MaxPreps 2017 Pennsylvania Football National Signing Day recap

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Steel Valley safety will stay close to home at Pittsburgh.

MaxPreps is your source for National Signing Day information this season, nationwide and in Pennsylvania.

The activity and suspense from the day has just about wrapped up and Pennsylvania can lay claim to 51 recruits who signed National Letters of Intent. There are also three more who are still committed but have not signed.

Visit our Pennsylvania National Signing Day page to see the names, rankings and high schools of all the Pennsylvania players who signed or did not sign Wednesday. You can sort by division as well, breaking things down to even smaller levels.

Here are some fun facts from what went down on National Signing Day in Pennsylvania:

- Penn State kept five Keystone State players home, leading its recruiting class with a trio of 4-stars: Harrisburg DE/TE Damion Barber, Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) OL/DL Chris "C.J." Thorpe and Clairton CB/RB Lamont Wade.
- Notre Dame landed three Pennsylvania recruits, including 4-star Central Catholic FB/LB David Adams, North Allegheny (Wexford) T/DE Joshua Lugg and 3-star Central Catholic OL/DL Kurt Hinish.
- Pitt kept six recruits home for Saturday gamedays headed by 4-star Steel Valley (Munhall) S Paris Ford.
- West Virginia scored four Pennsylvania recruits including a trio of 3-stars that includes North Penn (Lansdale) WR/SS Ricky Johns, Greater Johnstown (Johnstown) WR/DB Exree Loe and Ligonier Valley (Ligonier) QB/SS Collin Smith.