Abington defensive end picks Temple
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.
Abington defensive end picks Temple
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.
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- Oh say (Osei) can you see a LB psychology major nicknamed "Psych-O." I like it.— damnels
John Mitchell is in his first year covering Temple after two seasons covering the 76ers for the Inquirer, after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette. He graduated from Overbrook High School in 1983, and he's a graduate of Howard University in Washington DC. Follow him on Twitter @jmitchinquirer or reach him at jmitchell@philly.com.
