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Defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) took the next step in the recruiting process Tuesday night by announcing his top six on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 272-pound lineman said the schools on his short list now include Penn S...

ESPN 150 athlete Dravon Henry (Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa) listed his top four schools about two months ago with the understanding it would slow down his recruitment. With the mailbox now stuffed with 50 letters by the middle of the week, it's safe ...

Anthony Davis (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) found himself sitting over his mother's lasagna dinner last Friday and focusing on the pros and cons of different schools. He's been doing a lot of that lately. With no head coach yet in place at Gateway, t...

Defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke picked up two Penn State shirts and some socks downtown Wednesday after an unofficial visit he labeled "perfect." "It was as good as it could possibly get," said Clarke, a 2014 prospect out of Alexandria (Va.) T.C....

De'Andre Thompkins may go to school at Swansboro (N.C.), but he can't make a turn in the hallways without being reminded of Penn State. A Nittany Lion emblem is the classroom screensaver of his math teacher, Ed Walsh, and a PSU jacket is hanging n...

Less than a month ago, tailback Robert Martin was wondering when his first scholarship offer might roll in. Now, after reeling in a half-dozen, he's just wondering who might be next. "I knew they were going to come," the tailback out of Harrisburg...

Anthony Davis could feel his heart beating faster. He admitted he was a little nervous because he thought he might grab a scholarship offer -- but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. Bill O'Brien ushered the Monroeville (Pa.) Gateway prospect i...

L.J. Scott saw his recruitment pick up in January. After posting the fourth-best rating at the SPARQ Combine in Massillon, Ohio on Saturday, it should blow through the roof. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound running back from Marion (Ohio) Harding posted...

Running back Shai McKenzie said he's already feeling overwhelmed with the recruiting process. Just this week, the junior from Washington (Pa.) earned another four scholarship offers and performed a dozen interviews. "But," he added, "it's a good p...

Penn State sent out another scholarship offer Tuesday, this time to a 2014 linebacker out of Ohio. Kyle Berger (Cleveland/Saint Ignatius) -- who finished with 39 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks last season -- labeled the scholarship "exciting." He ...

SOMERSET, Pa. -- ESPN 300 athlete Tyler Boyd stuffed his fingers into his hand-warmer Friday night and tried to find the right words to describe his recruitment with Penn State. "They're still in it," he said of the Lions. "Coach [Stan] Hixon came...

Delvon Randall curled up in Beaver Stadium's stands, watching his breath evaporate during a chilly Saturday afternoon. He looked to the field, and the more he saw, the more he felt a strange sense of deja vu. From those metal bleachers, the 2014 s...

Jarrett LaRubbio (Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East) arrived late to Beaver Stadium thanks to the snarling traffic, so he wasn't able to stroll the sideline or shake the coaches' hands before the game. Still, the 2014 offensive guard said his fir...

Greg Miclisse's mother always believed her son had a future in football. "One day," she'd tell him, "you'll be the first overall pick of the Miami Dolphins." Miclisse, who preferred the hardwood to turf, wasn't so sure. The Florida native just shr...

2014 wideout Chris Godwin (Middletown, Del./Middletown) awoke Sunday with thoughts of Happy Valley still racing through his mind. The ESPN Watch List prospect said he was "blown away" by Saturday's atmosphere of 107,818 screaming fans. He snapped ...

Connor Morehart (Shillington, Pa./Governor Mifflin) felt his pulse quicken Saturday when he stepped through Penn State's south tunnel. The defensive tackle, who lives about 2.5 hours from campus, usually watches from Beaver Stadium's bleachers onc...