Penn State Players The Florida Gators May Go After

As you know by now, Penn State got hammered by the NCAA.  The punishment has now made it easy for current Penn State players/commitments to leave the school.  While I do feel bad for bad for the Penn State community, it looks like they are going to lose a lot of players.  Below is a list of players/commitments who were offered by Florida in the last three years.

2013 Class

Adam Breneman - Breneman looks like he is one of Penn State's prized recruit of 2013.  Breneman is a 4-star TE and Rivals lists him as the best at his position.  His family released a statement today saying that they don't have any current comments.  Reading through Twitter, it seems that Maryland will be the biggest player for Breneman.  The Terps supposedly finished 2nd in his recruitment.

Brendan Mahon - Mahon is a 4-star offensive tackle and is 165th in the Rivals250.  Mahon also had no comment about his recruitment.

Christian Hackenberg - 247Sports gives Hackenberg four stars and rank him 3rd among pro-style quarterback.  If Breneman isn't the Penn State's prized recruit, Hackenberg definitely is.  If Hackenberg leaves Penn State, rumors are that Auburn and South Carolina would be the favorites.  Bleacher Report's Full Ride hinted that Will Muschamp would be smart to take a trip to visit Hackenberg.

Garrett Sickels - Rivals ranks Sickels 60th nationally and as the 4th-best weakside defensive end in the class of 2013.  Sickels is the only player in this group that has visited Gainesville.  Sickels took an unofficial visit to Florida July 25th of last year.  Out of these four players, I give Sickels the best chance of ending up at Florida (still a really small chance).  Sickels had no comment when asked about his level of commitment to Penn State.

2012 Class

Jamil Pollard - Pollard is a 4-star defensive tackle.  If Pollard leaves Penn State before playing a down there, Boston College may be his future destination.

Nyeem Wartman - It seems like Wartman never really had any interest in Florida.  The 3-star OLB did take an official visit to Rutgers while being committed to Penn State.

2011 Class

Neither Angelo Mangiro or Bill Belton look like they will even think about Florida if they leave Penn State.

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OLB Alex Anzalone To Decide This Weekend

Alex Anzalone, a 4-star OLB from Pennsylvania, announced via Twitter that he will commit this weekend during The Opening.  Anzalone's decision will be between the Gators, Notre Dame, and the home state school; Penn State.

The talented OLB was once an Ohio State commitment, but after a bizarre situation, he decommitted.  The situation involved a convicted sex offender tweeting to Ohio State targets and taking a picture with Anzalone and other targets.  This bothered Alex and his family which resulted in him opening his recruitment back up.

The decision seems like it will ultimately come down between the Golden Domers and the Gators.  Even with Penn State being in his home state, there hasn't been a lot of momentum for the Nittany Lions.  Also, I don't think Anzalone will want to go to the conference that has Ohio State in it.

Anzalone's father is a graduate of Florida and his grandparents reside there.  It was thought that Florida would be the choice after his decommitment.  However, I think Notre Dame will be end up as Anzalone's pick this weekend.  Academics are going to be a big part of his choice and it is hard for any school to top Notre Dame's.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

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