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'12 PA TE/LB J.P. Holtz (Pitt verbal)

  • Former Penn State commit. MSU apparently back in the running.

    Gorman: Coaching carousel's 'collateral damage'
    By Kevin Gorman, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
    Saturday, December 31, 2011

    When J.P. Holtz made his college choice in July, the Shaler star pronounced himself a Pennsylvania kid and called it a dream come true to play at Penn State.

    What followed has been nothing short of a nightmare, one that forced Holtz to not only reopen the recruiting process but redefine the word commitment. This time, instead of chastising prospects for wavering, we have watched the state's two biggest football programs leave this top WPIAL recruit wondering where he fits in.

    Pitt soon pounced, convincing Holtz to take an official visit earlier this month. He was leaning toward picking the Panthers when, three days later, first-year coach Todd Graham slipped out of town to take the Arizona State job.

    Luckily for Holtz, he didn't completely cut off other colleges when he made his commitment to Penn State. He has visited Pitt and Purdue and plans to take a trip to Michigan State next month before the Feb. 1 signing day.

    Regarded as one of the state's top 10 players by Scout.com, the 6-foot-4, 243-pound Holtz has played every offensive skill position but projects as either a tight end or pass-rushing outside linebacker. Scout.com ranks Holtz the nation's No. 10 tight end, and his combination of soft hands, speed and football sense made him, perhaps, the best all-around football player in the WPIAL, despite pedestrian statistics (337 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, 19 catches for 332 yards and two touchdowns).

    Read more: Gorman: Coaching carousel's 'collateral damage' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/columnists/s_774421.html#ixzz1i8LW2akD

    Picture Caption: Shaler Area's J.P. Holtz (left) carries against McDowell earlier this season.

    This post was edited by Sean Scherer on 1/25/2012 at 5:50 PM

    J.P. Holtz

    http://247sports.com/Player/JP-Holtz-7698?pi=13892

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    Spartan_in_PA ●

  • Per Matt Dorsey:

    JP Holtz will visit MSU next weekend

    BlondHairMinger

  • Great news. I hope he has a good visit, especially considering our new worries about the TE position.

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    TheBlitzIsOn ●

  • TheBlitzIsOn said...

    Great news. I hope he has a good visit, especially considering our new worries about the TE position.

    I think he is going to be a DE at the next level but I hope we get him none the less.

    "This is the strangest life I've ever known" Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

    MrMojoRisin

  • MrMojoRisin said...

    I think he is going to be a DE at the next level but I hope we get him none the less.

    The MSU staff is recruiting Holtz as a TE.

    CoachedByDuffy

  • I heard today that he's going to commit to MSU, per a friend of mine that's close to him (I know, I know...LOL at the "secret source" stuff).

    Has No Left

  • NEED a TE in this class.... hope those rumors are true.

    This post was edited by Cuba Gooding Jr on 1/6/2012 at 1:33 PM

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    Next question.

    Cuba Gooding Jr

  • Cuba Gooding Jr said...

    NEED a TE in this class.... hope those rumors are true.

    We already have Price and Jones committed, unless one or both of them end up as a DE.

    Sota Spartan24039

  • 'Sota Spartan said...

    We already have Price and Jones committed, unless one or both of them end up as a DE.

    Both Jones and Price will begin their MSU careers as TE's.
    MSU's staff has made Holtz a priority recruit as a TE.
    This is because Fr. TE Paul Lang's football career is over due to a back injury.

    CoachedByDuffy

  • Chryst adds Belle Vernon's Rudolph to Pitt staff
    By Jerry DiPaola and Dan Stefano, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
    Saturday, January 7, 2012

    Pitt coach Paul Chryst has added Wisconsin tight ends coach Joe Rudolph to his coaching staff.

    "He's in, and we're going to announce the staff at some point," Chryst said Friday night while attending the Seneca Valley at Shaler boys' basketball game. He was there to recruit coveted Shaler tight end J.P. Holtz, who plays forward for the Titans.

    Chryst would not say what Rudolph's title would be.

    "I think we're going to talk about that a little later," he said.

    Rudolph, who also served as the Badgers' recruiting coordinator, is the fourth assistant hired by Chryst at Pitt, the third who coached with him at Wisconsin and the second with WPIAL ties. Rudolph is a graduate of Belle Vernon High Schoo

    Read more: Chryst adds Belle Vernon's Rudolph to Pitt staff - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_775430.html#ixzz1il9rfept

    Belle Vernon is a school district south of Pittsburgh

    Spartan_in_PA ●

  • Not that it has any indication of Holtz's recruitment, but Pitt is getting wrecked in the first Q of the BBVA Compass Bowl, whatever the hell that is.

    All Your Base

  • He's as good as ours

    dimambr3

  • dimambr3 said...

    He's as good as ours

    What makes you think that?

    Macks

  • Macks said...

    What makes you think that?

    Trust. He's green.

    Has No Left

  • Macks said...

    What makes you think that?

    Well logically, PSU has no coach and is a mess anyway.

    Would you rather play for a back to back BT champion off a bowl win over a good SEC opponent, or Pitt? New coach at a program that can't keep a coach. You wouldn't know whether the guy's going to be driven off or leave for a better offer in a year or two, or be a decent HC (which wouldn't preclude either of the former possibilities at Pitt). The admin at the school must be screwed up too, because the Athletic Dept. seems to be in constant turmoil.

    spartan80

  • spartan80 said...

    Well logically, PSU has no coach and is a mess anyway.

    Would you rather play for a back to back BT champion off a bowl win over a good SEC opponent, or Pitt? New coach at a program that can't keep a coach. You wouldn't know whether the guy's going to be driven off or leave for a better offer in a year or two, or be a decent HC (which wouldn't preclude either of the former possibilities at Pitt). The admin at the school must be screwed up too, because the Athletic Dept. seems to be in constant turmoil.

    Penn State has a coach, of course he won't be actually working there for a while. They are also terminating most of the current staff so there is no one to do recruiting. Any way the Penn State ship has sailed as far as Holtz is concerned.

    Pit may be a bigger problem. I think they got it right this time and Chryst comes off as the opposite of a slick snake oil salesman. He is bringing the tight end coach with him from Wisconsin. He also looking to concentrate on Western PA. From the Post-Gazzette.

    He said he wants to focus his recruiting efforts on solidifying the home base in Western Pennsylvania but they will also recruit in some of the surrounding states, particularly Ohio, as well as continue to go into Florida to try and find some players.

    Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12007/1202087-100.stm#ixzz1ip1FpvDe

    This post was edited by Spartan_in_PA on 1/7/2012 at 6:48 PM

    Pitt's Chryst formally announces six members of his coaching staff

    Coverage of the latest news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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    Spartan_in_PA ●

  • Has No Left said...

    I heard today that he's going to commit to MSU, per a friend of mine that's close to him (I know, I know...LOL at the "secret source" stuff).

    Times up... He should've committed by now.
    Has No Left - Has No Credibility.

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    spartan4show

  • spartan4show said...

    Times up... He should've committed by now.
    Has No Left - Has No Credibility.

    Didn't say when he'd commit. Patience grasshopper.

    Has No Left

  • Holtz named to Big 33 roster.

    Hopewell's Rushel Shell and Montour's Julian Durden will be Pennsylvania's running backs in the Big 33 Football Classic — two of the 12 WPIAL and City League players chosen for the June 16 all-star game at Hersheypark Stadium that pits some of the state's top players against their Ohio counterparts.

    The Pennsylvania roster, selected by the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association was announced Sunday.

    Other local selections include Shaler's J.P. Holtz (TE), Upper St. Clair's Ian Park (OL), Woodland Hills' Shakim Alonzo (WR) and Mike Caprara (LB), Penn Hills' Corey Jones (WR) and Treyvon Hester (DL), Erie McDowell's Greg Garmon (ATH), Central Catholic's Anthony Nixon (DB), Allderdice's Tyrique Jarrett (DL) and McKeesport's Terrell Williams (DL).

    Read more: Hopewell's Shell among Big 33 selections - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/s_775670.html#ixzz1j0QBVuwI

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    Spartan_in_PA ●

  • Spartan_in_PA said...

    Penn State has a coach, of course he won't be actually working there for a while. They are also terminating most of the current staff so there is no one to do recruiting. Any way the Penn State ship has sailed as far as Holtz is concerned.

    Pit may be a bigger problem. I think they got it right this time and Chryst comes off as the opposite of a slick snake oil salesman. He is bringing the tight end coach with him from Wisconsin. He also looking to concentrate on Western PA. From the Post-Gazzette.

    He said he wants to focus his recruiting efforts on solidifying the home base in Western Pennsylvania but they will also recruit in some of the surrounding states, particularly Ohio, as well as continue to go into Florida to try and find some players.

    Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12007/1202087-100.stm#ixzz1ip1FpvDe

    You really think he'd want to go to Pitt? They chased Walt Harris after some good seasons, hired and chased the stache, Heywood for five minutes while he was assaulting his wife, had Graham for a year and now Chryst. So this is the 5th coach since 2004. Even if you don't count "Heywood, the hire of the century", four coaches in the last 7 years is quite the revolving door. Seems to me recruits should be careful they don't get too close, lest they get nailed by the latest coach to fly outta there.panic

    spartan80

  • Anyone hearing anything. As far as I have heard he was the only recruit this weekend since he had to juggle around his basketball schedule and couldn't be here next week for the big weekend.

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  • Has No Left said...

    I heard today that he's going to commit to MSU, per a friend of mine that's close to him (I know, I know...LOL at the "secret source" stuff).

    What is your friend saying now? It's been somewhat quiet considering he just visited

    YouDoubleJack

  • Said he was pumped up when the new Pitt coach went to see him at his basketball game. He scored double his avg score that night.

    The Bunker says its down to MSU and PITT

    This post was edited by SpartanHoops on 1/16/2012 at 6:50 PM

    SpartanHoops

  • SpartanHoops said...

    Said he was pumped up when the new Pitt coach went to see him at his basketball game. He scored double his avg score that night.

    The Bunker says its down to MSU and PITT

    Here is the Shaler Basketball schedule for the rest of the year

    Sat., Jan 14 at State College W50 - 41
    Tue., Jan 17 Pine-Richland 7:30 PM
    Fri., Jan 20 North Allegheny 7:30 PM
    Tue., Jan 24 at Butler 7:30 PM
    Fri., Jan 27 Central Catholic 7:30 PM
    Tue., Jan 31 at Seneca Valley 8:00 PM
    Fri., Feb 3 North Hills 7:30 PM
    Fri., Feb 10 at Pine-Richland 7:30 PM

    Read more: Shaler Titans Boys Basketball schedule & game results - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/info/school_view.php?team_id=534#ixzz1jgaTa9sB

    Pitt is about 8-9 miles from Pitt. It is a lot easier for a Pitt coach to get there than an MSU coach.

    Looks like he scheduled the visit to MSU last Saturday because State College is a non-conference game.

    Pitt recruits embrace new football coach Chryst's demeanor
    By Jerry DiPaola, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
    Monday, January 16, 2012

    For the past quarter-century, Neil Gordon has watched college football coaches stroll into his high schools like there should be trumpets blaring and confetti tossed at their feet.

    "The assistants walked in ahead of him like it's an entourage, and he's the king," said Gordon, a longtime Penn Hills coach who this week resigned from coaching at Shaler.

    Then, Paul Chryst showed up at a Shaler basketball game Jan. 6 to meet with tight end recruit J.P. Holtz. If Chryst's face hadn't been in the newspapers and on TV after he was hired as Pitt's coach Dec. 21, he could have been mistaken for just another fan.

    Shaler basketball coach Paul Holszhu didn't know Chryst was there until he was introduced to him after the game.

    "He cares about the players," Holtz said. "He puts the players first."

    Holtz remains uncommitted and planned a trip to Michigan State this weekend. Nonetheless, he was excited that Chryst came to watch him play basketball, tweeting the news before the game and, then, scoring 18 points — 10 above his average.

    Said Holszhu: "I should have football coaches come to every one of our games."

    Read more: Pitt recruits embrace new football coach Chryst's demeanor - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/pitt/s_776788.html#ixzz1jgeBuoWz

    This post was edited by Spartan_in_PA on 1/16/2012 at 10:34 PM

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