Shyquawn Pullium, 3 star CB from Erie, PA

by whiteoutonly on Dec 16, 2009 4:12 PM EST

I don't have premium access but BWI is insinuating that Big Red went to this kids school and offered him. Info is out there that he has stated Penn State was his favorite even though he didn't have an offer. I would be happy to have this kid since he seems to really want to be a Penn Stater. But I'm curious, does this mean the staff knows for sure we are losing one of Coxson or Easley? Or could this be because of Bowman and/or Royster deciding to leave early?

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Unless he's changing positions,

I don’t see how losing Coxson or Easley to committing elsewhere or Bowman and/or Royster to the draft affects our pursuit of this kid.

We are gonna shock them with 5,000 mega watts of raw ROO POWER.

by psuwxman on Dec 16, 2009 4:16 PM EST reply actions

His name affects our pursuit of this kid

Penn State has never, in its long history of storied football names, had a Shyquawn on its roster.

Kid’s a must-have for that reason alone.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Dec 16, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

I'm thinking the insinuation

is that we are at our scholarship limit and any action of those players mentioned would affect our scholarship availablity for Shy-Q.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Dec 16, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions

Who knows

Could be a number of things. Royster deciding to go pro. Maybe some senior has decided he doesn’t want to come back for his fifth year. Maybe someone quit the team. Maybe they just decided they needed a cornerback and we’ll figure out how to make the numbers work later.

It’s all speculation. No sense in thinking the sky is falling just cuz McQ is showing late interest in a kid.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Dec 16, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

No

Easley and Coxon’s recruitment has no bearing on this. He was targeted as a possibility long before those two had second thoughts. Easley and Coxon are too good not to hold a ship for anyway.

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Dec 16, 2009 5:50 PM EST reply actions

let's hope

This doesn’t mean anything other than another kid getting a chance to play for Joe Paterno

by PSiriUs on Dec 16, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions

They could just want him because even a 3* will get us ranked #1 on scouts (I think...)

And THAT might be enough to convince Coxson/Easley to stay or Lattimore to come.

"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."

-J.V.Pa.

by psume06 on Dec 16, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions

Probably move us into 3 at most 2, but Texas is too far ahead, they just added another 5 star.

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Dec 16, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

Kind of unusual, doesn't have a lot of quality offers...Pitt and Maryland are his best?

However, Scout has him listed as 4.31 in the 40 (just a little quicker than I was!). Maybe he is a “crackerjack” kick returner or something?

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

by PaJoe on Dec 16, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions

Two things:

His late qualifying certainly will keep people from offering.

His 40 is BS because that Pitt combine was a sham. The equipment was broken and all they did was subtract .2 from each guys time. Only a handful of NFL players ran 4.3s at the combine. All accounts say he’s fast, just not that fast.

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Dec 16, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions

Bob Sanders?

My crazy idea is that we never let another player from Erie leave state again!

by STU Boy on Dec 16, 2009 9:19 PM EST reply actions

i live in erie

bob sanders is pretty much a freak accident, and he went to Cathedral Prep before they sort of fell off the map (somehow this happened after they won a state championship earlier this decade).

i also find it funny how much attention drew astorino gets. if you only read the Erie Times News and didn’t watch the games. you’d think drew would be up for Big Ten DPOTY.

We decide when you hear the snap count...

by thedrizzle on Dec 17, 2009 9:05 AM EST up reply actions