Paul Jones to Become a Penn State Nittany Lion

Penn State’s 2010 recruiting class is currently ranked second in the nation according to college football recruiting website rivals.com.

The only school Penn State is behind is Big 12 power Texas.  One of the reasons Penn State ranks this high is because of four-star quarterback recruit Paul Jones.

Paul Jones is from McKees Rocks, Pa./ and attends Sto Rox High School.  He is the fourth highest recruit in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as the seventh-highest ranked quarterback in all of the country. 

This is the biggest recruit Sto Rox has had since quarterback Adam Dimichele in 2004. Dimichele was also recruited by Penn State and like Jones, he verbally committed to Penn State. 

However, Dimichele backed out of his commit and went to a Junior College in Florida to play baseball. 

He then ended up playing football at Temple, and played against the Nittany Lions.  There have been rumors circulating that Paul was thinking about looking elsewhere, but he has assured me that this is not going to happen.

Considering I am from McKees Rocks, and also attended Sto Rox High School, I am very proud of my home school.  I think it’s great that he has chosen to become a Nittany Lion, as he had many offers from schools all over. 

Penn State football has one of the strongest traditions in the country, and I’m glad someone from my hometown can help add to this tradition.

I talked to a few Penn State football fans who were also very excited about this Pennsylvania prospect coming to Penn State.

Junior Greg P stated “It’s great to land big time recruits inside our state.  We’ve missed out on a lot of big-time Pennsylvania recruits who ended up playing against us, and it’s nice to know that this won’t be the case with Jones.”

Penn State’s future is bright with this strong recruiting class coming in next year.  It will be exciting to watch these players carry on the strong winning tradition in Happy Valley.

This Saturday, Penn State will travel to Northwestern to take on the Wildcats on Halloween.

Penn State needs to get another road win as they still have their eyes on a Big Ten Championship.

Hopefully they show Northwestern a trick or two, and leave with a treat, a much-needed win.