Penn State has a lot of players on the current roster capable of playing the small forward spot – David Jackson, Jeff Brooks, Billy Oliver, Chris Babb or Cammeron Woodyard – but no one who has proven he can provide consistent offensive production.
So even though coach Ed DeChellis had said earlier this spring that the Nittany Lions planned to give their final remaining scholarship to a big man, Wednesday’s addition of Middletown, Ohio, forward Bill Edwards, Jr., increases the odds that production from that spot will be better next season.
The 6-foot-6, 225-pounder, who chose Penn State over Miami of Ohio and Central Florida during a news conference at Middletown High School, gives DeChellis another frontcourt hybrid – a versatile left-hander with perimeter skills….