Posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 2:50 PM | 14 comments |
 

Justin Brown to ... Penn State
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Delaware wide receiver Justin Brown has ended the suspense and is going to be a Nittany Lion. The four-star senior made it official at a 2 p.m. news conference at his high school in Wilmington.

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Brown picked Penn State over Rutgers. He fills a hole at wide receiver with the departures of Deon Butler, Jordan Norwood and Derrick Williams. Brett Brackett, Graham Zug and Derek Moye are expected to be the starters next season, but Brown could come in and compete for one of the spots.

Penn State lost out on top-ranked linebacker Jelani Jenkins earlier today -- he chose Florida -- but some consider bagging Brown more important for the Lions. The only other recruit left on the board is Massachusetts defensive back Jim Noel.

 
Posted by Jeff McLane @ 2:50 PM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:21 PM, 02/04/2009
    Looks like our ranking is #26 on Rivals. Why is that good enough for Nittany Nation? It's not good enough from my perspective.
    — PSU96
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:55 PM, 02/04/2009
    Looks like our ranking is #9 on Scout. I think, at the end of the day, trying to project how good a class really is or an individual player is very subjective. I mean, Deon Butler set the PSU all-time record for receptions and he was a walk on. It is how well you coach the players up that matters and we have a guy and a staff with hundreds of years(literally)of coaching up student athletes. Take the rankings with a grain of salt and instead project how well PSU did in filling holes from departed seniors and declaring underclassmen(looking at you Maybin and Evans)
    — kjb304
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:58 PM, 02/04/2009
    Both Scout and ESPN have them ranked higher than that, Scout much higher. Three different services, 3 different rankings because it's just an opinion as of now. Some of PSU's best players lately have only been "3 star guys" so we'll see. It looks to be a good class, though not great. Off topic, what was Mo Evans thinking going pro?? I mean, Maybin, yeah, but Evans could have come back next year and raised his stock significantly, and earned himself a lot more $$$ in the process.
    — GreenReaper
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:59 PM, 02/04/2009
    PSU96 - Than just look at scout. problem solved
    — danF
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:08 PM, 02/04/2009
    PSU96...They are ranked #10 by Scout.com so these rankings are subjective. By most online accounts they had a good recruiting year. BTW, how many 4 or 5 star recruits did Utah have the last few years and how many times was Notre Dame in the top 10? Maybe these rankings don't carry that much weight, huh?
    — irish72
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:19 PM, 02/04/2009
    He's got some big shoes to fill, Deon Butler is a huge loss. I hope he does well.
    — viccola
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:13 PM, 02/04/2009
    Great news! I also like Zug and Brackett. We may be in good shape for next year. Nice win for PSU!!
    — psuwelsh
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:53 PM, 02/04/2009
    You like Zug(he was a 2 star recruit/schools that recruited him were Virginia, Navy, Richmond, Delaware, Elon, Stoney Brook, and Towson, not exactly powerhouses) and Brackett(who was a qb in highschool)? What have they done? They are gonna be the top 2? PSU seems to not be paying too much attention to the skill positions. They have no good wr's(hopefully Brown will get a chance to play a lot), who knows how well Stephfon Greene will come back from his injury to split time with Royster, and they got Kevin Newsome, but if he doesn't work out or gets hurt after next year, they have no qb. Hopefully things will work out.
    — scars73
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:47 PM, 02/04/2009
    Paul Poslusney was a three star recruit. Rivals is full of four and five star recruits that went nowhere in college.
    — rjhpsu85
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:53 PM, 02/04/2009
    PSU has a QB lined up for next year's recruiting class: http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_607724.html
    — StevenT
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:09 PM, 02/04/2009
    PSU haad a good recruiting class, but Ohio St., Michigan and even Michigan St. appear to have done better. I agree you can't put too much stock in rankings, but D. Williams was last five-star impact player for the Lions. A few more studs may have PSU on an elite level like Florida
    — 76er
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:55 PM, 02/05/2009
    Actually the top local receiver picked Michigan.
    — Done


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About Joe Juliano
Joe Juliano has been a staff writer for The Inquirer for 20 years, covering college sports, golf and the Penn Relays.

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.

Joe McIntyre is a senior at Penn State majoring in journalism. He covered the Penn State football beat in 2011 for the Daily Collegian. Follow him on Twitter here @JoeMcIntyre5.
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