Yazeed Haynes, a four-star wide receiver from North Penn in Lansdale, announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions on his Twitter account.Дecided to stay home! Fully committed to Penn State University! #weare /5ZxS2aLuvM I went with a friend and had the time of my life! I loved it! It only made my love for Penn State football stronger.Penn State football added a 13th verbal commit to its Class of 2023 on Sunday. I bought tickets to the UCF, Illinois, and Purdue games last year. This meant that I could go on the student ticket exchange and purchase tickets. In my senior year, I was dual enrolling at Penn State DuBois in the afternoons, meaning that I had a student ID for Penn State. It was such an amazing experience being there for that game and I am glad that I got to experience history right then and there. We have family friends who have a box and have been gracious enough on a few occasions to allow us to sit in the box with them. In my junior year, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to sit in box seats for the Michigan game that went into 4 OTвЂ™s. I went to the Ohio State White-Out game two years ago, and it got me extremely excited for the days when I was a student and went to every game. In my sophomore year of high school, I started buying tickets of my own to the games. My best friend Taylor and I at the Michigan game I was so excited and I got a picture with him and got his autograph! ItвЂ™s safe to say I was the happiest 10 year old around!

Fun fact: #22 was retired this year in honor of John Cappelletti, making it the first time that a number has been retired! Anyway, after one of the menвЂ™s basketball games, the football players were signing autographs, so my cousin (who is like a brother to me) brought me to the game so I could meet Evan Royster. When I was about ten, I was old enough to know the names of some of the players, and my favorite quickly became Evan Royster because he was #22, which is my favorite number.

Of course, at that time, I didnвЂ™t understand anything about Penn State Football and I just thought it was cool to see the Nittany Lion and watch the cheerleaders and Lionettes.

My first one was probably around the age of 7. Growing up, if there was a game that my uncle couldnвЂ™t go to, my dad got his ticket and took me to the game. He is dedicated to the point of missing major events if they are on the day of a Penn State game. My dad has season tickets along with my uncle, and there have actually been a few weddings that he has missed because of games. I was the kid with the Penn State cheerleader uniform and Nittany Lion stuffed animal who got their picture taken on the Lion Shrine on вЂtake your kid to work day.вЂ™ I knew Penn State was where I wanted to go to school. My dad works here on campus, and the whole time I was growing up, I was in State College usually at least once a week if not more. To start off, for anyone who doesnвЂ™t already know, I am from a small town called Morrisdale, which is about 40 minutes west of State College. Although I have slightly alluded to it at a few points in my blogs, I wanted to write this last post about my Penn State Football story, since it is something that runs in my family, so that you know why I even wrote about it in the first place. Throughout this semester, I have written recaps, analyses, predictions, and breaking news about Penn State football.

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