The Post-Gazette picks up on Pat Bostick of Manheim-Township holding a press conference on Friday.
Pat Bostick, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior at Manheim Township High School in Lancaster, will hold a news conference Friday morning and is expected to announce his verbal commitment to Pitt.
Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt is scheduled to meet with Bostick tomorrow. Manheim Township coach Mike Melnyk declined to name Bostick’s college choice, but he gave a strong indication with this comment:
“I don’t want to take away his thunder and tell you,” Melnyk said yesterday in a telephone interview. “But we would love to have someone from [the Post-Gazette] here for the news conference.”
The press conference has been scheduled for nearly a week. Bostick seemingly had been to as many Pitt spring practices this past April as some of the actual players. He was a long range target of Coach Wannstedt and the staff for some time.
The closest school that had a shot was Michigan. Following Ryan Mallet’s verbal to Michigan, the road was essentially plowed for Pitt. Penn State was virtually out of the hunt right away with Pat Devlin committing. If Pitt takes any other QB in the 2007 recruiting class it will likely be an athlete-hybrid type with plans to convert him to another position.
ESPN.com/Scouts, Inc. really likes Bostick (Insider subs).
This kid gets better the more you watch him and he may be a bit unorthodox in his methods, but he is competitive, tough and shows great command of the game under center. Bostick has very good height and adequate bulk at this stage. He’s tall enough to see over his offensive line and he does a good job of finding passing lanes. He is not a great athlete and he only has decent speed, but he has very good pocket presence and does a good job of avoiding the rush. He will feel the pocket collapsing around him and will use his foot quickness to sidestep the pursuing pass rusher in order to buy himself a lot of second-chance passing opportunities. Does a great job keeping his eyes downfield under duress. … Bostick has very good physical tools, but not elite. However, it’s about more than that. It’s about accuracy, leadership and decisions and making plays. Bostick does all these things well.
Bostick is the best QB recruit in Pennsylvania. Rivals.com lists him in their “Pre-Evaluation Rivals100” and Scout.com has him as a 5-star recruit — one of only five 5-star QB recruits.
Bostick will be Pitt’s second verbal for the class of 2007, joining Chris Jacobson.
