It's a long time until Jan 1st and I know that at least for me, recruiting is only interesting when there's no actual football to talk about...  Anyway, here's your updates (I have no insider knowledge or access, no pay site memberships, therefore this is all free content I found on the interwebs):

COMMITTED/UNSIGNED	Pos	Stars	Ht	Wt	40	RR	Video	Enrolled	Hometown
Robert Bolden	QB		6-4	195	4.5	5.9			Orchard Lake, MI
Paul Jones	QB		6-3	226	-	5.9			McKees Rocks , PA
Silas Redd	RB		5-10	200	4.45	5.9			Stamford, CT
Zach Zwinak	RB		6-2	230	4.5	5.8			Frederick, MD
Adrian Coxson	WR		6-2	194	4.45	5.8			Baltimore, MD
Alex Kenney	WR		6-0	194	4.41	5.7			State College, PA
Levi Norwood	WR		6-2	170	-	5.5			Waco, TX
Kyle Baublitz	TE		6-4	254	5.13	5.8			York, PA
Kevin Haplea	TE		6-4	226	4.75	5.7			Annandale, NJ
Miles Dieffenbach	OL		6-5	277	5.5	5.8			Pittsburgh, PA
Luke Graham	OL		6-5	260	-	5.7			Harrison City, PA
Daquan Jones	OL		6-4	302	5.4	5.7			Johnson City, NY
Khamrone Kolb	OL		6-6	300	5.1	5.5			Burke, VA
Thomas Ricketts	OL		6-6	265	-	5.8			Wexford, PA
Dominique Easley	DE		6-3	258	4.7	5.9			Staten Island, NY
C.J. Olaniyan	DE		6-5	230	4.65	5.8			Warren, MI
Dakota Royer	DE		6-3	211	4.66	5.8			Manheim, PA
Evan Hailes	DT		6-1	305	5	5.8			Chesapeake, VA
Khairi Fortt	LB		6-2	220	4.58	6.0			Stamford, CT
Mike Hull	LB		6-1	215	-	5.8			Canonsburg, PA

The obvious challenge now isn't getting new verbal commits; it's simply signing the kids who've verball committed... When you have a top 5 class you're going to have all the scumbag coaches [cough Meyer cough] in the country coming for your blue chip recruits.  Here's some scuttlebutt:

The Good:

Paul Jones:  Looks to be enrolling early, as in 1 month from now, after being iffy early in the year is now talking the talk of a great Penn State player.  Says he's built great relationships with other commits and he'll get to play with them during the Army All American game. 

The Bad:

Dominique Easley:  A stellar DE and a serious need for Penn State, committed after a long look at other schools, now recently took an official visit to Oregon "I’m still committed to Penn State, but I’m considering Oregon."  Anyway, he's got an official visit to Penn State coming up which might right the ship.  Doesn't help matters when this kid visited us during the Temple game, and then visited Oregon during the Civil War. 

The Ugly:

Adrian  Coxson -  McQuerry basically told Coxson there's no room for him, doesn't return his calls, and encouraged him to look elsewehere; this AFTER our boy LJ Sr. recruited his face off to get the kid to commit early.  Coxson took a good look at UF, and it looks like he's ready to jump ship on us.  Recently LJ Sr and Big Red made a visit to his house, that's left us with a lot of uncertainty at this point.  You can speculate all you want on this, but honestly I have no idea why a position coach would undermine the recruiting of another position coach.  Big Red lost major points for this debacle, in my book at least.

Kids we're still after:

Lattimore, Floyd, and now Thorton.  Thorton (DT) and Lattimore (RB) both visited for the jaOSU game and showered PSU with praise.  Thorton is a late offer due to the mess with Floyd.  As I'm sure most people have heard, we're basically out of the race for DT Floyd after Urban Meyer gave him all the negative recruiting he could. 

Under Armor All American Game:  (Black Team)

Army All American Game (East Team):