<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#000000">Eric Shrive</span></span> (<span style="color:#000000">Rivals Profile</span>, <span style="color:#000000">Scout Profile</span>) Offensive Tackle Scranton (PA) West Scranton Ht: 6-foot-7 Wt: 285 lbs Forty: 5.1 secs Bench max: n/a Squat max: n/a Vertical: n/a GPA: n/a Class: 2009 (High School) Offers: Auburn, Florida State, Illinois, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pittsbrgh, Rutgers, Virginia
24 colleges seeking Invaders’ star | The Times Tribune <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>At birth, he measured 24 inches and weighed close to 10 pounds. By fourth grade, he wrestled at the East Nationals in the 110-pound weight class. As a freshman, he moved up to the varsity football team, weighing 255 pounds and standing 6 feet 5 inches tall. Now he’s 6-7, weighs 295 pounds and wears a size 16 shoe. And he’s a big-time football recruit. “He’s the total package,” said Matt Alkire, national recruiting analyst for Scout.com. “It’s a combination of things. His size and strength and the way he plays football come into play. He’s technically sound. “And Eric plays with a nasty streak and with great intensity.” For the second time in as many years, West Scranton is at the center of the early football recruiting season. Last winter, tight end Hubie Graham, who accepted a scholarship to the University of Illinois after being courted by 29 Football Bowl Subdivision schools, brought the spotlight to Luzerne Street. Now it’s shining bright again. With two full weeks remaining in March, Shrive has received 24 scholarship offers from college football’s finest programs and that list is expected to grow. Among the tackles listed on Rivals.com Top 100, only Xavier Nixon, a 6-6, 275-pounder from Fayetteville, N.C., is close to that number, with 10 offers. Continued . . .</div>
Shrive ready for more trips | Yahoo! Sports <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>One of the nation’s top offensive tackles has been a busy man of late, visiting schools across the country and evaluating his college options. Junior Eric Shrive, the four-star lineman from Scranton (Penn.) West Scranton has already visited Florida, Miami, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and Penn State. “I’ll be heading out to Illinois on Thursday,” Shrive said. “Next week I’ll be heading to Ohio State. Then the weekend of April 19, I’ll be heading out to Rutgers. “I’m just weighing my options right now. No one is sticking out yet.” The 6-foot-7, 285-pound prospect checks in at No. 49 on the Rivals100 list. He holds offers from all the schools he has visited, as well as programs such as Oklahoma, Michigan, Florida State and Auburn. He also said he is undecided as to whether he will attend summer camps.</div>
Shrive committed to Penn State this morning. This was a real shocker as he was expected to wait the process out, and the three schools he was thought to be highly considering were Notre Dame, Rutgers, and Illinois. This is a big time shocker that came out of nowhere.
