'11 PA TE Ben Koyack

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Oil City (PA) Oil City Senior

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 220 lbs

Bill Kurelic: It's no surprise that the region's top linebackers were the showstoppers at Penn State - ESPN

Tight end Ben Koyack (Oil City, Pa.) was among four very talented Class of 2011 prospects who stood out. Koyack looks even bigger than his listed size of 6-foot-5 and 228 pounds. He does not have great speed, but he looked fast enough in drills and showed the ability to catch the ball with a defender draped all over him. Koyack will be one of the country's top tight ends in 2011.

BN $ - Bucknuts.com - Buckeye Rumblings From State College, Pa.

Already has offers from the likes of Penn State, Pitt, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, Boston College, Maryland and North Carolina State...has visited OSU and considers them one of his top choices along with PSU, Pitt and WVU.

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Scout.com: Class of 2011 Phenom Ben Koyack

8/7

By Bob Lichtenfels. $ highlights from Ben's sophomore season.

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State College vs. Columbus -

8/28

By Bill Kurelic, NN Recruiting Analyst
bkurelic@nittanynetwork.com
August 28, 2009

All signs continue to point towards a Big Ten recruiting battle between Penn State and Ohio State for the services of junior tight end target Ben Koyack from Oil City, Pa.

Koyack visited the two schools earlier this summer and has scholarship offers on the table from both. After the second of the two visits, a trip to Columbus to visit the Buckeyes on July 22, Koyack said the two were tied at the top of his list.

That has not changed.

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Scout.com: Koyack Talks Ohio State and Recruiting

9/14/09

By Bob Lichtenfels. Article claims official written offers from WVU, Pitt, UMD, tOSU, UNC, and Cal. Ben talks about his trip to Ohio State and says the atmosphere was amazing. Says that while Ohio State didn't use the tight ends much, he isn't concerned....game plans are always changing. Plans to attend the PSU-Ohio State game as well as Pittsburgh-Notre Dame in the near future...talks a little bit about PSU, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and Notre Dame.

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Koyack: PSU, OSU 'still tied' -'

9/14/09

By Bill Kurelic, NN Recruiting Analyst
bkurelic@nittanynetwork.com
Sept. 14, 2009

Oil City, Pa., junior tight end Ben Koyack, a Penn State target, made an unofficial visit to Ohio State over the weekend. Koyack, his parents and one of his coaches attended the Ohio State-USC game on Saturday night.

“It was pretty darned nice,” Koyack said. “I was down on the field watching the warm-ups. It was a great atmosphere. You get pretty pumped up seeing all those people coming in.”

Koyack also saw ‘The Walk’ before the game as the Ohio State players go through long lines of fans on their way to a pep rally type scene in the basketball arena.

“That was pretty amazing,” he said. “And I was in the ‘Skull Session’ for a minute.”

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http://bwi.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=998722

10/7/09

By Brian Mohr. Ben has written offers from Pitt, WVU, Akron, Maryland, Ohio State, Cal, and UNC...he has verbal offers from BC, Duke, ND, NC State, PSU, and VT. Koyack talks about his visit to Ohio State for the USC game and their recruiting efforts on him...next visit will be PSU for the Ohio State game in November. Talks about what he is looking for in a college, and says he is focusing on schools that are really close...isn't sure he'll see schools that are out of driving distance.

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http://bwi.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=999367

10/9/09

By Sean Fitz. Ohio State is at the top for Ben, followed by PSU...then WVU, ND, and Pitt. Ben hopes to make a decision prior to his senior season, and will be attending the Pitt-ND game as well as PSU-Ohio State....hasn't talked much with PSU recently but likes the whole program.