North Catholic Star Brady O’Hara Picks Penn State

Penn State is starting to establish a stronghold in the WPIAL.

On Monday, ’25 four-star RB Tiqwai Hayes of Aliquppia committed to Penn State.

Less than 24 hours later, another four-star from Western PA did the same. 

Brady O’Hara, a four-star ATH from North Catholic, announced his committment Tuesday morning.

He’s capable of playing defensive end and tight end, but the plan is for the 6-foot-6, 245-pounder to play left tackle in college.

O’Hara hasn’t played left tackle yet, but he told Pittsburgh Sports Now’s Logan Carney earlier this month that this is where PSU wants him to play.

“The more I think about, at first, I didn’t want to do it,” said O’Hara. “But when looking at things in a long-distance sense, if they make me a beast then I’ll play left tackle.”

“The more I think about, at first, I didn’t want to do it,” said O’Hara. “But when looking at things in a long-distance sense, if they make me a beast then I’ll play left tackle.”

Penn State now has five WPIAL commits combined from the 2024 and ’25 Classes. Penn State’s top-rated commit of the ’24 Class, Belle Vernon running back Quinton Martin, picked Penn State in April. Penn State also has commits from a pair of Central Catholic products in WR Peter Gonzalez and LB Anthony Speca, both three stars. We’ll see how much PSU can grow the Western Pennsylvania pipeline as time continues to go on and Franklin continues to build.

Since the team’s dominant 3-0 White Out win over Iowa Saturday, Penn State has gained three commitments in less than 72 hours.

The first was DJ McClary, a four-star Class of 2025 linebacker from Jersey City. Hayes and O’Hara have followed.