Penn State Lands 1 Out Of 3 Targets, Good Or Bad?

Today was signing day. 

Up until today, there were three main targets that were deciding between two or three schools, each of them having Penn State in their top three.

Five star linebacker Jelani Jenkins was deciding between Florida and Penn State, four star defensive back Jim Noel was deciding between Penn State and Boston College, and four star wide receiver Justin Brown was deciding between Penn State and Rutgers.

Jelani Jenkins really liked both Penn State and Florida, but in the end chose Florida.

Most thought that Jim Noel would commit to Penn State because he visited the weekend before signing day and really liked it, but he signed with Boston College because he wanted to be closer to home. 

Wide receiver Justin Brown felt that he would be a good fit for Penn State, and so he signed with the Nittany Lions.

Out of three top undecided targets, Penn State landed one.  This seems pretty good, considering that all three were out of state, and they had to compete with teams like Florida and Boston College. 

However, to lose the best linebacker of this recruiting class is unacceptable, especially at Linebacker U.  Penn State always lands the best linebackers. 

Losing the defensive back hurt because Penn State really needs to rebuild their secondary, but they never seem to sign the top commits in that position.

Other key recruits Penn State had already signed are four star linebacker Glenn Carson, four star defensive back Darrell Givens, four star linebacker Gerald Hodges, four star quarterback Kevin Newsome, five star offensive lineman Eric Shrive, four star defensive back Derrick Thomas, and four star kicker Anthony Fera.

Considering those other key four and five star recruits, Penn State did land a few top linebackers and defensive backs. 

Still, at Linebacker U, you are expected to land five and four star linebackers.  Although the Nittany Lions didn't sign Jim Noel, they have a couple of defensive backs that will make up for him.

Penn State also landed some underrated three star and decent two star recruits at positions such as offensive line, defensive back, athlete, and defensive end.

Overall, this was a good recruiting class for Penn State.  However, was landing one out of three undecided prospects good or bad? 

Of course I was hoping for three out of three, and realistically I thought we would land two.  I thought we would definitely land Brown, which we did, and we would definitely land Noel, which we didn't.

I also thought we had a very good chance at landing Jenkins, especially because Larry Johnson Sr., who was recruiting him, moved into his home state for the off-season.

He also seemed to like Penn State a lot even though he also loved Florida, and I thought the Linebacker U concept would pull him to us.  Unfortunately, this didn't happen.

Jim Noel and Justin Brown both had Penn State virtually as their top school coming into the day, and Jelani Jenkins had them as a somewhat close second. 

Should Penn State have landed all three?  At least two?  Should they have signed Jim Noel?  These are critical questions, and could make the difference between whether their signing day recruiting was good or bad.

Personally, I think it was decent.  Not great, not necessarily bad, but decent.

So you tell me...was landing one out of three top prospects on signing day good or bad?