Givens won't play for Lions

One of the best players in Penn State's 2009 recruiting class, cornerback Darrell Givens, will not play football for the Nittany Lions, according to a BWI article today.

Givens has apparently not met the academic requirements to attend Penn State, and will begin looking at other schools for football. He is already entertaining tons of offers, with the favorites being Miami, Florida, Rutgers, North Carolina, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Nebraska and South Carolina.

According to BWI, Larry Johnson Sr. offered to get Givens into a prep school this summer (ala Daryll Clark), but Givens said no.

Update (12:00 a.m. 7/31/09): Apparently, Joe Paterno is trying to get Givens to stay. We'll see. (HT: BSD)