Western Pa Recruiting Report: Part 6
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June was a month filled with exciting news and recruiting developments. Local Western Pa recruits Jason Cross Jr Jason Cross Jr 6'2" | 170 lbs | ATH Bishop Canevin | 2024 State PA , Beckham Dee Beckham Dee 6'1" |…
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Continue ReadingJune was a month filled with exciting news and recruiting developments. Local Western Pa recruits Jason Cross Jr Jason Cross Jr 6'2" | 170 lbs | ATH Bishop Canevin | 2024 State PA , Beckham Dee Beckham Dee 6'1" | 225 lbs | LB Mt. Lebanon | 2024 State PA , and Kaeden Singleton Kaeden Singleton 6'2" | 225 lbs | DL Canon-McMillan | 2024 State PA all made their commitments known last month. Also, Aliquippa big fish Brandon Banks Brandon Banks 6'0" | 170 lbs | DB Aliquippa | 2024 State PA narrowed his offer list down to four schools. North Catholic RB Jack Fennell Jack Fennell 5'10" | 180 lbs | ATH North Catholic | 2024 State PA also committed to a D1 program himself. City League ’26 phenom Kyshawn Robinson Kyshawn Robinson 5'10" | 165 lbs | DB Westinghouse | 2026 State PA recently fielded two more Power 5 opportunities. Finally, 2024 Mount Pleasant athlete Jackson Hutter Jackson Hutter 6'0" | 210 lbs | LB Mt. Pleasant | 2024 State PA rounds out the recruiting news by picking up his first D1 opportunity.
Jason Cross recently committed to Power 5 West Virginia. Cross is an explosive athlete with big playmaking ability. In the end, Cross chose WVU over Michigan State and Syracuse, respectively. Cross is one of the highest-rated recruits in the state of PA. He will join former Laurel Highlands All-American Rodney Gallagher down in Morgantown.
Beckham Dee Beckham Dee 6’1″ | 225 lbs | LB Mt. Lebanon | 2024 State PA called it quits for recruiting by committing to Air Force. The Mount Lebanon LB will play FBS ball like his older brother, Grayson Dee, a ’22 Michigan Wolverines commit. Beckham chose the Air Force over programs such as Toledo, Army, Lehigh, Richmond, and Stony Brook, to name a couple. The Air Force is getting a high caliber, punishing tackler and an above-average zone dropper in Beckham Dee Beckham Dee 6’1″ | 225 lbs | LB Mt. Lebanon | 2024 State PA .
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Brandon Banks Brandon Banks 6’0″ | 170 lbs | DB Aliquippa | 2024 State PA recently narrowed his college choices down to four. The highly sought-after athlete from Aliquippa will choose from Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Ohio, and Yale, respectively. Banks also fielded D1 offers from schools like Miami OH, University of Charlotte, Bowling Green, UMass, Kent State, and Toledo. The ’24 blue-chip recruit will attempt to lead the Quips to states in 2023.
Singleton committed to D1 FCS powerhouse Delaware over a bunch of programs. Kaeden is an explosive pass-rushing DE and an athletic TE/H-back. The Blue Hens won Kaeden over D1s such as Bowling Green, Princeton, Holy Cross, Eastern Kentucky, and Maine. Singleton will look to lead Canon Mac further into the postseason in ’23.
Fennell, the explosive 4.4 running return specialist, made his commitment known. The North Catholic 1st team all-conference RB committed to D1 Davidson on June 27, 2023. Jack is electric with the rock and will need eyes on him at all times when game planning him.
Top-flight 2026 FBS recruit Kyshawn Robinson Kyshawn Robinson 5’10” | 165 lbs | DB Westinghouse | 2026 State PA recently picked up two Power 5 offers from the Florida Gators and the Penn State Nittany Lions. Robinson already has FBS offers from UNLV, Pitt, WVU, Texas A&M, Toledo, Syracuse, Nebraska, and Akron. The ’26 athlete will be one of the best returning to the City League this year.
Hutter recently received his first D1 scholarship from Saint Francis following their prospect camp. Jackson is virtually unblockable and even harder to outflank in the run game. He’s a physical, above-average athlete who runs an 11.1 100-meter dash time. He’s on various D1 programs’ radar and also has an offer from Clarion University. His speed off the edge overwhelms QBs when he blitzes. The 6’1, 200 lbs LB is a playmaker on both offense and defense.