BWI Daily: 2022 Recruiting Home Stretch and Ryan Snyder‘s Best Bets

We’re into the final stretch of the Penn State football season, and with that comes the early signing period in recruiting. With less than a month until the deadline, On3 recruiting insider Ryan Snyder joins host Thomas Frank Carr on the BWI Daily Edition to update the status of some final 2022 targets for the Nittany Lions. They start with an update on four-star linebacker Jaishawn Barham, a 2022 prospect that Penn State fans have followed for quite some time. This week, Snyder has an update on the St. Francis Academy product that is the 149th player in the nation, according to On3. The ordinarily quiet Barham still isn’t talking, but there is a new development in his recruiting. The Nittany Lions are still interested in adding another tackle to the class of 2022 as well. Snyder says that after the commitment of Aamil Wagner to Notre Dame, the focus has shifted to a different player, but not the one that Penn State had pursued in the days around Wagener’s commitment. T-Frank brings up the obvious issue of adding more players to this current class and asks how much getting a transfer lineman plays into the overall approach to the remaining scholarship spots Penn State is holding. The last name to know this week is 2022 linebacker Moses Walker. The current Rutgers commit is someone that Snyder has learned more about in recent weeks and tells T-Frank what the updated situation is with the Erasmus Hall four-star defender. With less than a month remaining, T-Frank asks Snyder how confident he is that Penn State can get the Class of 2022 to the finish line of the early signing period in December. Earlier this week on the recruiting podcast, Snyder noted that Kaytron Allen took an official visit to Florida State. He gives context to that again on the show. After that, they move on to the Class of 2023 and some key names in that group. Snyder wrote an article recently about Life Christian Academy offensive lineman Joshua Miller, so he fills the audience in on what he learned. The four-start lineman at On3 opened up about just how close he was to committing early this month and to which school. Another high-priority target in the class of 2023 will make an announcement early next month, and Snyder gives his impressions of what Rodney Gallagher will have to say at that time. The four-star two-sport athlete isn’t expected to commit for several important reasons that Snyder highlights, but he does paint a good light for Penn State when it comes to the top-100 player in the class of 2023. They wrap up the recruiting section of the show discussing the recruit list for the final home game of the 2021 season against Rutgers. Snyder notes that it won’t be a list heavy with key names, but several players, including 2024 athlete Quinton Martin, are necessary to watch. He says he’s gotten high praise for the Pittsburgh athlete from his sources and should be a name for Penn State fans to know. Finally, Ryan Snyder’s Best Bets returns with a 37-27 record. Here are the games for this week: VANDERBILT AT OLE MISS (-36.5) VIRGINIA AT PITT (-14.5) UCLA (-3) AT USC SDSU (-10.5) AT UNLV RUTGERS AT PENN STATE (-17) JOIN Blue White Illustrated: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-state-nittany-lions/join/?plan=annual SUBSCRIBE to Blue White Illustrated on YouTube and enable alerts - new highlights and videos uploaded regularly: https://www.youtube.com/c/bluewhiteillustratedvideo?sub_confirmation Bookmark our homepage: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-state-nittany-lions/ Subscribe to BWI Magazine and Newsletters: http://bluewhiteonline.com Download our podcasts: https://bluewhiteillustrated.podbean.com/ Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlueWhiteIllustrated/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/PennStateOn3

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