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Penn State’s top-rated 2018 class gets commitment from No. 1 all-purpose back

Connor O'Gara

By Connor O'Gara

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Penn State was already off to a blistering start with its 2018 class. Commitments from seven recruits rated four-stars or higher was why the Lions had the No. 1 2018 class in the country.

Well, that No. 1 just got a little more legitimate.

The Lions made a huge Friday splash by picking up a commitment from five-star all-purpose back Ricky Slade:

Slade is the No. 1 all-purpose back and the No. 24 player overall in the 2018 class. His announcement came a week removed from visiting the Lions for their junior day.

The 5-9, 195-pound recruit is the No. 1 player in Virginia and the ninth verbal pledge to join Penn State’s 2018 class. He’s the second five-star commit for Penn State, joining defensive end Micah Parsons.

The Lions signed five-star tailback Miles Sanders in 2016 and Saquon Barkley burst onto the scene as a true freshman in 2015.

It doesn’t appear that Penn State’s pipeline of elite tailbacks is drying up anytime soon.

Connor O'Gara

Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.