The top Class of 2028 from Western Pennsylvania has committed to Penn State.
Early Thursday afternoon, Hayes Fawcett of Rivals.com first reported that Hopewell’s James “Bobo” Armstrong had picked PSU.
This is a big deal.
Armstrong, a four-star recruit via 247Sports’ composite ratings, is the 169th-ranked player in the country from his class per 247Sports, as well as the No. 10 overall QB and No. 4 overall player in Pennsylvania. He had offers from schools such as Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Colorado, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Pitt, Syracuse, UCLA, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
He ended last season with 2,232 passing yards, 21 touchdowns and just three interceptions, which would be pretty good even if passing were all he did.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.But Armstrong was also elite on the ground, ending the year with 799 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 139 carries.
Armstrong’s talents were enough to get him featured in NFL Network’s “The Football Town” documentary, where narrator Pat McAfee asked rhetorically if he could be the next great Western PA QB, following in the lineage of players such as Joe Montana, Joe Namath and Dan Marino.
Hopewell has a strong football tradition, with its most famous alum being legendary running back Tony Dorsett, who the program named its football stadium after.
Hopewell also produced Paul Pozluszny, who is one of the great linebackers in Penn State history.
