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Penn State adds two more Pennsylvania players

Written by: David Mika on Monday, February 24th, 2014. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

It’s well known that Penn State head football coach James Franklin is on record saying he plans to dominate Pennsylvania recruiting and the 2015 class is starting to become that.

Whitehall’s RB Saquon Barkley and Archbishop Wood’s OL Ryan Bates committed earlier this month. Now joining those two from Pennsylvania players are Great Valley’s DE Ryan Buchholz and Archbishop Wood’s LB Jake Cooper.

Both players announced their commitment today via twitter.

Buchholz said, “I am blessed to say I have committed to play football at Penn State! #WeAre #107kStrong #FOE15!”

Buchholz is ranked 26^th strong side defensive end prospect and 15^th in Pennsylvania according to 247sports.com.

The 6-foot-6, 230-pound defensive end had offers from schools like Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia.

He was a key player for the Patriots who finished 8-3 in 2013.

Cooper said, “We Are!!”.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker is currently ranked the 27^th best inside linebacker prospect and 19^th overall in Pennsylvania according to 247sports.com.