Borrowing from Mr. Potter’s earlier thread. So, who was an underrated recruit that ended up being great player?
Deon Butler. Trace McSorley. Poz.
Deon Butler. Trace McSorley. Poz.
Underrated recruits that became great players
- Thread starter Classof09
- Start date
I know it goes back a ways but Jack Ham only offer PSU.
Not sure of their stars when recruited but daquan jones and jay alford had good careers at psu and in the nfl
Saquon. I don’t recall him having an amazing offer sheet.
Sean Lee
Saquon relative to his generational ability
Saquon relative to his generational ability
Wasn't Joe Jurevicius an average to below-average punter before becoming a legitimate WR threat at PSU and ultimately in the NFL?
Nassib. Although he walked on. Or ran on.
Poz and Lee are obvious ones that come to mind first.
I’ll add Nassib, DaeSean Hamilton, Austin Johnson, and Adrian Amos. Pretty sure all these guys are still playing on Sundays.
I’ll add Nassib, DaeSean Hamilton, Austin Johnson, and Adrian Amos. Pretty sure all these guys are still playing on Sundays.
I still remember when PSU got a commitment from Austin Johnson. The message boards were in a meltdown. Everyone was underwhelmed by the commitment. I guess Joe and LJ knew what they were doing.
I'll second that. If I recall from the interview that was posted the other day, Penn State was his only offer. Not his only D1 offer....his only offer period.
Correct. Bradley drove in a snow storm to watch him play basketball. Joe didn’t want him. Bradley talked him into it. Joe told him if he didn’t pan out it was on him.
You could name half of the 2014 class for this
Cabinda, Campbell, Oruwariye, Haley, McSorely, Scott certainly could all fit into this list. Brown was solid before his injury. Mark Allen played a lot of football for PSU as well. Wright was a multi-year starter, maybe not a great player but certainly held his own. All of these players were outside of the top 500 in the composite rankings and make significant impacts for PSU.
Reeder was in this class as well but transferred before making an impact for PSU.
Cabinda, Campbell, Oruwariye, Haley, McSorely, Scott certainly could all fit into this list. Brown was solid before his injury. Mark Allen played a lot of football for PSU as well. Wright was a multi-year starter, maybe not a great player but certainly held his own. All of these players were outside of the top 500 in the composite rankings and make significant impacts for PSU.
Reeder was in this class as well but transferred before making an impact for PSU.
Troy Drayton.
Really, there are a ton of guys.
Really, there are a ton of guys.
Darryl Clark, Evan Royster, Trace McSorley, Jordan Norwood, Sean Lee, Michael Haynes, Tony Hunt, Kevin Kelly, Jordan Hill, Kyle Carter…
Jordan Hill took over the second half of the 2013 Wisky game like nothing I’ve ever seen before. He was a beast.
Shane Conlan also.
He got turned down by Edinboro.
Kevin Givens. I believe he was a 2 star recruit and wasn’t offered until signing day when Pry personally delivered the scholarship offer
Have to put Curt Warner in that group. He came from Pineville, WV from a school of less than 400 students. His own English teacher had to send clippings and letters to colleges to even get any attention for her son. Joe Paterno even admitted that Curt was not on their radar until these clippings came to his attention when she mailed them to PSU. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-07-sp-6801-story.html
I think you might be thinking about 2012 in the Beav, he did take that second half over.
You are correct. My mistake. I was even thinking 2012 and typed 2013 by mistake.
Deon Butler, no doubt about it. He was initially a walkon and by the end he was our all-time leading receiver and an NFL WR.
Get unlimited access today.