Recruiting, like the game Risk, is all about expanding your territory.
The best college football programs in America aren’t bound to silly things like geography. Instead they can go to virtually any high school in the country and cherry pick whatever player they please.
LSU has started to expand its footprint in recent years. Greg Penn III is one of the latest examples.
The Story
Hailing from Hyattsville, Md. (roughly half an hour northeast of Washington D.C.), LSU was one of the first schools to offer Penn a scholarship. By the time LSU offered—January 2019—he already had a whole host of offers from notable D1 programs like Florida, Penn State, Texas A&M and Ole Miss.