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IAA Fan:
First-year YSU Head Coach Doug Phillips announced on Wednesday that the Penguins have signed Dawan Martin and Deamontae Diggs to National Letters of Intent.

Both players will be eligible to play for the Penguins this fall. Martin is from nearby Youngstown East High School. He was a senior for the Golden Bears in 2018 and played with current Penguin defensive lineman Chris Fitzgerald. Diggs was a standout two-sport athlete at McKeesport High School. He played basketball and football during his scholastic career with the Tigers.

Dawan Martin | DL | 6-5 | 250 | Youngstown, Ohio | East HS

Two-star rated player by 247sports.com…played in the OHSFCA North-South Football Classic…was a second-team Division IV All-Northeast Inland District on the defensive line…also earned second-team All-American Conference Red Tier honors…helped lead East to the Class 4 Quarterfinals where the Golden Bears dropped a hard-fought 34-30 contest to Girard and current YSU quarterback Mark Waid...East finished the season with an 8-4 mark…coach was Bryan Marrow.

Deamontae Diggs | TE/H-Back | 6-6 | 225 | McKeesport, Pa. | McKeesport Area HS

Two-sport standout at McKeesport…as a senior, was named Big East Conference as a defensive lineman…the Tigers reached the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals and finished the season 9-4…as a junior, had 14 catches for 424 yards and seven touchdowns…was a second-team Big East pick as a junior…also kicked two extra points…in 2018, the Tigers finished with a 9-3 record and reached the WPIAL quarterfinals, falling to eventual district and state champion Penn Hills…coach was Matt Miller…as a basketball player, averaged a team-best 20.3 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior…McKeesport reached the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs last year.

IAA Fan:
Wow. Not very often we see a top-scorer on a 5A prep basketball team. Even if it is for FB. 6-6 225 sounds like a nice pick-up if he has hands to go with that height.

Wick250:
Logically, any basketball player that can average 20+ points must have good hands.  We shall see.  I really like the idea of recruiting multi-sport athletes.

IAA Fan:

--- Quote from: Wick250 on April 15, 2020, 03:33:21 PM ---... I really like the idea of recruiting multi-sport athletes.

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Coach used to talk about it back when he was doing the radio shows.. Makes sense, like you said basketball and hands (and used to be the ability to jump). Track guys: sprinters, jumpers, weight throwers. Wrestlers for upper body strength with linemen.

go guins:

--- Quote from: Wick250 on April 15, 2020, 03:33:21 PM ---Logically, any basketball player that can average 20+ points must have good hands.  We shall see.  I really like the idea of recruiting multi-sport athletes.

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agree on both points.

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