Mornhinweg impressed with Penn State visit, decision near
Could Skyler Mornhinweg be the next big-time Philadelphia-area quarterback to head to Penn State? The St. Joseph's Prep senior has the Nittany Lions among his short list of finalists and is expected to announce his decision next week, a source close to Mornhinweg said.
Mornhinweg impressed with Penn State visit, decision near
Could Skyler Mornhinweg be the next big-time Philadelphia-area quarterback to head to Penn State?
The St. Joseph's Prep senior has the Nittany Lions among his short list of finalists and is expected to announce his decision next week, a source close to Mornhinweg said.
Mornhinweg orginially gave a verbal committment to Stanford as a sophomore but opted out when coach Jim Harbaugh took the 49ers job. Stanford remains a contender, but Penn State, Tennessee, Alabama and Illinois have emerged as the leading candidates for the 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback.
Mornhinweg and his father, Marty, the Eagles offensive coordinator, took an official visit to Penn State last month. They met with coach Joe Paterno and his staff and came away very impressed with the program, the source said.
The Lions have had previous success luring quarterback talent from the region when they bagged Pat Devlin of Downingtown East several years ago. That relationship, however, ended in divorce when Devlin transferred to Delaware.
Mornhinweg has been recruited by Penn State linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden.
A Prep QB at P S?---Prep=Gannon=BlueHens=NFL-BlueHens QB also= Ravens.
Good luck where ever you go.— HO HUM- Thank God he wasn't recruited by Jay Paterno. Jay is the clown whose tenure as Head Recruiter led to the worse 3 year period in Penn State history. Chad Henne chose Michigan after Jay made him and his Family wait for over an hour til he showed up to meet them. Now you know why they had someone else (a Linebacker Coach ??) recruit this kid.— younged
- why any legit prep qb would go to psu is a mystery. have you seen their offense in the last 20 years?— snakeplissken
- Go to Temple - be a 3 year starter - put your name all over the record book - be a Philly legend.— bsmart
- Temple also needs to go after David Williams of West Catholic and William Fuller of Roman Catholic (two ex-North Catholic players, how good would that team have been). Both are big time D-1 prospects and both are just going into their Junion years. Blue chippers need to start staying in the area.— needajobman
- Addazio is building on what Golden started. They need to get that one really "big time blue chipper" to go there to get the ball rolling. It would really help if they could beat Penn State this year.— needajobman
- It could help if the beat Ball State, Akron or Villanova.— StorminNorman
- Why would any young quaterback with ability want to go to Penn State?
He should give a call to Pat Devlin first.— SandyR - Joe can make him a linebacker.— AL26
- Trust me, your best interest is not Penn State and I'm a Penn State fan....Handing it off and running simple pass pattern offense is not good for your future.— Voytas
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.
