Five-star DE Micah Parsons commits to Penn State

The Penn State Nittany Lions received commitments from three defensive ends on Saturday, including five-star recruit Micah Parsons.

The Penn State Nittany Lions received commitments from three defensive ends on Saturday, including five-star recruit Micah Parsons.

Parsons, a 6'3", 215-pound sophomore out of Harrisburg, Pa., became the first member of the school’s 2018 recruiting class. After Parsons’s verbal, three-star juniors Yetur Matos and Damion Barber joined the Nittany Lions’ class of 2017.

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