE Jalen Thompson, DT Will Norman, OL Stanton Ramil and WR Carmelo Taylor are all still in play. They’re genuinely in the mix with all four of those guys.

LeBlanc is headed to Oklahoma. The numbers project for like 23 commits, but if there are top players still available, they’ll find space for 24 and 25. Just depends on who’s available.
 
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Awesome news. This has been a great recruiting week.

I think this board is like this after this week….

 
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DE Jalen Thompson, DT Will Norman, OL Stanton Ramil and WR Carmelo Taylor are all still in play. They’re genuinely in the mix with all four of those guys.

LeBlanc is headed to Oklahoma. The numbers project for like 23 commits, but if there are top players still available, they’ll find space for 24 and 25. Just depends on who’s available.
What about the OT from NE Philly?
 

VaDave4PSU

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What about the OT from NE Philly?

Betrand? He's committing the 30th.

I've read he's a UK lean right now. I don't know if he's a take for us yet. Canceled his Texas A&M visit. Auburn is in the mix too, but I think they see him as a DT.
 

blion72

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FYI Marcus Stokes decommitted.
too bad we took his word and stopped recruiting another QB. not sure how many are still available that could fit. any great walk-on QBs in the PA region (i.e. a Matt McGloin)?
 

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too bad we took his word and stopped recruiting another QB. not sure how many are still available that could fit. any great walk-on QBs in the PA region (i.e. a Matt McGloin)?
I'm losing track now. We should still have room for a portal QB, no?
 
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blion72

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I'm losing track now. We should still have room for a portal QB, no?
I think that would be correct. I think the BWI folks were suggesting many portal guys do not want to transfer to be in a fight for backup. That is probably the case for a jr/sr type QB. Maybe a younger portal guy could be interested, to come in and compete with our 2 FR and Soph QB. Otherwise it is flip someone who is a 2023 commit somewhere else or find someone from those still on the board. The walk-on QB who was moved to WR actually looks like a pretty solid player in the pinch could be moved back I guess. that doesn't help 2023 though. late decommits really hurt in a position like QB.
 
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I think that would be correct. I think the BWI folks were suggesting many portal guys do not want to transfer to be in a fight for backup. That is probably the case for a jr/sr type QB. Maybe a younger portal guy could be interested, to come in and compete with our 2 FR and Soph QB. Otherwise it is flip someone who is a 2023 commit somewhere else or find someone from those still on the board. The walk-on QB who was moved to WR actually looks like a pretty solid player in the pinch could be moved back I guess. that doesn't help 2023 though. late decommits really hurt in a position like QB.
Yep, and the soph QB has freshman eligibility, so we really have 3 freshmen QB’s, with 1 of them the #1 in his class and Veilleux already looking very good in limited action. Not an attractive situation for recruiting a good transfer QB. And adding a transfer would discourage the 3 young QB’s. I don’t see it happening. I believe it’s more likely that if there is no 2023 QB that PSU goes with 3 scholarship QB’s in 2023 and gets 2 in 2024.
 
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per Wiltfong...Yazeed Haynes to Georgia prediction of 6 confidence fwiw...Georgia is trying to poach our players more and more recently...kinda surprising considering they could get almost anyone they wanted u would think
 
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Tom_PSU

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per Wiltfong...Yazeed Haynes to Georgia prediction of 6 confidence fwiw...Georgia is trying to poach our players more and more recently...kinda surprising considering they could get almost anyone they wanted u would think
This kid just loves to commit. First Rutgers, then us and now possibly on to Georgia. If hears from the Toronto Argonauts next he’s probably on his way to the CFL.
 

VaDave4PSU

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per Wiltfong...Yazeed Haynes to Georgia prediction of 6 confidence fwiw...Georgia is trying to poach our players more and more recently...kinda surprising considering they could get almost anyone they wanted u would think

Boo. Second underrated kid the reigning Champs are after.
 

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What is going on with Yazeed? Now there are rumors of him flipping to Georgia. Are these new WR offers to find a third wideout for the class or an effort to make sure we wind up with two?
 

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Wonder if the staff would take both Jalen Thompson, a DE (?) and Gooden ............

with another WR, DT, 1 or 2 OT's, possibly a LB and possibly a QB..........
 
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Currently there are 18 in this class... Are there 5 or 6 spots left?

Is it DL OL WR QB and RB?
 
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