Had Keaton Ellis been playing anywhere aside from State College Area High School (or “State High” as us alums call it), the former blue-chip prospect would have likely taken visits all over the country to other big time programs that were interested in him, leaving Penn State in a real battle to ultimately win him over. Being the local kid as well as the son of a former PSU football letterman made his recruitment one that was never really in doubt.
Now, the fifth-year senior safety will get one last go-around in a Nittany Lion uniform as he tries to fill in the role that Ji’Ayir Brown dutifully served for the last couple of seasons.