Here’s an update for statewide recruiting of Keystone State athletes.
National recruiting website Rivals.com lists 143 athletes from Pennsylvania in the recruiting class of 2010 that are potential D-1 prospects.
Breaking down the list of prospects, by position, shows the distribution as follows:
Quarterbacks (17)
Running backs/fullbacks (22)
Wide receivers/tight ends (17)
Offensive linemen (21)
Defensive linemen (17)
Linebackers (20)
Defensive backs/safeties (20)
Multi-purpose athletes (6)
Kickers/punters (3)
The following is a list of the Division-1 verbal commitments made, to date, by Keystone State athletes, beginning in the western half of the state:
Western PA verbal commitments, 2010
Paul Jones, Sto-Rox – committed to Penn State
Derrick Burns, Wilmington Area – committed to Pittsburgh
Dom Timbers, Woodland Hills – committed to Syracuse
Andrew Carswell, Sto-Rox – committed to Pitt
Kevin Weatherspoon, Clairton –committed to Pitt
Miles Dieffenbach, Fox Chapel – committed to Penn State
Tom Ricketts, North Allegheny – committed to Penn State
Luke Graham, Penn-Trafford – committed to Penn State
Aaron Donald, Penn Hills – Committed to Pittsburgh
Khaynin Mosley-Smith, Woodland Hills –Committed to Pitt
Jordan Paskorz, Hampton – committed to Michigan
Myles Davis, Penn Hills – Committed to Syracuse
Kenny Wilkins, Washington Trinity – committed to Michigan
Mike Hull, Canon-McMillan – committed to Penn State
Andrew Cerett, Huntingdon Area – committed to Temple
Eastern PA verbal commitments, Class of 2010
Tyler Smith, Wilson Area – committed to Maryland
Andre Williams, Parkland – committed to Boston College
Jarrod West, Bethlehem Liberty – committed to Stanford
Salath Williams, Bishop McDevitt – committed to Pitt
Seth Betancourt, St. Joseph’s Prep – Comitted to Boston College
Benji Kemoeatu, Lackawanna CC – Committed to WVU
AJ McGovern, Wyoming Valley West – committed to Army
Kyle Baublitz, Central York – committed to Penn State
Wyatt Benson, The Haverford School – committed to Temple
Jeremy Cornelius, Bishop McDevitt – committed to Purdue