{"id":52102,"date":"2024-05-17T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=52102"},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:35:25","slug":"touted-defensive-lineman-iose-epenesa-en-route-to-penn-state-for-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/touted-defensive-lineman-iose-epenesa-en-route-to-penn-state-for-official-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Touted defensive lineman Iose Epenesa en route to Penn State for official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edwardsville (Ill.) High blue-chip edge rusher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/iose-epenesa-49069\/\">Iose Epenesa<\/a><\/strong> is en route to Penn State on Friday morning for his official visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIose loves their defense and likes Coach Franklin,\u201d Epenesa\u2019s father Eppy said.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-4, 245-pound Epenesa has the Nittany Lions in his Top 10 alongside Oregon, Illinois, Utah, Michigan, Miami, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis uncle EJ Esau is a super diehard Penn State fan,\u201d the elder Epenesa said. \u201cHe told Iose to give Penn State a chance and he\u2019s been telling me and Iose all about Penn State.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Epenesa likes Penn State\u2019s track record<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/penn-state-nittany-lions\/football\/2025\/commits\/\">Penn State currently has the nation\u2019s No. 16 recruiting class<\/a>. The younger Epenesa sees a place where he could blossom as a player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir production of defensive ends and defensive line,\u201d Eppy said of what catches his son\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n<p>Epenesa\u2019s oldest brother AJ starred at Iowa and is set to begin his fifth season with the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Iose) likes all the defensive linemen from Penn State that are teammates and friends of his older brother AJ,\u201d Epenesa said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The rest of the itinerary for Epenesa<\/h2>\n<p>Following this trip Epenesa will visit Iowa on June 1, Iowa on June 8, Utah on June 15 and Miami on June 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust what we can fit in on our family summer schedule from his Top 10,\u201d Eppy said.<\/p>\n<p>The On3 Industry ranks Epenesa as the nation\u2019s No. 5 edge and No. 49 prospect overall.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/iose-epenesa-penn-state-official-visit\/\">Touted defensive lineman Iose Epenesa en route to Penn State for official visit<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwardsville (Ill.) High blue-chip edge rusher Iose Epenesa is en route to Penn State on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52129,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52102\/revisions\/52129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}