Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty narrows lengthy offers list to 7 favorites
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Friday, May 17, 2019 | 11:18 AM
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty pursues Seneca Valley’s Jake Mineweaser during a WPIAL playoff game Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 at Fox Chapel High School.
Central Catholic junior A.J. Beatty, who leads WPIAL football recruits with more than 40 combined FBS and FCS offers, narrowed his lengthy list Friday.
The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end announced a Top Seven that included West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Central Florida, Purdue, North Carolina State and Maryland.
Rivals rates Beatty as a three-star recruit and ranks him seventh overall among Pennsylvania prospects in the 2020 class.
His list of Power 5 offers also included Pitt, Minnesota, Syracuse, Virginia and others. Maryland was the most recent school to join his list, offering him a scholarship May 8.
Blessed and grateful for all of the schools who believed in me?? Top7️⃣ @210ths pic.twitter.com/nhYuM668Mx
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) May 17, 2019
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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