Penn head coach Al Bagnoli on Thursday announced his final recruiting class. Bagnoli will retire after his 22nd season as coach.
The Class of 2018 will have 27 players total, four from New Jersey and two from Pennsylvania:
Robbie Arancio, FB - Delbarton High School, Warren, N.J.
The 6-foot, 225-pound fullback was a two-time first-team all-conference player in high school and a 2013 first-team all-county.
Nicholas Bokun, TE - Hobart High School, Hobart, Ind.
A 6-foot-4, 245-pound tight end, Bokun was named to the 2012 all-state juniors team by the Indiana Football Coaches Association. He was a 2013 academic all-state.
Mustafaa Dais, WR - The Hackley School, Pomona, N.Y.
Dais lettered in football, basketball and track & field at The Hackley School. The 6-foot-2 receiver won two league titles playing football, and twice made the first-team all-state football team.
Brock Elmore, K/P - Bloomington High School, Bloomington, Ind.
The 6-foot-3 kicker/punter was a 2013 academic all-state and named to the 2013 all-state senior team by the Indiana Football Coaches Associations.
Sam Follansbee, LB - North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, N.J.
A 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker, Follansbee served as team captain in his senior season at North Hunterdon High School. He was also a 2013 first-team all-conference, all-county, all-area and all-West Jersey.
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Tayler Hendrickson, DL - Middletown South High School, Red Bank, N.J.
The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder lettered three years in football and was first-team all-division in each year.
Ben Henry, OL - Palisades High School, Upper Black Eddy, Pa.
Henry (6-2/290) was Palisades High School’s team captain in his senior season, which he was also named first-team all-state.
Hunter Kelley, P/K - Edison High School, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Kelley lettered three times in football and soccer, and was a three-time Scholar Athlete honoree in both football and basketball. He was named the Sunset League Kicker of the Year in 2013.
Nathan Kirchmier, OL - American Heritage School, Pembroke Pines, Fla.
The 6-foot-4, 295-pound lineman was named by the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel 2013 first-team all-county.
Ephraim Lee, S - Marian Central Catholic High School, Lake in the Hills, Ill.
Lee was a first-team all-conference a first team all-area in 2013 and was also an academic all-state in 2013.
Ayman Mayberry, CB - Francis Parker School, Chula Vista, Calif.
The San Diego Union Tribune named the 5-foot-11 defensive back to the 2013 all-academic team, and his team won the 2013 conference championship with a 10-0 season.
Brandon Michel, CB - Phillips Academy, East Walpole, Mass.
Michel was named to the 2013 all-New England team and was also named his team MVP in 2013.
Brandon Mills, LB/RB - Mira Costa High School, Hawthorne, Calif.
The 6-foot-1, 220-pound linebacker twice served as team captain and was also a two-time all-area and all-league honoree by the Daily Breeze.
Brandon Myden, DL - Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Calif.
Myden was first-team all-league, first-team all-section and second-team all-county in 2013.
Nick Neu, DE - Roncalli High School, Indianapolis, Ind.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end set his high school’s single-season record for tackles for loss with 32 in his senior season. He was also a two-time team defensive MVP.
Zach O’Leary, LS/LB - Lawrenceville School, Manteca, Calif.
The 6-foot-1 long snapper and linebacker was his school’s valedictorian.
Kylan Philbert-Richardson, S - Archbishop Williams High School, Randolph, Mass.
Philbert-Richardson was a two-time all-scholastic selection at high school and a two-time league all-star.
Nick Rittenhouse, QB - Space Coast High School, Cocoa, Fla.
Rittenhouse holds the single season and career school records in total yards, total touchdowns, completions and passing yards and is third all-time in state history with nine touchdowns (five passing, four rushing) in a single game.
Tre Solomon, RB - Xavier High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Solomon was a three-time team captain and team MVP.
Lukas Sontich, DE - Chagrin Falls High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Sontich was named to Ohio’s Top 200 Prospects by Scouting Ohio.
Austin Stapleton, OL - St. Joseph Region High School, Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.
His brother, Christian, currently is a wide receiver for Penn.
Drew Trabing, OL - Prior Lake High School, Prior Lake, Minn.
The 6-foot-4 lineman was first-team all-state, first-team all-conference and first-team all-metro in 2013.
Chibuzor Ugwu, DL - Hightower High School, Sugar Land, Texas
Ugwu was a four-time first-team all-district and a two-time all-city.
Louis Vecchio, DE - Villa Park High School, Orange, Calif.
Vecchio was a two-time all-section, two-time all-county, two-time all-league and a two-time Century League Lineman of the Year in football. He also played basketball.
Justin Watson, WR - South Fayette High School, Bridgeville, Pa.
Watson set league records in 2013 with 1,568 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns. Those numbers also placed him fourth and third in state history in those categories, respectively.
Alex Weber, LB - Chiawana High School, Pasco, Wash.
Weber won four league championships and the 2013 state title in high school. He was a two-time league MVP.
Gerhard Williams IV, Fleming Island High School, Fleming Island, Fla.
The 6-foot-6 lineman served as team captain in his senior season in which his team went 10-0 and won the 2013 division title.