Penn State makes offer to Iowa Western running back
Penn State made an offer to talback Aaron Wimberly, according to a post from Iowa Western's Twitter account. Wimberly, a 5-foot-11 Iowa native, has 83 carries for 622 yards and six touchdowns through six games this season. He is currently committed to Iowa State.
Penn State makes offer to Iowa Western running back
Bill O'Brien and his staff are apparently high on recruiting junior college players -- especially those who play for Iowa Western Community College.
Penn State made an offer to talback Aaron Wimberly, according to a post from Iowa Western's Twitter account. Wimberly, a 5-foot-11 Iowa native, has 83 carries for 622 yards and six touchdowns through six games this season. He is currently committed to Iowa State.
Last week, multiple outlets reported that the Nittany Lions made an offer to Jake Waters, Iowa Western's quarterback. Penn State quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher attended his practice last Tuesday, during the Nittany Lions' bye week. Iowa Western is the top-ranked junior college in the country.
Waters and Wimberly are roommates.
Last week, O'Brien addressed the issue of recruiting junior college players moving forward.
“We’ll be interested in recruiting and taking a look at post-graduate guys at prep schools and junior college guys,” O’Brien told reporters before practice on Wednesday. “The number one thing is they have to be good students and high character guys. That’s number one.”
-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.
