Iowa, Penn State in on junior college running back Aaron Wimberly
Penn State faces Iowa at 8 p.m. tomorrow in a clash of two teams undefeated in Big Ten play. All the while, the Nittany Lions and Hawkeyes are taking part in another competition.
Iowa, Penn State in on junior college running back Aaron Wimberly
Penn State faces Iowa at 8 p.m. tomorrow in a clash of two teams undefeated in Big Ten play. All the while, the Nittany Lions and Hawkeyes are taking part in another competition.
This one is off the field.
Both teams have made offers to Aaron Wimberly, a 5-foot-11 running back for Iowa Western Community College, the top-ranked junior college in the country.
Wimberly's offer from the Hawkeyes was announced by Iowa Western on its official Twitter account Friday afternoon. Wimberly, who has 83 carries for 622 yards and six touchdowns through six games this season, is verbally committed to Iowa State. He is from Iowa.
The Nittany Lions also made an offer to Wimberly's teammate -- and roommate -- quarterback Jake Waters. Waters is fielding offers from Kansas State, North Carolina State and Akron among other schools.
-Emily Kaplan
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
