What makes losing Morelli and Johnson so galling is not just that they were lost to Penn State and Miami. It’s that they were lost to teams that recruited with serious numbers at that position. For Penn State, via Tom Lemming on ESPN

The first big news on Signing Day is QB Anthony Morelli’s switch from Pittsburgh to Penn State. This has been rumored for a while and is a huge get for the Nittany Lions, who had been struggling after a fast start. The strong-armed QB will combine with LB Dan Connor will be the cornerstones of Penn State’s class, which will be moving up my top 25. One other interesting note is that the Nittany Lions have six QBs in the class, which is something I’ve never heard of. It leaves me wondering if any of the others have time to change.

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From what I understand, 2 of the QBs will be changing positions. Still.

And Miami, though. Check out their commit list.

Not only do they have 3 other RBs on the list. Two of them were ranked higher than Johnson.

What that says about Pitt’s desirability. That kids would choose to go to a school where it will be even harder to break the depth chart than come to Pitt. Not good for recruiting perception. Or reality, period.