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PWO OL Liam Powers Commits to Penn State

A walk-on named Powers has committed to Penn State.

No, itโ€™s not Chad Powers. Chad Powers is the character who captured Americaโ€™s collective heart by trying out for Penn State this summer. He also resembles former New York Giants QB Eli Manning.

Chad Powers, of course, wasnโ€™t a real person, but Liam Powers is.

Liam Powers, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound lineman from Central Bucks East High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, announced his commitment to Penn State as a preferred walk-on Monday.

Penn State offered Powers this past weekend as he visited Happy Valley to watch the team pound Maryland, 30-0.

Powers announced his commitment in a Twitter post where he thanked his family and high school coaches, then thanked James Franklin and the Penn State coaching staff.

โ€Special thanks to Coach Franklin, (offensive line) Coach (Phil) Trautwein and Coach (Frank) Leonard (analytics coordinator) for giving me this opportunity,โ€ Powers wrote.

He then thanked the schools that recruited him before saying he โ€œcanโ€™t wait to get to work and be part of the Penn State community.โ€

Powers told 247Sports that Trautwein introduced him to Franklin and Leonard this weekend.

โ€œThey said they were impressed with my camp performance this summer and my game day film,โ€ Powers said. โ€œCoach Franklin said โ€˜we would like to extend you an offerโ€™ and they wanted me to be part of the program.โ€

Powers said the offer โ€œmeans a lot to him.โ€

โ€Itโ€™s something I dreamed about growing up since Iโ€™ve always been a Penn State football fan.โ€

Sometimes, dreams do come true.

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