The Penn State football team received its ninth verbal commitment on Monday — a football player with tremendous speed but not a lot of recruiting hype.
Stephfon Green (5-foot-11, 185 pounds) is a multiposition player from the Bronx in New York City who was timed at 4.29 seconds over 40 yards at a Penn State football camp this summer.
“He’s under the radar right now because people don’t know much about him, but 4.2 speed doesn’t grow on trees,� said Bob Lichtenfels of Scout.com, a national recruiting service.
Green starred as a running back at JFK High, running for more than 1,000 yards last fall, but he could also play receiver or cornerback or return kicks and punts. “Plus, he’s got world-class speed,� Lichtenfels said.
The Lions figure to have 15 to 18 scholarships available for their recruiting class, which won’t be finalized until February.
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