2027 Recruiting Thread
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This one is dollars related. Came back with new $ demands for PSU and we said no. He is another solid prospect, but no different than so many other CB prospects out there.
Coatesville PA OL Maxwell Hiller is now the second ranked overall recruit in the country. A big bump for Terrance Smith of Lansdale, PA also. He plays for Lansdale Catholic and has an offer sheet a mile long. His top 4 is LSU, Tennessee, Auburn and Rutgers.
So they feel they can find an acceptable replacement for the money they want to offer?
We have been recruiting this guy throughout the year, even with a full cb room prior to the decommitments. This one is based on if the kid is willing to leave his home state as that was the hindrance earlier in the process. Terry really likes this prospect.
Boy, a couple of you guys REALLY love James Franklin and really hate Matt Campbell. It’s so weird.
Point two is my point. Well, add to that that the team didn’t really show up for the first three games either.
There are a lot more sensible Penn State fans that realized he wasn’t going to get it done. It’s the same vast majority of fans that are willing to give Campbell a shot at doing what Franklin couldn’t. You like to make believe people are canonizing Campbell when in fact people are just willing to give Campbell the same shot they gave Franklin. He got 12 years to build what he thought was a legit national championship contender and completely **** the bed. If Campbell does the same the vast majority will want him out as well.
Did you notice who is number 20?
I'm not going to go back and look but a poster on here within the last week said. Dean, Taylor and Hall were interchangeable as far as they where concerned and then some star gazer started jumping all over them with one is a top 100 recruit another top 200 and the third top 300.
They look pretty interchangeable on 247 for now.
BTW, based on the average rating per recruit. On 247 PSU is currently 13th. Franklin was keeping PSU in the top 10 with that kind of HS recruiting.
You’re right, I did not see Hall. I said in the beginning here that Dean would end up being the best wr out of the group, but I didn’t think his rating would move up this quick. I thought it would catch up in the fall. If we get two out of Dean, Hall, Taylor and Blum it is a better than most of Franklin’s wr classes. 3 of the 4 would be best in decades. All 4 would be best ever at PSU.
When are Taylor and Hall committing? I imagine if Dean is inclined to flip it will be pretty soon.
An interesting stat would be to analyze how much Campbell's recruits bump up in rankings relative to the average and also look at the reverse. Does he have an eye for hidden/emerging talent? To be fair, I do think Jimmy was good at that. There.....a complement to Jimmy, that will make his jock sniffers happy.
But I think he did get some guys who really blossomed after they committed but still in HS. Wasn't Abdul Carter one of these guys? Barkley maybe although Rutgers first found him so maybe Jimmy doesn't get credit for that. Warren was a great story but I think that was more college development rather than him improving his rating while in HS.
He cancelled his remaining visits so I don't want to count my chickens but we are in the driver's seat.
Hiler is a perfect example of what I've talked about. I certainly don't know the details but it appears that he followed Trautwein to Florida. I assume Trautwein was on this kid for some time and Campbell stepped in with no connections in PA.
I think Smith committed to LSU just a few days after Campbell was hired. It's likely that we lost him because we didn't even have a coach.