WPIAL, City League players in 2025 recruiting class sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | 4:46 PM


Here’s a look at senior football players from the WPIAL and City League who signed with Division I programs on the first day of the early-signing period Wednesday:

Division I FBS

Henry Barbisch, Bishop Canevin, DL, Air Force*

Jaiden Brown-Demery, West Mifflin, OL, Akron

Dayshaun Burnett, Imani Christian, DL, Penn State

Chris Climes, Elizabeth Forward, OT, Buffalo

Bradley Gompers, Central Catholic, LB, Duke

Tiqwai Hayes, Aliquippa, RB, Penn State

George Hill, Woodland Hills, LB, Buffalo

Vann Kavals, OLSH, DL, Akron

Matt McMahon, Canon-McMillan, OL, Navy*

Brady O’Hara, North Catholic, OL, Penn State

Jayden Price, Seneca Valley, DB, Toledo

Xair Stevenson, University Prep, S, Buffalo

Alex Tatsch, Latrobe, LB, Penn State

Xxavier Thomas, Central Catholic, DB, Penn State

Shep Turk, Thomas Jefferson, OL, Pitt

Mickey Vaccarello, Peters Township, OLB, Stanford

John Wetzel, Latrobe, S, Marshall

Division I FCS

Donald Barksdale, RB, Steel Valley, Youngstown State

Daniel Batch, Montour, WR, Maine

Parker Cunningham, South Park, OL, James Madison

Nicholas Humphries, North Allegheny, DB, Drake

Amari Jackson, Beaver, DB, Villanova

Brady Mayo, Beaver, DB, Bucknell

Darian Nelson, Plum, WR, St. Francis (Pa.)

Darian Slaughter, Plum, DE, St. Francis (Pa.)

Arison Walker, Aliquippa, DB, St. Francis (Pa.)

*Signed certificate of intent for service academies

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