Penn State Football: Top National Signing Day Targets
5. Elijah Conliffe, DT, Hampton (VA)
Those of you familiar with the recruiting process and have followed Conliffe are probably well aware of the fact that he’s probably going to be throwing on another team’s hat when National Signing Day rolls around. Don’t think for a second that there aren’t a ton of teams that aren’t still trying to make sure that they’re the lucky program.
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If you were able to walk into Penn State’s coaches meeting, you’d see his name on the board. He’s on everyone’s board. The Lions made the offer as did so many others. Now they probably have to beat out Florida, Tennessee and Alabama to win him over. It appears that “southern bias” might be working to the detriment of the Lions.
This shows us what we stated earlier. Penn State currently has 18 total commitments for their 2017 class. That includes nine four-star athletes and nine three-star athletes. What remains is a list of players who were offered that signed with other programs and a few guys they have an outside shot at landing.
It isn’t over by any means, but the job is only beginning. now they want to work a little harder, burn some midnight oil and see if they can pull off some surprises come National Signing Day. That will determine if they remain among the nation’s top recruiting classes or if they fall out of the top 20 entirely.
We’ll soon see.