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Three future Penn State players -- two commits, one preferred walk-on -- have earned spots on the Pennsylvania team in the Big 33 Football Classic, an annual all-star game that now pits players from Maryland and the Keystone state.
Three-star athlete Zayd Issah (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) will play outside linebacker, while four-star OL Andrew Nelson (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) will be on offensive line. Preferred walk-on Evan Galimberti (State College, Pa./State College) will join him there.
Maryland will not choose its team until next month. The game will kick off on Saturday, June 15 at 7:06 p.m., in HersheyPark Stadium.
The all-star game traces its roots to 1957 and has at times included Texas, Ohio and East Pa. vs. West Pa. This will be the first year Pennsylvania doesn't play Ohio in 14 years; the Big 33 signed a five-year contract with Maryland in late October.
In the last meeting between Pennsylvania and Maryland was in 1992. Pennsylvania won 38-0.
Other familiar names to make the team include Pitt commit WR Tyler Boyd, PSU target LB Chris Britton, Pitt commit (and former PSU commit) OL Dorian Johnson, PSU target WR Brian Lemelle, South Carolina commit RB David Williams and Michigan State commits QB Damion Terry and SS Delton Williams.
The Big 33 has a full roster here.
Three-star athlete Zayd Issah (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) will play outside linebacker, while four-star OL Andrew Nelson (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) will be on offensive line. Preferred walk-on Evan Galimberti (State College, Pa./State College) will join him there.
Maryland will not choose its team until next month. The game will kick off on Saturday, June 15 at 7:06 p.m., in HersheyPark Stadium.
The all-star game traces its roots to 1957 and has at times included Texas, Ohio and East Pa. vs. West Pa. This will be the first year Pennsylvania doesn't play Ohio in 14 years; the Big 33 signed a five-year contract with Maryland in late October.
In the last meeting between Pennsylvania and Maryland was in 1992. Pennsylvania won 38-0.
Other familiar names to make the team include Pitt commit WR Tyler Boyd, PSU target LB Chris Britton, Pitt commit (and former PSU commit) OL Dorian Johnson, PSU target WR Brian Lemelle, South Carolina commit RB David Williams and Michigan State commits QB Damion Terry and SS Delton Williams.
The Big 33 has a full roster here.
Hackenberg, Olsen earn UA Game starts
January, 3, 2013
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Black Team offense
Quarterback: Christian Hackenberg (Penn State)Running back: Alvin Kamara
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Tight end: O.J. Howard (Alabama)
Offensive tackle: Darius James (Texas), Denver Kirkland
Offensive guard: Grant Hill (Alabama), Joas Aguilar (Texas A&M)
Center: Hunter Bivin (Notre Dame)
Captains: Kelvin Taylor, Hunter Bivin, Robert Nkemdiche, Ben Boulware
Black Team defense
Defensive end: Robert Nkemdiche, Elijah DanielDefensive tackle: Greg Gilgmore (LSU), Kennedy Tulimasealii (Hawaii)
Inside linebacker: Ben Boulware (Clemson)
Outside linebacker: Alex Anzalone (Notre Dame), Matthew Thomas
Safety: Keanu Neal (Florida), Leon McQuay III
Cornerback: Vernon Hargreaves III (Florida), Tarean Folston (Notre Dame)
Black Team special teams
Long snapper: Tyler Kluver (Iowa)Kicker/punter: Sean Covington (UCLA)
White Team offense
Quarterback: Kevin Olsen (Miami)Running back: Keith Ford (Oklahoma)
Receiver: Laquon Treadwell, Ryan Green (Florida State), Jalin Marshall (Ohio State)
Tight end: Hunter Henry (Arkansas)
Offensive tackle: Derwin Gray (Maryland), Dorian Johnson (Pittsburgh)
Offensive guard: Patrick Kugler (Michigan), David Dawson (Michigan)
Center: Scott Quessenberry (UCLA)
White Team defense
Defensive end: Carl Lawson (Auburn), Joey Bosa (Ohio State)Defensive tackle: Henry Poggi (Michigan), Kelsey Griffin (South Carolina)
Inside linebacker: Reuben Foster, Yannick Ngakoue
Outside linebacker: Trey Johnson
Safety: Max Redfield, Antonio Conner
Cornerback: Gareon Conley (Ohio State), Shaq Wiggins (Georgia)
White Team special teams
Long snapper: Brendan TurelliKicker: Ryan Santoso (Minnesota)
Punter: Shane Tripucka
Captains: Ryan Green, Hunter Henry, Patrick Kugler, Reuben Foster
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -– Team Nitro and Team Highlight took to the fields at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports on Monday for Day 1 of practice for Friday’s Under Armour All-America Game (5 p.m. ET, ESPN). Two powerhouse programs in the Southeastern Conference look to battle it out for one of the standout running backs, and one of the top uncommitted offensive linemen is out with an injury.
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Three-star linebacker Brandon Bell (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) spent about six hours at Penn State on Tuesday to attend practice, sit in on a linebackers meeting -- and reaffirm his commitment.
"I just wanted to take a trip again to see how it was and just tell Bill O'Brien face-to-face this is where I wanted to go," Bell said.
Bell said O'Brien extended his hand and told him, "You and the other guys that stayed are the type of kids Penn State's going to need."
"I just wanted to take a trip again to see how it was and just tell Bill O'Brien face-to-face this is where I wanted to go," Bell said.
Bell said O'Brien extended his hand and told him, "You and the other guys that stayed are the type of kids Penn State's going to need."
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ESPN RecruitingNation's Jared Shanker breaks down the status of Penn State's recruiting class after the loss of two players Tuesday, including highly touted four-star offensive tackle Dorian Johnson.
Fuller decommit first of many PSU battles 
August, 6, 2012
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Jared Shanker | ESPN.com
All things considered, there was some positive momentum in Penn State’s corner just one week ago. A few days after the NCAA levied unprecedented sanctions against the program, several of Penn State’s top 2013 commitments reaffirmed their pledges to the Nittany Lions.
There was one caveat in it all, though: Signing day is six months away. The recommitments are still only verbal at this point, and recruits’ emotions change wildly from day to day, let alone six months down the road, especially in a situation such as this one.
Bill O’Brien and the Lions caught a glimpse of that Sunday when three-star in-state wide receiver Will Fuller (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) decommitted from the Lions in favor of Notre Dame.
There was one caveat in it all, though: Signing day is six months away. The recommitments are still only verbal at this point, and recruits’ emotions change wildly from day to day, let alone six months down the road, especially in a situation such as this one.
Bill O’Brien and the Lions caught a glimpse of that Sunday when three-star in-state wide receiver Will Fuller (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) decommitted from the Lions in favor of Notre Dame.
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Josh Moyer joined ESPN.com in 2012 after covering Penn State football for recruiting website Nittany Network and City Hall for The Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Moyer graduated from Penn State and earned his graduate degree at Columbia. Email him at espnjoshmoyer@gmail.com.