psu recruiting Stories - Black Shoe Diaries
That Was Fun. Let's Do It Again
The class of 2009 is on the books now. We took a few days to enjoy our triumphs, imagine who will be the freshman designated to run the not-so-surprising end arounds, and think about depth charts three years down the road. But recruiting never ends. With the 2009 signees finalized, the staff...
Final Thoughts on Signing Day
It wouldn't be signing day without drama. I didn't expect anyone to decommit and pull a shocker on us, and thankfully I wasn't disappointed. All 22 kids that had given verbal pledges stuck to their word, though a few of them took their sweet time in faxing in their letters which always causes some...
Signing Day Open Thread Continued
It's kind of a big commitment
Letter of Intent Day Open Thread
Come to Penn Staaaaate! [UPDATE 11:30 AM] - Jenkins makes it official to Florida. Letters are in for Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Eric Shrive, Curtis Dukes, Curtis Drake, Brandon Felder, Mike Wallace, John Urschel, and Jordan Hill. Justin Brown to announce at 2:30 PM. [UPDATE 11:10 AM] - Jenkins...
Mike Wallace Commits to Nittany Lions
Gimme Jelani Jenkins' high school teammate WOOOOOOO! NittanyNetwork.com reports that defensive back Mike Wallace (no relation) has given his verbal commitment to Joe Paterno: Wallace had scholarship offers from Penn State, New Mexico, Stanford, Army, Maine, New Hampshire and Towson...
Penn State's Monster Recruiting Weekend
Give me a Wide Receiver, an offensive lineman, and a quarterback and some sirens. Definitely a lot of sirens. Wow, what a weekend. Penn State hosted a panoply of potential recruits this weekend and it resulted in a...
Recruiting Update - Coming Down the Home Stretch
The regular season is over. With many high schools also wrapping up their seasons you can expect the recruiting news to start heating up again. So I figured this would be a good time to update all of you on Penn State's recruiting situation as we round the fourth turn and head down the home stretch...












