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
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.
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.
Extremely blessed to receive my 35th offer, and my 7th Ivy League offer from Penn.@210ths @flem021 pic.twitter.com/18540vCXHa
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) March 31, 2019
EXTREMELY blessed to receive my 33rd offer from North Carolina @210ths @flem021 pic.twitter.com/1I4nrWTU3K
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) March 26, 2019
Extremely blessed to receive my 34th offer from FAU?☀️.@210ths @flem021 pic.twitter.com/gfd7UvKTQr
— Aj Beatty? (@ajbeatty88) March 28, 2019
Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review Staff Writer. You can contact Chris by email at charlan@triblive.com or via Twitter .
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