WPIAL, City League players in 2025 recruiting class sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | 4:46 PM
Here’s a look at senior football players from the WPIAL and City League who signed with Division I programs on the first day of the early-signing period Wednesday:
Division I FBS
Henry Barbisch, Bishop Canevin, DL, Air Force*
Jaiden Brown-Demery, West Mifflin, OL, Akron
Dayshaun Burnett, Imani Christian, DL, Penn State
Chris Climes, Elizabeth Forward, OT, Buffalo
Bradley Gompers, Central Catholic, LB, Duke
Tiqwai Hayes, Aliquippa, RB, Penn State
George Hill, Woodland Hills, LB, Buffalo
Vann Kavals, OLSH, DL, Akron
Matt McMahon, Canon-McMillan, OL, Navy*
Brady O’Hara, North Catholic, OL, Penn State
Jayden Price, Seneca Valley, DB, Toledo
Xair Stevenson, University Prep, S, Buffalo
Alex Tatsch, Latrobe, LB, Penn State
Xxavier Thomas, Central Catholic, DB, Penn State
Shep Turk, Thomas Jefferson, OL, Pitt
Mickey Vaccarello, Peters Township, OLB, Stanford
John Wetzel, Latrobe, S, Marshall
Division I FCS
Donald Barksdale, RB, Steel Valley, Youngstown State
Daniel Batch, Montour, WR, Maine
Parker Cunningham, South Park, OL, James Madison
Nicholas Humphries, North Allegheny, DB, Drake
Amari Jackson, Beaver, DB, Villanova
Brady Mayo, Beaver, DB, Bucknell
Darian Nelson, Plum, WR, St. Francis (Pa.)
Darian Slaughter, Plum, DE, St. Francis (Pa.)
Arison Walker, Aliquippa, DB, St. Francis (Pa.)
*Signed certificate of intent for service academies
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