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Penn State 2014 recruiting class

Written by: David Mika on Monday, February 10th, 2014. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

On National Signing Day, the Nittany Lions announced twenty-five student-athletes joining the Penn State football program this fall.

This will be new head football coach James Franklin’s first class at Penn State.

The incoming group features three players from Pennsylvania, including two from Eastern PA.

Coatesville’s Daquan Worley was a key, two-way player who excelled for the Red Raiders at running back and cornerback. He helped lead Coatesville to the 2012 Class 4A PIAA State Championship game.

Worley suffered a serious knee injury last year against West Chester East and missed the rest of the season.

So, in just eight games, Worley rushed for 1,246 yards and 11 touchdowns. He caught three passes for 34-yards.

In 2012 he rushed for 1,779 yards and 20 touchdowns and on defense he had 45 tackles and three interceptions.

Mount Lebanon’s Troy Apke is a talented wideout from Western PA. He caught 40 passes for 728 yards and seven touchdowns.

Apke had a breakout year his junior season, catching 54 passes for over 1,000 yards and 13 touchdowns.

In his career he caught 103 passes for 1,958 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Scranton Prep’s Noah Beh is a 6-foot-6, 245-pound two-way player that dominated on both sides of the ball for the Cavaliers.

Beh is looking to compete as an offensive lineman for the Nittany Lions.

In 2013 he had 53 total tackles, 28 solo tackles and five sacks. His junior year he had 70 total tackles and 10 sacks.

Class of 2018

Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	School
Marcus Allen	DB	6-2	200	Dr. Herny Wise
Mark Allen	RB	5-7	190	DeMatha Catholic
Troy Apke	WR	6-2	195	Mount Lebanon
Tarow Barney	DL	6-2	300	Senatobia
Noah Beh	OL	6-6	260	Scranton Prep
Saeed Blacknall	WR	6-2	210	Manalapan
Brendan Brosnan	OL	6-6	285	Maine South
Torrence Brown	DL	6-4	240	Tuscaloosa Academy
Jason Cabinda	LB	6-1	240	Hunterdon Central
Christian Campbell	DB	6-1	195	Central
Koa Farmer	DB	6-1	205	Notre Dame
Mike Gesicki	TE	6-5	245	Southern Regional
Chris Godwin	WR	6-2	205	Middletown
Grant Haley	DB	5-10	185	Lovett School
Trace McSorley	QB	6-1	190	Briar Woods
Michael O’Connor	QB	6-5	225	IMG Academy
Amani Oruwariye	DB	6-1	185	Gaither
Troy Reeder	LB	6-2	235	Salesianum
Nick Scott	RB	6-1	190	Fairfax
Chance Sorrell	OL	6-6	270	Middletown
Johnathan Thomas	RB	5-11	220	St. John’s Prep
De’Andre Thompkins	WR	6-1	175	Swansboro
Antoine White	DL	6-2	280	Millville
Daquan Worley	DB	5-10	180	Coatesville
Chasz Wright	OL	6-7	310	Milford Academy