'09 Offer Board

PSU's staff continues to focused on the Class of 2009, extending several more offers to prospects around the country. Check FOS' Offer Board to see who PSU is targeting at each position.

The Penn State coaching staff continues to focus on the Class of 2009, extending a variety of offers to prospects for California to Massachusetts. See where the Nittany Lion coaches are focusing their early efforts with Class of 2009 prospects.

State of Affairs

With upwards of 43 offers extended, the Penn State coaches are targeting prospects from around the nation. To date, about 23 percent of their offers have gone to Pennsylvanian prospects. If you add in other traditional recruiting areas like New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia, that number increases to 59 percent of the total current offers. About 18 percent of the PSU offers have gone to prospects in "non-traditional" PSU recruiting regions like Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Tennessee and the Carolinas.

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the PSU offer board, including committed prospects:

Pennsylvania: 10
Maryland: 8
New Jersey: 5
Virginia: 3
Ohio: 4
North Carolina: 2
Arizona: 1
California: 1
Delaware: 1
Florida: 1
Iowa: 1
Indiana: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 1
South Carolina: 1
Tennessee: 1
Washington, D.C.: 1

Decisions Made

Of the 36 known prospects with Penn State offers some prospects have made pledges to a program, with none selecting the Nittany Lions so far.

The players with Penn State offers who have made their commitments so far are:

Logan Heastie: West Virginia
Ty Howle: Penn State
Chris Norman: Michigan State
Je'Ron Stokes: Tennessee
Jamie Wood: Ohio State

Pole Positions

Here is a breakdown of the positions PSU has received verbal commitments from so far:

QB: 0
WR: 0
RB: 0
OL: 1
DE: 0
DT: 0
LB: 0
DB: 0

Offer Board

Below is Penn State's current offer board of uncommitted prospects by position. Keep in mind that some of these offers may be "closed" once the coaching staff feels they have fulfilled their desired number of prospects at a particular position. If a player has visited PSU is it indicated by (o) for an official visit and (u) for an unofficial visit.

Quarterback

Tate Forcier (u)
Aaron Murray
Kevin Newsome (u)
Morgan Newton
Tom Savage (u)

Offensive Line

Mark Arcidiacono (u)
Chris Freeman
Xavier Nixon
Aubrey Phillips
Eric Shrive
Peter White
Brennan Williams (u)

Tight End

None

Wide Receiver

Justin Brown
Jaleel Clark
Todd Thomas

Running Back

Tavon Austin (u)
Jordan Hall (u)
Mike Marrow (u)
Theo Riddick (u)
Brandon Wegher (u)

Defensive Tackle

Tyler Stockton (u)

Defensive End

Deonte' Arnett (u)
Nate Cadogan (u)
Anthony LaLota (u)
Craig Roh
Sean Stanley

Linebacker

Dorian Bell (u)
Glenn Carson
Gerald Hodges
Dan Mason
Mike Privott

Defensive Back

Corey Brown (u)
Stephon Gilmore
Darrell Givens (u)
Travis Hawkins (u)

Athlete

Jelani Jenkins (u)
Jordan Love (u)
Malcolm Willis (u)

Track Penn State's offers with Fight On State: Penn State Offer Tracker

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