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Tweets of fate: Prized prospect not coming to Penn State; but what about Lee?

ALTOONA, Pa. -- There had been growing hope the past couple of weeks that Penn State might be able to flip prized in-state prospect Rodney Gallagher, but those hopes ended over the weekend.

A wide receiver and the No. 3 prospect in Pennsylvania, Gallagher committed to West Virginia in May after being heavily recruited by Penn State. But the 5-foot-10, 160-pounder from Laurel Highlands High School in Uniontown surprised some people when he decided to visit Penn State for its regular-season finale against Michigan State.

West Virginia coach Neal Brown had been on the hot seat after going 5-7, so it made sense that recruits would be concerned.