By Bill Kurelic, NN Recruiting Analyst

bkurelic@nittanynetwork.com

April 27, 2009

Offensive lineman Luke Graham from Harrison City (Pa.) Penn-Trafford is no stranger to Penn State.

Graham has been to State College many times, so his visit over the weekend to see the Blue-White Spring Game was nothing new.

But that doesn’t mean things did not go well.

“It was fun,” Graham said.  “It was good to see the big crowd.  The bottom of the stands was all filled up.”

Like the rest of the recruits in attendance, Graham was down on the field watching pre-game warm-ups. 

“I got there a little late,” Graham said.  “It was good to go out on the field.  I talked to Coach (Tom) Bradley.  There really wasn’t anything new, it was just good to see it on a sunny day.”

Even though Graham did not see anything particularly new, he liked what he saw - including the 76,000 fans in attendance.

“I was impressed with the crowd,” he said.  “The team looked good.  It seems like they will come back strong next season.”

Graham has scholarship offers from Penn State, Pitt, Virginia, Northwestern, Stanford, Maryland, Illinois, Duke, Syracuse and Florida International.  All of his offers are in writing, except Penn State.

“I’m going to try to go to Virginia and Maryland sometime soon,” Graham said.  “I’m going to head out to California sometime in the summer to visit Stanford.”

After making those visits, Graham will try to come up with a decision.

“I don’t have any leaders,” he said.  “It comes down to visiting other places and eliminating some.  But I haven’t done all that yet.  The earliest I would decide would be sometime in the summer.”