Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty announces SEC football offer

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Sunday, April 7, 2019 | 10:22 PM


Central Catholic defensive end A.J. Beatty announced his first SEC offer Saturday, adding to a growing list that already includes ACC, Big 10 and Big 12 schools.

Beatty received a South Carolina offer during a visit to Columbia for the Gamecocks’ spring game.

The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end now has three dozen Division 1 offers including Power 5 schools Pitt, West Virginia, Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers and Syracuse.

Rivals.com rates Beatty as a three-star recruit and ranks him seventh overall among Pennsylvania prospects in the 2020 class.

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

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