Penn State football gets verbal pledges from two more prospects; class now numbers 11
Penn State coach James Franklin received verbal commitments from two prospects Friday when four-star wide receiver Jaden Dottin and junior college defensive back Ji’Ayir Brown pledged to enroll next year and announced their intentions on Twitter.
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— Jaden Dottin (@jadendottin) June 22, 2019
Dottin, 6-foor-3, 185 pounds, is the 53rd-ranked wide receiver in the nation and the No. 4 overall prospect in Connecticut, according to Rivals.com. He is a rising senior at Suffield Academy.
Brown, 6-foot, 205 pounds, attends Lackawanna College in Scranton where he is a teammate of Penn State commit Norval Black, a wide receiver who pledged to the Nittany Lions on June 9.
Penn State’s current class of committed players numbers 11. Seven are four-stars, according to Rivals, which ranks Penn State’s class 24th nationally, fifth in the Big Ten.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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