Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty nears 3 dozen offers with ACC, Big 10, Big 12 options

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Sunday, March 31, 2019 | 8:44 PM


The offers keep coming for Central Catholic junior A.J. Beatty.

The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end is approaching three dozen Division 1 football offers with options in the ACC, Big 10 and Big 12 conferences, among others.

His latest additions this week included an offer from North Carolina, his fourth school from the ACC.

Beatty also added Florida Atlantic and Penn, his seventh Ivy League offer.

His recruitment has intensified in recent weeks. He’s announced 22 offers since Feb. 1 including Power 5 schools Pitt, West Virginia, Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers and Syracuse.

Rivals.com rates Beatty as a three-star recruit and ranks him seventh overall in among Pennsylvania prospects in the 2020 graduating class.

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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