BAT SIGNAL UP ... 4/22/19 (Nicolas Dawkins)
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Planet Lovetron has been a good recruiting area.
With the comments Dad has made
I don’t see a path back. And I would be surprised if it wasn’t Dawkins.
My friend lived next door to him in Allentown. Was a super nice guy. Always outside talking to people and posing for pictures. Lived a quiet life and loved to remember the old days.
Similar here. Used to see him in Wegman's in the West end frequently and my daughter played in a LAX league with his daughter.
https://bwi.rivals.com/news/penn-state-recruiting-lions-add-in-state-ol-nick-dawkins
Penn State adds in-state OL Nick Dawkins to Class of 2020
Dawkins and his mother pose with the staff during their visit March 23.
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Penn State adds in-state OL Nick Dawkins to Class of 2020
Dawkins and his mother pose with the staff during their visit March 23.
Ryan Snyder • BlueWhiteIllustrated.com
@RivalsSnyder
Hopefully he brings the thunder like dad always did! Congrats Nicholas and welcome to the family.
This is a perfect example of how the transfer portal is affecting recruiting based on the attrition of existing players. Franklin is going to fill this class to 25 or more ( I know I know ) as quickly as he can. In the previous two years Dawkins would have been held at arms length until later in the cycle. That said I wish him great success in blue and white.
https://www.roarlionsroar.com/penn-state-football-recruiting/2019/04/5466/nicholas-dawkins-commits-nittany-lions-2020-class-offensive-line
The Nittany Lions continue to stockpile talent along the offensive line. Parkland High School guard and three-star prospect Nicholas Dawkins has committed to Penn State while on campus for an unofficial visit.
Dawkins first popped up on on the PSU radar back in October of 2018 when he visited for the victory over Iowa. However, it was not until just about one month ago that he was offered a scholarship during an unofficial visit to Happy Valley to take in a spring practice.
THE DAWKINS FILE
Space is getting tight along the offensive line for Penn State, especially in the interior. Dawkins is the fourth offensive line commit in the class, and third that is slated to play inside, joining R.J. Adams and Golden Israel-Achumba. Grant Toutant expected to play tackle.
Dawkins also brings a bit of family notoriety with him to Happy Valley. He is the son of the late NBA Star, Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins.
Penn State's class now sits at nine members, and No. 8 nationally according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
The Nittany Lions continue to stockpile talent along the offensive line. Parkland High School guard and three-star prospect Nicholas Dawkins has committed to Penn State while on campus for an unofficial visit.
Dawkins first popped up on on the PSU radar back in October of 2018 when he visited for the victory over Iowa. However, it was not until just about one month ago that he was offered a scholarship during an unofficial visit to Happy Valley to take in a spring practice.
THE DAWKINS FILE
- CLASS: 2020
- SIZE: 6'4/300 LBS.
- POS: OG
- SCHOOL: Parkland (Allentown, PA)
- 247SPORTS RATING: ★★★
- 247SPORTS RANK: No. 733 overall, No. 40 OG
Space is getting tight along the offensive line for Penn State, especially in the interior. Dawkins is the fourth offensive line commit in the class, and third that is slated to play inside, joining R.J. Adams and Golden Israel-Achumba. Grant Toutant expected to play tackle.
Dawkins also brings a bit of family notoriety with him to Happy Valley. He is the son of the late NBA Star, Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins.
Penn State's class now sits at nine members, and No. 8 nationally according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Why would he have been held at arm’s length? Is that a judgment of his skill level?
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Folks here would know better than me, but I think the answer is 'yes' unless he's one of these guys who will get a 'bump' later in the recruiting cycle. Given recent recruiting history, how many 3* OL (or players in general) have we taken in April?
Have to like this kid's bloodline though.
Yeah, I did note the 3-star rating. He also does not have the most impressive offer list. I’m not trying to rip the kid, but the star rating and offer list are what they are.
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The other thing is you just never know with OL prospects. They're super hard to evaluate/project (unless you have an Orlando Pace or Jonathan Ogden type prospect). He has good size - guess we'll see.
Yep, under the recruiting rule before the early signing period CJF would have gone out and flipped a couple 3 star olinemen to get the 6 he wants this year if he lost out on the high flyers. But he learned a hard lesson last year when he lost out on olinemen and then lost the 2 early to the NFL that together left the roster short of olinemen. He's not taking that chance and possibly making the same mistake this year.....
It’s not a judgment of his skill level in a vacuum but where he stands in relation with other OL prospects. There are a few other prospects that I would imagine are more highly coveted by Franklin. With only 20 or 21 scholarships to award, he would do everything he could to corral those prospects first. Then if he had space he would fill out the spots remaining in the class. Now with the transfer portal he can easily take a full 25 man class. This mathematically opens up more slots at an earlier point in time thus allowing Franklin more flexibility. It was not a criticism of the young mans ability, just an observation of where he would have stood in the pecking order pre transfer portal.
Yep, this year's class will show us how well Limegrover evaluates talent (although we will have to wait a few years to make a judgement).
It wasn't too hard to see that Walker was an elite OL prospect.
