Heacock excited about 16 YSU football recruits

By Pete Mollica

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State football coach Jon Heacock praised the work of his coaching staff for putting together one of the finest recruiting classes in the eight seasons he’s been the head of the program.

Heacock talked about the 16 recruits the Penguins signed on Wednesday, including six local signees, the most that Heacock has signed in a season since he’s been head coach.

“I thought my staff did just a tremendous job of evaluating all of the people we were looking at,” Heacock said. “We lost a couple of coaches at a crucial time in recruiting, but the rest of the staff really stepped up and did a great job.

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