By Bill Kurelic, NN Recruiting Analyst

bkurelic@nittanynetwork.com

Jan. 13, 2008

Joe Paterno already has a commitment from one of the top 10 juniors in Pennsylvania: linebacker Mike Hull from Canonsburg Canon-McMillan.

Commitment No. 2 for Paterno’s 2010 recruiting class could be on the way.

Junior quarterback Paul (P.J.) Jones from McKees Rocks Sto-Rox will visit Penn State on Saturday with a scholarship offer in hand.

The 6-foot-3 and 225-pound Jones completed 62-percent of his passes for 2,020 yards during his junior season.  Jones connected for 24 touchdowns with just seven interceptions.

Jones’ performance was hardly a surprise.  He passed for 1,886 yards and 24 touchdowns during his sophomore season.  Jones threw just three interceptions that season and also rushed for over 500 yards.

Jones has close to a dozen scholarship offers on the table including Penn State, Pitt, Iowa, Stanford, West Virginia, North Carolina State and Duke.  He saw the Nittany Lions play in person this past season including the Penn State-Michigan game.

Jones will be back in State College on Saturday.

“I’m going up for a visit,” he said.   “I’ll just be there for one day.”

When asked if he might commit to Paterno this weekend, Jones said, “I’m not sure about that.  We’ll see.”

Jones knows quarterback Daryll Clark is enterinng his final season at Penn State.

“If I were to go there, then I would have a chance to play as a freshman,” Jones said.  “So yes, that would be a good situation.”