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Penn State coaching staff making their in-home visits

By Audrey Snyder/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 8 years ago

Not wasting any time between the end of the regular season and prior to Sunday’s bowl game announcement, college football coaches across the country are making their way into homes to meet with prospects and their families. 

James Franklin was in New York with offensive line coach Herb Hand Sunday to watch quarterback verbal pledge Jake Zembiec win a state title with Aquinas Institute. Tuesday evening they were back with Zembiec, this time for an in-home visit.

Running backs coach/special teams coordinator Charles Huff was in Michigan visiting with kicker Quinn Nordin. Nordin is a soft verbal pledge who has also shown interest in the in-state Michigan Wolverines, so trying to lock down a commitment from the kicker -- a key position in this 2016 recruiting class given the way walk-ons Joey Julius and Tyler Davis struggled this season-- will be worth keeping an eye on between now and Signing Day in February. 

Penn State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop was in the Pittsburgh area Tuesday, along with cornerbacks coach/defensive recruiting coordinator Terry Smith and Huff who stopped in to visit with McKeesport’s Khaleke Hudson who has yet to commit to a school. 

Of course no round of in-home visits would be complete without coaching staffs from one school visiting verbal pledges who are committed to another. Woodland Hills running back Miles Sanders, who plans to continue looking around between now and Signing Day, tweeted that the Pitt coaching staff visited with him Monday.