Commit #20: Gary Gilliam Is A Very Large Individual
by Run Up The Score on Nov 13, 2008 3:02 PM EST
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This time, it's a gigantic tight end. Says FightOnState.com:
Penn State received its 20th commitment for the Class of 2009 recently in towering tight end Gary Gilliam from Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa.
FOS sources confirmed the commitment Thursday.
Gilliam is a 6-foot-7, 245-pounder who is ranked as a three-star prospect by Scout.com. He plays tight end and along the defensive line.
He may be an offensive tackle at the collegiate level, although you can probably assume he'll get a shot at tight end.
Update: More, from the Patriot-News' Bob Flounders:
Gilliam verbally committed to Nittany Lions' head coach Joe Paterno Wednesday, Milton Hershey coach Bob Guyer told The Patriot-News this afternoon.
Gilliam, a 6-7, 260-pound defensive end/tight end prospect, is the 20th verbal for PSU's 2009 class.
"Garry has felt pretty comfortable with Penn State as his choice for about the past week and that's the direction he's been leaning in,'' Guyer said. "He called Coach Paterno yesterday to tell him he was coming.''
Gilliam picked PSU over three schools -- Virginia, Connecticut and Pittsburgh. He was recruited by Lions defensive line coach Larry Johnson Sr. and also had contact with tight ends coach Bill Kenney.
Gilliam is the second Milton Hershey player to join the PSU fold. Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Abe Koroma is also a Milton Hershey School graduate.
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Indiana preview tomorrow, by the way
Been a rough work week for many of us, myself included.
by Run Up The Score on Nov 13, 2008 3:03 PM EST reply actions
Hopefully Newsome, McNeal, and Brown commit soon. I’m worried we have too many low-level recruits and we could run out of ’ships for the big guns.
I still can’t figure out how Kuntz (PA, WR) got a scholarship…
Maybe it's his last name...
I mean, what football player wouldn’t want more Kuntz in the locker room?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Nov 14, 2008 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
5 Scholarships left
What are we going to do? There are a couple of big targets we still want that are available (Jelani Jenkins, Kevin Newsome, Bryce McNeal, Justin Brown, Tavon Austin)
Do we have to start telling kids they can’t come now….tricky situation now….
PSU Softball
Maybe 7 or 8 scholarships left
A few kids, like Fera and Newsome, are talking about enrolling for Spring semester. If they do that PSU can count their scholarships toward last years class and would not count toward the 25 scholarship limit in this class.
I haven’t looked at the depth chart for next year, but if they coaches think they are looking at a small class next year they may hold a few scholarships for next year too.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Hold
I don’t think you can hold scholarships. All of them have to be given out. What I don’t know is if that means that walkons can get money one year and none the next.
Sure you can
You’re not obligated to hand out 85 scholarships. They can sit on a scholarship or two and use them the following year if they want to even out their class sizes. You’re correct that typically when they do this they’ll give a one year scholarship to a walk on kid in his senior year as a reward for their loyalty to the program.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
You guys are kind of saying the same thing
you wouldn’t just not use it, but like Mike is saying you just give it to a kid you know only has one year to use it.
Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries
2 things
1) why do you think he’d be more suited for offensive tackle duties at college? Wouldn’t he be a bit undersized for that? Size-wise he seems a good fit for TE (though with his catching ability maybe just a blocking TE…in which case maybe that’s why you said OT?)
2) I wonder if he has the same dealer as Koroma.
His Height
With that type of Height and a redshirt season to put on some weight, he would make a great bookend tackle. Think about it…when he finally gets to focus on one sport he might be a monster.
PSU Softball
Questions happily answered.
1) Yes, his height and his presumed good footwork would make him an ideal tackle in 2-3 years.
2) If he doesn’t, he soon will.
by Run Up The Score on Nov 13, 2008 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
1. Jenkins
2. Newsome
3. Mason
4. Davis
5. Brown
6. McNeal
That’s our top 6 acording to Scout. 3 are LB, so I doubt all will commit. Rumors on the message boards are that Newsome is really leaning our way, as are Brown and McNeal.
But just one more 2 or 3-star verbal means potentially running out of ’ships for one of these guys — and that would be a tragedy.
Mason ain't coming.
Pretty sure that ship sailed a while ago.
by Run Up The Score on Nov 13, 2008 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
I heard we were 50/50 with Mason recently, are you sure?
I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?
Who knows there
The whole Ankrah thing is bizarre. It sounds to me like he wants to commit, but PSU wants him to wait and see if some other kids we’re looking at pan out. The longer it goes on the less likely we’ll get him. Especially since Hawkins went to Maryland and the two of them have claimed they are a package deal.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
2.4 GPA and 790 SAT
Not really a stellar student, and the whole thing may also be related to our recent problems with defensive linemen and their conduct off the field — who knows. I’m just speculating.
Ankrah
I heard he wanted to commit and we slowed on it… I was surprised to hear it but with the problems we have had in the last few years maybe they know something we’re not reading
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
by TheMightyErik on Nov 14, 2008 2:34 AM EST up reply actions
Anyone else notice
that Gilliam is getting larger every time someone writes an article about him? A couple more features, and he’ll be one of the top OT prospects in the nation!
I'm really getting sick and tired of losing recruits to Pitt
Is that joke getting old yet?
Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries
Right
They get one kid (Shady) that we offered and suddenly all we ever get are their leftovers.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
imagine if they stole A M*r*ll* back away from us?
Man, sometimes you wish you rivals could recruit
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 13, 2008 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
As much as I hate to say it
We needed Ammo in 2006. We had nobody else. The one series Clark played that season he got knocked the F out. 2007, however, we could have done without him.
by whiteoutonly on Nov 13, 2008 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
Someday...
Soon they’ll be able to claim we steal as many recruits from them as we do from Rutgers.
by MicrobrewPSU on Nov 13, 2008 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Any chance...
we can give that kid Quarless’s scholie? That may sound cold but I don’t think I am alone in saying that
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
What if we turn the tables
and have someone tackle JoePa into Quarless’ leg and break it. Karma in full effect, and problem solved!
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Nov 14, 2008 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
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