Way to early to speculate if Wingo ends up deserving a 5-star rating by the Internet recruiting services.
There is no question that his junior hudl highlight video is impressive and that he deserves his present top 150 ranking for the class of 2020. I definitely hope Wingo has the type of senior season that would make him a serious candidate to receive a 5-star ranking from Rivals. But what will ultimately determine his final Rivals' ranking will be his performance on the field this fall during his senior year at St. Thomas Aquinas.
But more important than that is the fact Penn State's ability to recruit Wingo this early for the class of 2020 from the premier Catholic high school football program in Florida and one of the top five Catholic high school football programs in the country in St. Thomas Aquinas, I believe will have profound effect on Penn State's ability to re-establish itself as a true national recruiting force in college football.
Penn State is once again proving under James Franklin's leadership that it is prepared to take on the mantle once again of being one of the true "Blue-Bloods" of college football capable of going anywhere in the country to recruit the top high school football talent in the country.
And OLB Derek Wingo [6-2, 215] from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. was a class of 2020 Christmas present that clearly illustrates the direction Penn State's football program is taking under the leadership of Coach Franklin.
Just like I stated back in the 1980s and most of the 1990s under Joe Paterno's leadership, Coach Franklin, with the help of a talented group of assistant coaches, has proven himself to be one of the premier recruiters in all of college football.
There is no question that his junior hudl highlight video is impressive and that he deserves his present top 150 ranking for the class of 2020. I definitely hope Wingo has the type of senior season that would make him a serious candidate to receive a 5-star ranking from Rivals. But what will ultimately determine his final Rivals' ranking will be his performance on the field this fall during his senior year at St. Thomas Aquinas.
But more important than that is the fact Penn State's ability to recruit Wingo this early for the class of 2020 from the premier Catholic high school football program in Florida and one of the top five Catholic high school football programs in the country in St. Thomas Aquinas, I believe will have profound effect on Penn State's ability to re-establish itself as a true national recruiting force in college football.
Penn State is once again proving under James Franklin's leadership that it is prepared to take on the mantle once again of being one of the true "Blue-Bloods" of college football capable of going anywhere in the country to recruit the top high school football talent in the country.
And OLB Derek Wingo [6-2, 215] from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. was a class of 2020 Christmas present that clearly illustrates the direction Penn State's football program is taking under the leadership of Coach Franklin.
Just like I stated back in the 1980s and most of the 1990s under Joe Paterno's leadership, Coach Franklin, with the help of a talented group of assistant coaches, has proven himself to be one of the premier recruiters in all of college football.
