Temple reaches out to PSU's Deion Barnes
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Temple reaches out to PSU's Deion Barnes
Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
Filed Under: Football
Penn State defensive end Deion Barnes gave folks at Penn State and Temple an answer.
The Philadelphia native tweeted Thursday afternoon "I'm staying at Penn State, so the phone calls and speculation can stop."
However, Temple had reached out Barnes about transferring this week.
“I can tell you this: We are interested in Deion Barnes, the kid from Northeast,” an Owls source said Thursday. “But again, is there mutual interest? I know we are trying to at least see if he is at least interested [in transferring]. I don’t know if there is any mutual interest there.”
Penn State players are free to transfer without having to sit out after the NCAA hit the Nittany Lions with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban and forced the Lions to vacate all wins dating to 1998.
Barnes, a 6-foot-4, 248-pound redshirt freshman, is battling for Penn State’s backup right defensive end position. As a senior at Northeast in January, 2011, Barnes chose Penn State over Georgia.
Bob Lichtenfels, the East regional manager for Scout.com recruiting service, said Arizona State is also recruiting Barnes.
Penn State tight end Garry Gilliam told The Inquirer Thursday that he's also been contacted by Temple. Like Barnes, the redshirt junior said he's staying at Penn State.
Comments (19)
Honestly.... After what these kids have just went through less than a week ago, and college coaches are stalking around State College to try and take recruits?...
It takes a lot of balls, and no dignity or class to do something like that to a bunch of young student athletes who are let down, and confused in there surroundings at the moment to be trying to recruit them for sports....
This coach is a looser....
— TommyJ_in_Mburg- To me the vultures trolling the parking lots at State College trying to latch onto students athletes at PSU are the prostitutes of society and something that the NCAA should itself sanction. If you read in your history books about the way in which slaves were paraded in front of willing buyers in a different era, you then can have a sense of the lack of dignity behind the work of these last minute recruiters of football flesh selling the virtues of their school and program in the parking lot or the walkways of the campus. If you're involved in that, you're scum born of scum and reflecting universities that are themselves scummy.— Claudio Vernight
- To me the vultures trolling the parking lots at State College trying to latch onto students athletes at PSU are the prostitutes of society and something that the NCAA should itself sanction. If you read in your history books about the way in which slaves were paraded in front of willing buyers in a different era, you then can have a sense of the lack of dignity behind the work of these last minute recruiters of football flesh selling the virtues of their school and program in the parking lot or the walkways of the campus. If you're involved in that, you're scum born of scum and reflecting universities that are themselves scummy.— Claudio Vernight
- This comment has been deleted.— madkins7
- FACT - The university did not enable child molestation, select individuals in power did... And they are all out of office, arrested, and charged for doing so.... But I guess it takes some sort of intelligence to have that fact sink into peoples heads...
So what you are saying is that every PSU student, and faculty member currently at PSU knew about this and let it happen, right?... That is just total nonsense if you think that...
I hate it when people place current students, alumni, and the faculty in the same context as the select few that committed these horrible actions....
— TommyJ_in_Mburg - Barnes has 4 years of eligibility left so he should transfers out and Temple is home to him so he needs to make that move. Temple just joined the Big East after winning the New Mexico Bowl. The Owls are looking really good. This will probably be the last year that PSU fields a good team. After that they will drop. It will take at least 6 years for them to be a powerhouse program by then. Additionally there is now a stigma attached to being a Penn State person.— Byron
- the "university" did not enable child molestation. people in power did. you make it sound like the entire faculty and student body are guilty. this has nothing to do with the current football team or current coaching staff. talking about "honor" in this context is silly.— PYW
- PYW - That is something these morons that are commenting on do not understand. You are truly correct.
FACT - The university did not enable child molestation, select individuals in power did... And they are all out of office, arrested, and charged for doing so.... But I guess it takes some sort of intelligence to have that fact sink into peoples heads...
I hate it when people place current students, alumni, and the faculty in the same context as the select few that committed these horrible actions....
— TommyJ_in_Mburg - When will it sink in for the PSU zealots that child abuse and rape was covered up to protect the PSU football program...therefore the football program had to be punished. As with any school receiving penalties or probation there are innocent parties who bear some of the punishment, that is exactly why the NCAA is giving these student athletes the opportunity to transfer without sitting out or losing eligibility.— jrm
- Do you think that these kids really want to transfer? Or just because you think they should, then they will?...
Here are some facts:
1.) PSU football is STILL playing this season.
2.) EVERY PSU football game is STILL going to be televised on ABC.
3.) No bowl games for 4 years.
So... What you are telling me is that the athletes on the PSU football team really want to transfer, learn an entirely new playbook, risk the possibility of not winning a starting job on the field, JUST to be able to play in a bowl game?... Plus with the media frenzy this season, everyone in the country is going to want to see PSU play on TV for the gossip and commentary.... Which means more TV exposure for the athletes to impress NFL scouts....
So... With that said, do you REALLY still think all these kids want to transfer out of PSU?...
If you do, than I think they make medication for that.... And I know a great psychology that can help you out with your delusion.... :)— TommyJ_in_Mburg - Tommy where in my comment did I say I think they need to or should transfer? I simply said they are being given the opportunity to transfer. I personally don't think they should, but I do think it is a fair gesture by the NCAA to let them without penalty. How is that delusional? I think your reading comprehension is taking a backseat to your desire to rant and rave.— jrm
- Oh... Hmmm.... You did not say they should transfer specifically but you are "implying" they should in your post. I also agree with you that it is a good gesture for the NCAA to allow all student athletes on the football team to transfer without loosing eligibility... Silas Redd the star running back visited USC today and might transfer there. I kind of feel bad for him if it does because he will not start at USC, they have a senior returning RB that rushed for over 1000 yards last year... Redd would definitely hurt his NFL chances if he jumps ship.... And you are right, he does have that choice if he feels that is his best option...
But like this article is written to cover the specific topic of coach's visiting PSU's campus to recruit current athletes, I think it is wrong... Plan and simple...
It just gets annoying after a while when true PSU alumni/fans see and hear comments about the situation without knowing all the facts, or leaving them out just to down the university because they are haters....
— TommyJ_in_Mburg - Even if PSU was given the death penalty, these kids would have gone with PSU intramural flag football over Temple— cg1982
- It's okay for Temple to make inquiries to players from the Philadelphia area. Some blue chippers are leaving for UNC and Michigan!— damnels
- It's nice that the PSU zealots don't get it. A University that endeavors to cover up child molestation for the sake of a football program deserves to have 'followers' as devout as the PSU apologists. Granted, this situation isn't fair to the current student athletes at PSU, but nothing in life is exactly fair and or just. Those kids whom the PSU football program 'allowed' to be put at risk didn't have a choice. The NCAA allowing the PSU players to transfer out and play immediately is a choice the real victims of this situation didn't have. The punishment that PSU received will not make things right for anyone, but the punishment needed to be dished out so that no other athletic program anywhere on this planet would ever think twice about safe guarding their 'pristine' reputation over the lives of the innocent.— The Time Is Now
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Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010 and Temple football in August 2011. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after initially focusing on high school sports.
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Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock. Reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.
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