Inside the Den: Eric Shrive
| Position | Receiving | Ranked | Height | Weight | 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Shrive | Offensive Lineman | #68 | 6′ 7 | 285 | 5.1 | PA |
RECRUITMENT
Holding offers from over 16 big time programs including Notre Dame, Florida State, Ohio State, and Miami, Eric Shrive decided to end his recruitment today and will call Joe Paterno with his verbal later today.
A four star recruit rated #68 overall from Scranton, PA, Eric wanted to get the decision over with before he began his senior season. Eventually it was “the offensive line tradition at Penn State, everything they had to offer academically and his comfort level at Penn State” that put the Nittany Lions over the top.
| COLLEGE CHOICES | INTEREST | OFFER | VISIT | RECRUITED BY | |
| Penn State | Verbal (5/15/08) |
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None | Dick Anderson Mike McQueary |
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| Florida State | Medium | |
None | ||
| Georgia | Medium | |
None | Stacy Searels | |
| Illinois | Medium | |
None | Jim Pry Eric Wolford |
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| Miami | Medium | |
None | Jeff Stoutland | |
| Michigan | Medium | |
None | ||
| Nebraska | Medium | |
None | Carl Pelini | |
| N.C. State | Medium | |
None | Jerry Petercuskie | |
| Notre Dame | Medium | |
None | John Latina | |
| Ohio State | Medium | |
None | Jim Bollman | |
| Oklahoma | Medium | |
None | ||
| Auburn | Medium | |
None |
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| Pittsburgh | Medium | |
None | Brian Angelichio | |
| Rutgers | Medium | |
None | John McNulty Kyle Flood |
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| Tennessee | Medium | |
None | Larry Slade | |
| Virginia | Medium | |
None |
REACTION
A major shocker! Not only was Eric Shrive a long time Notre Dame fan, but Penn State isn’t exactly well known for consistently producing offensive linemen. Granted we had first round pick, Levi Brown two years ago, but how many other offensive linemen comes to mind when you mention Penn State?
At 285 pounds, Shrive will have to put on alot more weight before he can become an anchor for the Penn State line, but at his current size, he is already a consistent player rated in the top 100 recruits in the nation.
Shrive’s verbal only flies in the face of those who argue that Paterno can no longer haul in the big name recruits against competitors like Notre Dame, Ohio State and the likes. Not only did Shrive grow up an Irish fan, he was an offensive lineman. Not a linebacker, or a quarterback, but a lineman who decided against his long time program for Penn State. So we must still be doing something right especially since this is the second 4-star verbal since last week.
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PSU needs to be getting kids like this. This is getting recruiting back to par, but we have a long way to go just to stay at par. We still have plenty of time to fall flat on our face.
Speaking of that, we picked up some unknown OL from VA. Where did he have other offers from
We still need a QB, WRs and RBs. I can’t consider this above a B- class unless we get at least one decent QB
On the comment that PSU does not produce OL, I will agree in recent years good OL out of PSU is a rarity. However, I would also argue that from the mid 70′s through the early 90′s that PSU was in the top 4 or 5 in producing NFL OL. Do these names sound familiar: Mike Munchak (Hall of Fame), Keith Dorney (pro bowler), Sean Farrell (I think a pro bowler), Charlie Getty (long-time NFL vet), Tom Rafferty (13 year starter for the Cowboys), Irv Pankey (long-time NFL veteran), Steve Wisnewski (7 time pro-bowler and on the 90′s all decade team), Jeff Hartings (pro-bowler), Marco Rivera (pro-bowler) and numerous list other NFL veterans. In my opinion, I feel PSU top NFL producing position, next to their LB, is Offensive line.