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Johnson commits on the spot

Sean Fitz
11 months ago
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Austin Johnson at St Augustine Preparatory School

Penn State picked up a commitment on Saturday from Richland (N.J.) St. Augustine Prep lineman Austin Johnson.

"I've just been going to a lot of camps lately, and Penn State was my dream school," he said. " Once they put [the offer] out there, actually they had no idea I was coming to camp but I was supposed to contact a coach but I didn't. They offered me and I took it the day of, I knew that's where I wanted to go. It's my dream school. I love it."

The Nittany Lions are recruiting the 6-foot-4, 277-pound Johnson as a defensive tackle. Johnson worked at the camp with assistant coach Larry Johnson.

"I was with him last year when I went to the four day camp," he said. "He just talked to me before the offer came about. I knew him before, we were close, he liked me a lot and I liked him as a coach, that's why I want to go to Penn State."

Johnson said that he also had offers from Boston College, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova and Tulane.

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Sean Fitz
11 months ago
http://pennstate.247sports.com/Article/Johnson-commits-on-the-spot-29759
Penn State picked up a commitment on Saturday from Richland (N.J.) St. Augustine Prep lineman Austin Johnson.
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PSU42Fan
11 months ago
Let me make myself clear with this, and I think I speak for some others.
It's not that these kids aren't talented and possibly worthy of an offer...it's the fact that we could've waited to offer later in the process and still had a good shot at both. There was NO REASON to rush the offer - except for wanting to get recruiting over and done with as tdiddy and Hamilton have mentioned.
Very frustrating, and one of the biggest complaints I have with this staff.
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PSUatw
11 months ago
PSU42Fan said...
Let me make myself clear with this, and I think I speak for some others.
It's not that these kids aren't talented and possibly worthy of an offer...it's the fact that we could've waited to offer later in the process and still had a good shot at both. There was NO REASON to rush the offer - except for wanting to get recruiting over and done with as tdiddy and Hamilton have mentioned.
Very frustrating, and one of the biggest complaints I have with this staff.
Well said.
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getmyjive11
11 months ago
It's more confusing than anything. I don't think any of us understand why these two got offers today. With the guys still available, there really is no reason to offer these guys until later down the line.
I just wish I could see some video of both of them in action.
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PSUfan28
11 months ago
PSU42Fan said...
Let me make myself clear with this, and I think I speak for some others.
It's not that these kids aren't talented and possibly worthy of an offer...it's the fact that we could've waited to offer later in the process and still had a good shot at both. There was NO REASON to rush the offer - except for wanting to get recruiting over and done with as tdiddy and Hamilton have mentioned.
Very frustrating, and one of the biggest complaints I have with this staff.
Not what I was expecting for getting on here late on a Saturday night, but I couldn't have said it better myself.
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rmj147
11 months ago
PSUfan28 said...
Not what I was expecting for getting on here late on a Saturday night, but I couldn't have said it better myself.
Wow.... just WOW... Forget Schutt, Kirven, Day, and too many other elite prospects... lets rush to get a kid that no one has heard of before... Wow... My hopes for this class are slipping back to mediocre expectations. Business as usual...
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tdiddy
11 months ago via 247Sports Mobile
PSU42Fan said...
Let me make myself clear with this, and I think I speak for some others.
It's not that these kids aren't talented and possibly worthy of an offer...it's the fact that we could've waited to offer later in the process and still had a good shot at both. There was NO REASON to rush the offer - except for wanting to get recruiting over and done with as tdiddy and Hamilton have mentioned.
Very frustrating, and one of the biggest complaints I have with this staff.
Its not going to make sense to me tonight so I'm going to bed. I have a lot to discuss with God at church tmw morning.
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tdiddy said...
Its not going to make sense to me tonight so I'm going to bed. I have a lot to discuss with God at church tmw morning.
+1 Tdiddy... I cannot make sense of this, there is no use. I will wait for Sean to get whatever information he can gather. If he is shocked, we are dumbfounded...
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MSJ56
11 months ago
This whole situation reeks of Paterno.
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PSUJames
11 months ago
If the staff has seen these players at work during camp, and felt they were good enough for an offer. Than i have no problem with them joining the 2012 class. Who's judgement in talent do you trust more the coaches, or the recruiting services? I say welcome to Penn State!
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sneakypete
11 months ago
PSUJames said...
If the staff has seen these players at work during camp, and felt they were good enough for an offer. Than i have no problem with them joining the 2012 class. Who's judgement in talent do you trust more the coaches, or the recruiting services? I say welcome to Penn State!
I trust all the other staffs who don't want them, and the staff's of teams that aren't mediocre like PSU. DO you need a refresher in recruits we have taken that nobody else has wanted and haven't done anything?
Also, ever notice how the schools that are always on top of the recruiting service's rankings are the one's winning MNC's and competing for them? Hmm, maybe there is a link.
You trust the staff, i'll trust other people.
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Hamilton Lion
11 months ago
PSUJames said...
If the staff has seen these players at work during camp, and felt they were good enough for an offer. Than i have no problem with them joining the 2012 class. Who's judgement in talent do you trust more the coaches, or the recruiting services? I say welcome to Penn State!
If you are in admissions for Yale, or Harvard and you see an application of a kid that scored 1595 on the old SAT, but is a C student, do you accept them for being lucky on a three-hour test? In a sense, that is what PSU did here.
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11 months ago
Hamilton Lion said...
If you are in admissions for Yale, or Harvard and you see an application of a kid that scored 1595 on the old SAT, but is a C student, do you accept them for being lucky on a three-hour test? In a sense, that is what PSU did here.
As someone who came close to doing that, it would've been nice.
But no, it wasn't luck.
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Uh, not exactly the 2 commitments I was hoping to read about this morning. Like everyone else, I'm scratching my head. Not good and as much as sneakypete and fjp beat a dead horse, I'm starting to think they we will not be an elite program until Joe is gone. I hope we will follow a similar path as FSU, who is killing it on the recruiting trail and I believe the results on the field will follow.
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11 months ago
Devon2012 said...
As someone who came close to doing that, it would've been nice.
But no, it wasn't luck.
Based on your defending the staff with these two offers, I doubt you were that close. No one with sane intelligence or wants PSU to compete against the best of the best would defend them for this. If you are fine with this, go cheer for Tulane or Temple.
P.S. - I don't blame the kids either for jumping on these offers. When you have offers to date RoseAnne Barr and Phyllis Diller and along comes Catherine Bell or Eva Longoria, you take that option even though you don't fit.
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appoo
10 months ago
FWIW - Rivals has rated him a 3*
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sneakypete said...
I trust all the other staffs who don't want them, and the staff's of teams that aren't mediocre like PSU. DO you need a refresher in recruits we have taken that nobody else has wanted and haven't done anything?
Dead right!!!
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appoo said...
FWIW - Rivals has rated him a 3*
Sounds about right for a camp offer to a guy who wasn't yet rated. Unless he blows it up this fall, I'd expect him to stay at a 3 star rating.
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