With the start of the high school football season means different types of rankings will start appearing from various media outlets throughout the country.
On Tuesday, @wpialsportsnews released their Top 50 players in the WPIAL on Pittsburgh Sports Now. In the near future, they will also list their top players in the Classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Rivals.com has just released their Top 30 prospects from every state, which always becomes a point of conversation. It’s also interesting to see which colleges the top players from each state end up committing to. When looking at Pennsylvania, the focus becomes how many top players are Pat Narduzzi and James Franklin able to get commitments from and how many decide to leave the state?
Here’s where things currently stand with Rivals Top 30 players from Pennsylvania.
2022 RIVALS.COM PENNSYLVANIA TOP 30
1) Enai White 4-star OLB, Imhotep Charter School (Philadelphia), Undecided
2) Mehki Flowers 4-star Athlete, Central Dauphin East HS (Harrisburg), Penn State
3) Nicholas Singleton 4-star RB, Governor Mifflin Senior HS (Shillington), Penn State
4) Drew Shelton, 4-star OT, Downington West HS (Downington), Penn State
5) Ryan Brubaker, 4-star OT, Cocalico HS (Denver), South Carolina
6) Ken Talley, 4-star DE, Northeast HS (Philadelphia), Penn State
7) Abdul Carter, 4-star OLB, LaSalle HS (Philadelphia), Penn State
8) Keenan Nelson, Jr., 4-star CB, St. Joseph’s HS (Philadelphia), South Carolina
9) Kevin Thomas, 4-star WR, Neumann-Goretti HS (Philadelphia), West Virginia
10) Anthony Ivey, 4-star WR, Manheim Township HS (Lancaster), Penn State
11) Anthony Johnson, 4-star ILB, Neumann-Goretti HS (Philadelphia), Rutgers
12) Samuel Brown, 4-star RB, LaSalle High School (Wyndmoor), Rutgers
13) Tyreese Fearbry, 4-star DE, Perry Academy (Pittsburgh), Undecided
14) Beau Pribula, 3-star QB, Central York HS (York), Penn State
15) Braelin Moore, 3-star OG, Freedom High School (Bethlehem), Virginia Tech
16) Anthony Smith, 3-star DE, Shippensburg Area HS (Shippensburg), Minnesota
17) Raleigh Collins, 3-star DB, Neumann-Goretti HS (Philadelphia), West Virginia
18) Donovan Hinish, 3-star DT, Central Catholic HSÂ (Pittsburgh), Notre Dame
19) Keon Wylie, 3-star OLB, Imhotep Charter School (Philadelphia), Penn State
20) Tajae Broadie, 3-star TE, Middletown HS (Middletown), Undecided
21) Marquell Darnell, 3-star DE, Central HS (Erie), Undecided
22) Sean FitzSimmons, 3-star DE, Central Valley (Monaca), Pitt
23) JR Strauss, 3-star Athlete, Exeter Township HS (Reading), Villanova
24) Patrick Body, 3-star Athlete, Gateway HS (Monroeville), Cincinnati
25) Coltin Deery, 3-star OL, Malvern Prep HS (Malvern), Maryland
26) Lavon Johnson, 3-star DT, Central Catholic HS (Allentown), Undecided
27) Max Bowman, 3-star OT, Malvern Prep HS (Malvern), Harvard
28) Emir Stinette, 3-star OG, Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia), Rutgers
29) Justin Kanyuk, 3-star OT, Bethlehem Catholic (Bethlehem), North Carolina
30) Cade Yacamelli, 3-star Athlete, Penn-Trafford HS (Trafford), Wisconsin
Been a PITT fan for 60 years, but if you can’t recruit in your home state you can’t recruit. Local talent in the past made them a power back in the DAY! You definitely have to recruit out of state (mostly down south) but if you can’t recruit in state you will always be mediocre at best.SAD to see we have not done well for 2022
Getting beat out by Rutgers and South Carolina? I know that some these players might not meet Pitt’s needs but PSU is running roughshod over the Panthers with this particular class. Surely Pitt can pull better talent than this.
I think you are being too tough on Narduzzi. He just needs more time. Maybe in 5 more years he may actually be able to recruit a top 10 Pa. recruit!!. He does get points for offering early. He just can’t seem to close. I guess are not impressed with all those empty yellow seats.