Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 7:22 PM | 2 comments |
 

Abington defensive end picks Temple

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The Philadelphia Inquirer's Rick O’Brien is reporting that Abington defensive end Bryan Osei recently gave an oral commitment to Temple after backing out of his commitment to Villanova.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior had been Villanova’s 10th recruit for the Class of 2012.  Now, he’s the 25th player in Temple’s recruiting class.

"I reevaluated things," Osei told O'Brien. "I like that Temple's football program is on the rise and on the verge of doing big things. Also, it turns out that the school has a higher educational ranking for psychology [his intended major]."

In addition to Temple and Villanova, the 17-year-old had scholarship offers from Kent State, Old Dominion and Stony Brook. Osei, who committed to the Wildcats in mid-August, told O'Brien he informed Nova's coaches about his new decision this past weekend. 

Read O’Brien’s story about Osei in Thursday’s Inquirer.
Posted by Keith Pompey @ 7:22 PM  Permalink | File Under: Football | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:17 PM, 09/28/2011
    Good choice young man. But 6'2" 220 lbs translates to ILB for Temple unless major weight & strength gains are made. Maybe RS freshman year to play DE the following season?
    — xxx
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:05 AM, 09/29/2011
    Oh say (Osei) can you see a LB psychology major nicknamed "Psych-O." I like it.
    — damnels


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About Keith Pompey
Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010. His other duties include small-college football and college recruiting. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after intially focusing on high school sports. He is also the Pennsylvania representative on the McDonald's All-American High School boys' basketball contact committee.

Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock.

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