Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty adds 40th offer, sets date to announce favorites
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 12:31 PM
A.J. Beatty’s scholarship total has climbed for weeks, but the Central Catholic junior will start narrowing his options soon.
The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end revealed this week that he’ll announce a list of “top schools” on June 1.
In the meantime, Beatty continues to add Division I schools. He collected his 40th offer Monday from Central Florida, which went 12-1 last season and finished 11th in the Associated Press poll.
Beatty’s list contains a number of Power 5 schools, including Pitt, West Virginia, South Carolina, Syracuse and others.
Rivals.com rates Beatty as a three-star recruit and ranks him seventh overall among Pennsylvania prospects in the 2020 class.
I will be releasing my top schools on June 1st. @RivalsFriedman @rivalsmike @SWiltfong247
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) April 30, 2019
Blessed beyond measures to announce my 40th offer from UCF. @210ths @flem021 pic.twitter.com/fscJ3mi2d3
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) April 29, 2019
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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