What We Learned in Week 8
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Here are a few things we learned from gameday performances to recruiting news. Freshman QB Stone Saunders Stone Saunders 6'2" | 200 lbs | QB Bishop McDevitt | 2025 State PA Season High Performance Cannot get enough of Saunders.…
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Freshman QB Stone Saunders Stone Saunders 6'2" | 200 lbs | QB Bishop McDevitt | 2025 State PA Season High Performance
Cannot get enough of Saunders. In Bishop McDevitt’s big win against Milton Hershey, he went 12-for-14. On those 12 completions, he’s had a season-high in yards with 400 and touchdowns, seven. On the season he’s completed 69% of his passes with a minimum of 100 attempts. He’s thrown for 1,681 yards and 29 touchdowns with zero interceptions. His quarterback rating is 151.6. Saunders is making his case to be the top player in the freshman class but could also be making his case to be one of the top freshmen QB’s in the nation. Below are his mid-season highlights not including Friday night’s game.
William Penn (York) RB Jahiem White Jahiem White 5'9" | 190 lbs | RB William Penn (York) | 2023 State PA
White is currently our 14th overall ranked player and 2nd ranking running back in the 2023 class. He probably had the best game of his young career Friday night. He had 22 carries for 415 yards and 7 touchdowns. On the season White has 1,507 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. Below are highlights from the last 2 weeks.
Aliquippa Safety Donovan Walker Donovan Walker 6'1" | 170 lbs | DB Aliquippa | 2023 State PA
Walker continues to show us why he’s the best safety in the WPIAL in the 2023 class. In Friday’s big shutout win, he had an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown. On the season he’s got 32 total tackles, 5 interceptions, 3 pick-6’s, and 1 fumble recovery for a touchdown. Still shocked he has yet to receive any offers. Below are his highlights from Friday’s game.
2023 Offensive Lineman receives Fourth P5 Offer
Cooper Young Cooper Young 6'5" | 300 lbs | OL Downingtown West | 2023 State PA received his first Power 5 offer in months from West Virginia. He previously had 3 other P5 offers but his last one was back in March. Young is currently our 13th overall ranked player and 2nd ranked offensive lineman. There will be a shuffle in our offensive line rankings with a couple more guys coming into the mix. Young is no doubt being recruited by Power 5 schools but just doesn’t have a bunch of offers to show for it.
https://twitter.com/CooperYoung44/status/1449402910635347972
2022 William Penn (York) O-Line De-Commits
Joden Nelson who was a UConn commit, de-committed last week. He received an offer from UConn back in June and not even a month later, he committed. Nelson is no doubt a good player, but I felt strongly he was an FCS player. Before UConn, he had a few FCS offers. Late September he received a Towson. After his de-commitment, he received Monmouth and Duquesne.
My decision to attend UConn was largely based on Coach Edsall and the coaching staff. Due to his departure, current uncertainties and after talking to those closest to me I’ve made the difficult decision to decommit from UConn and 100% reopen my recruitment.
— Joden Nelson (@joden62) October 14, 2021
2022 Stroudsburg DE De-Commits
Nate Voorhis Nate Voorhis 6'4" | 230 lbs | DL Stroudsburg | 2022 State PA who was another UConn commit made his decision to de-commit. Voorhis was the 3rd de-commit for UConn and now the 2nd from PA. He received an offer from UConn in early May and a little after a month, he committed. Voorhis was another kid I felt strongly was FCS. He’s got Youngstown State and Lafayette College (PA) offers.
Recruitment is now 100% open. pic.twitter.com/H13DVy0GUt
— Nathan Voorhis (@Nate_Voorhis) October 17, 2021