The bye week gives Penn State a chance to catch up on recruiting, and PSU is taking advantage of that chance.
While resuming their search to find a Class of 2027 quarterback, Penn State is strengthening its relationship with its 2028 QB commit, James “Bobo” Armstrong.
Per Pittsburgh Sports Now/Viking Sports Now’s Mike Vukovcan, who was on hand for the game, PSU QB coach Jake Waters was there to see Armstrong, a four-star who committed to Penn State in early July. Armstrong has since been to two Penn State games, attending the season opener against Marshall Sept. 5 and the White Out game against USC Oct. 10. On the field, he’s helped Hopewell to a 7-1 record, with two regular season games to play.
Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Armstrong is 9th in the WPIAL in passing yards across all qualifications, with 1,515 yards, 22 touchdowns and two interceptions through eight games. Armstrong also has 559 yards rushing, which isn’t too shabby.
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.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Hopewell also produced Paul Pozluszny, who is one of the great linebackers in Penn State history.
Of course, the presence of associate head coach Terry Smith on staff will always help Penn State in the WPIAL.
Before playing at Penn State, Smith was a star at Gateway High School in the Pittsburgh area.
Before returning to his college alma mater to coach, Smith was the HC and athletic director at his high school alma mater.
