STATE COLLEGE
Penn State assistant coach Terry Smith has spent hours upon hours watching high school film to figure out the country’s best cornerback — but, as it turns out, he only needed to take a 2.5-mile trek downtown to find him.
State College’s Keaton Ellis, who officially signed with Penn State on Wednesday, impressed Smith above all.
“He’s a completely dominant player,” Smith said Wednesday. “You watch his film, to me, I think he’s got the best corner film in the country of all corners — and we watched them all.”
Ellis sported a shy smile Thursday at his high school, while his friends, coaches and family belatedly celebrated his signing in a small third-floor auditorium.