7:05 AM ET KYLE MCCORD CAME to Beaver Stadium to be impressed. A sophomore quarterback at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, McCord was among a group of coveted recruits Penn State hosted on Sept. 30, 2018. A White Out crowd of 110,889 filled the stands as the No. 9 Nittany Lions took on No. 4 Ohio State. That week, PSU head coach James Franklin recalled former tight end Jesse James once telling him, “If you come to the White Out, you’re committing.” And McCord did leave State College impressed that night — but with the other team. “What they did with Dwayne [Haskins], I really liked, and seeing that in person was really eye-opening,” McCord said. “That’s when I started to fall in love with coach [Ryan] Day’s offense.” Haskins rallied Ohio State from a 26-14 fourth-quarter deficit with two touchdown passes and the Buckeyes won 27-26. He went on…
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