Harrisburg, PA – 2/13/2015 – During the month of January, 42 PSFCA (Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association) reviewed over 400 player tapes from Pennsylvania high school seniors that were nominated by the players coaches.
Team PA
The selection committee discussed and reviewed tape for each player that was nominated and decided on the following players to participate in the 58th Big 33 Football Classic on June 20, 2015 – kickoff is 7:06 PM at Hershey Park Stadium. 2015 AAA Pennsylvania Big 33 Football Roster
If you have questions about the players selected or the player selection process, please contact Garry Cathell, PSFCA Executive Manager at cathellgarry@hotmail.com
The Big 33 Football Classic is know as “The SuperBowl of High School Football”. It is a game rich in both History and tradition.
There has never been a Super Bowl played without a former Big 33 player on the roster!
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Common Sense, that is true but today it is more position based recruiting. Some seniors today are close to 20 than 17 lol so the development needs to be more progressed. They usually do not want to convert a kid to a new position today unless his measurables are through the roof. its too much of a chance. In bragalones case with him hardly being 5foot10 and maybe 215 he can make a transition to another position especially linebacker almost impossible. D2 and small FCS teams with small budgets can still take a chance on pure athletes to convert to another position, but the big schools do not want to do that today. PSU used to back in the day move guys from QB to TE and hey are recruited for.
D1 colleges do not give kids scholarships because they had great HIGH SCHOOL careers. They give the scholarship based on how THEY feel the kid will play at the next level. Stats mean nothing coming from High school when it comes to recruiting. The big colleges look at where the kid will be at 20 and 21 years old not 17. Why do you think the majority of the starting players on this years 2 Super Bowl teams were rated 2 stars and below coming out of college.
Anybody else on here suffering from a bit of deja vu? I can’t get 2008 out of my head. Schuylkill Haven (A) had a kid named Barket that led the nation in rushing. Good sized kid, 5-10 210, and was the fastest kid on the field. Led his team to the state semi-final where they lost to Steelton-Highspire. Stellton-Highspire lost to Clairton in the finals that year. There was a big to do about Barket being left off of the big 33 team. You can google it and still find the debate threads. Folks couldn’t believe he wasn’t recruited by a “big time” school. Barket ended up playing for? You guessed it, Lehigh! He was gonna go to Lehigh and set every D1 AA record book on fire. This was a kid that USC, Alabama, and of course Penn State and all others were crazy for not giving a scholarship offer. He had a pretty nice career at Lehigh. Freshman year he was their 4th back, carried it a couple times per game and averaged 4.1 ypc. Sophomore year he moved to 3rd on the depth chart and had 4 more carries than the year before, 4.1 ypc again. Junior year he took over as the starter and had his best year at Lehigh with 706 yds, 4.9 ypc. Started again in his senior year and put up 525 yds, 3.8 ypc. This was a kid that all of the “big time” schools missed on. Dominated (A) football in high school and was a lock to do the same in college. Should have been running the ball at Penn State, but they don’t recruit kids from certain districts. Guess who ended up being right about the kid that led the nation in rushing as a high school senior? Right again, all of the know nothing scouts that didn’t offer and the stupid big 33 guys that didn’t pick him for the team. I’m pretty sure one of the RB’s on that team was Rob Hollomon from West Catholic. Small kid, 5-8 150. All he did was set the D1 AA record books on fire. Central Connecticut State’s all time rusher, multi-purpose, TD’s, and a few national records to boot. Right now he’s getting ready for the NFL draft. If it doesn’t work out, word is he will play professionally in Canada. Guess the big 33 guys were right there too.
Why you guys so mad if that kid didn’t get picked for the Big 33 game anyway? If he is so much better than those other backs than it will come out over time. I’m sure he’s gonna be good in college. As for the stats that you know about 40 times and vertical and horizontal and diagonal jumps that is all hear say. Until you actually see both kids timed at a combine that means absolutely nothing but one persons word. I did see the Pennsbury, Wood kid and Bragalone kid all play and I’m sorry he was definitely third out of the three in my opinion but he was still real good. Do you think he’s the only kid who people think have been slighted or think in another program would have been noticed more cause he’s not. I wonder how a lot of these other backs in AA,AAA, or AAAA would have done if they played in A against that competition? I think that’s the better argument.
D4 fan, I think Bragalone could easily be a d1 fullback at 5-10 220.. With his great strength and speed, no doubt he would have to gain a little weight. But it seems schools nowadays do not want to take a chance on a transition to a new position. They want proven fullbacks who blocked in high school. While Hynoski was not a fullback he was a lot bigger at 6-1 240 and was more of a traditional fullback type. But again that was a while ago.. It may be different now if Hyno was coming into college this year. Seems like everything is position based for recruiting.