PA’s Class of 2023’s Commitment Landscape, PSU/WVU Lead Way
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One of Pennsylvania’s premier talents, and current top-ranked 2023 prospect, announced this past Wednesday that he has made the decision to commit to West Virginia University. That top prospect being Laurel Highland’s Rodney Gallagher Rodney Gallagher 6'0" | 160 lbs…
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Continue ReadingOne of Pennsylvania’s premier talents, and current top-ranked 2023 prospect, announced this past Wednesday that he has made the decision to commit to West Virginia University. That top prospect being Laurel Highland’s Rodney Gallagher Rodney Gallagher 6'0" | 160 lbs | ATH Laurel Highlands | 2023 State PA III. The top two players on our, soon-to-be released, updated 2023 rankings have made their future intentions known. The first being Wyomissing’s Jven Williams Jven Williams 6'4" | 290 lbs | OL Wyomissing Junior-Senior | 2023 State PA , the 5-star offensive linemen committing to Penn State University this past February.
After Williams’ announcement, Penn State University seemingly had a stranglehold to bring in the best recruiting class amongst Pennsylvania prospects. You can very well continue this argument even today as PSU is still holding commitments from the following prospects.
Jameial Lyons Jameial Lyons 6'4" | 245 lbs | DL Roman Catholic | 2023 State PA | 6’4, 220 | DL/LB | Roman Catholic
Lamont Payne Lamont Payne 6'1" | 185 lbs | DB Chartiers Valley | 2023 State PA | 6’1, 175 | DB | Chartiers Valley
Joey Schlaffer Joey Schlaffer 6'5" | 215 lbs | TE Exeter Township | 2023 State PA | 6’6, 205 | TE | Exeter Township
I’m staying home Pa!!! 112% committed #weare 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/Gl2Xs5Bcr5
— Jameial Lyons (@Mill12k) April 22, 2022
The PSU 2023 haul is still mightily impressive, especially with the month-old addition of Roman Catholic defender Jameial Lyons Jameial Lyons 6'4" | 245 lbs | DL Roman Catholic | 2023 State PA . Looking at the landscape with a perspective on the future, Penn State is still well and away the favorite to dominate 2023 Pennsylvania commitments. PSU is in the running for the majority of the top-ranked unsigned prospects that are left on the board, those being running backs Marquese Williams Marquese Williams 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA and Londonn Montgomery Londonn Montgomery 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB Scranton Prep | 2023 PA , as well as LB Semaj Bridgeman Semaj Bridgeman 6'2" | 235 lbs | LB Imhotep Charter | 2023 State PA and WR Kenny Johnson Kenny Johnson 6'1" | 190 lbs | WR Dallastown Area | 2023 State PA . Also good news for PSU, 4-star DB Rahmir Stewart Rahmir Stewart 6'0" | 205 lbs | DB Imhotep Charter | 2023 State PA put the Nittany Lions in his Top 6 earlier this week.
All of this being said, momentum has begun to slightly shift in West Virginia’s favor. Here is current 2023 PA recruiting class for the Mountaineers;
Rodney Gallagher Rodney Gallagher 6'0" | 160 lbs | ATH Laurel Highlands | 2023 State PA III | 6’0, 160 | ATH | Laurel Highlands
Josiah Trotter Josiah Trotter 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB St. Joseph's Prep | 2023 State PA | 6’2, 220 | LB | St. Joseph’s Prep
Jahiem White Jahiem White 5'9" | 190 lbs | RB William Penn (York) | 2023 State PA | 5’9, 190 | RB/ATH | William Penn
100% COMMITTED!#TrustTheClimb @CoachKoonz @NealBrown_WVU @CoachLesley_WVU pic.twitter.com/OVw2JQuomc
— Josiah Trotter (@TrotterJosiah) April 15, 2022
Much like Penn State, West Virginia is also heavily in the mix to land many of the top-25 recruits are still unsigned. 3-star recruits like Kion Wright Kion Wright 6'3" | 235 lbs | DL Cheltenham | 2023 State PA and Cooper Young Cooper Young 6'5" | 300 lbs | OL Downingtown West | 2023 State PA have been recruiting priorities for the Mountaineers, as has 3-star TE Markus Dixon Markus Dixon 6'5" | 230 lbs | TE Archbishop Wood | 2023 State PA . The largest domino to fall when painting this picture may end up being where 4-star ATH/LB Ta’Mere Robinson Ta’Mere Robinson 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB Brashear | 2023 State PA decides to play college ball, as both Penn State and West Virginia made his Top 10 back in November.
Deeper sleepers to consider are Thomas Jefferson’s Jordan Mayer Jordan Mayer 6'5" | 230 lbs | DL Thomas Jefferson | 2023 State PA , Yazeed Haynes Yazeed Haynes 6'2" | 175 lbs | WR North Penn | 2023 State PA and Ronel Nukah Ronel Nukah 6'3" | 235 lbs | DL Northeast | 2023 State PA . Mayer and Haynes currently have offers out of West Virginia, with said offer being an early one for Mayer. Haynes also put WVU in his top two along with Rutgers University, from which he recently decommitted. Ronel Nukah Ronel Nukah 6'3" | 235 lbs | DL Northeast | 2023 State PA might be a great addition to the program that could secure the top recruiting class for Penn State further down the road.
As always, best of luck to each and every prospect as well as their families.