North Penn rising senior Nyfease West has made a verbal commitment to play football at Delaware State.
Nyfease West has had a love affair with football since he began playing as a five-year-old. He served early notice that he was a special talent, bursting onto the high school scene to rush for 1,500 yards as a sophomore running back for North Penn.
On Tuesday night, the rising senior brought an early end to the recruiting process when he made a verbal commitment to take his talents to Delaware State University.
"I met the Delaware State coach when he came into the school in the beginning of May," West said of running backs coach Vincent White, whose visit was followed by a visit from first-year head coach Kenneth Carter. "The following week they offered me.
"I've just been talking to them since May. I liked how friendly the coaches were and how serious they were. They're very serious, and it's a new staff also, so I have a lot of faith in them."
Delaware State, a late arrival on the recruiting scene that won out over Villanova and several other D-1AA schools, felt like a perfect fit.
"I think I had a better relationship with the coaches there, and I do have a chance of playing as a freshman," said West. "I've been thinking about this since middle school. I always wanted to go to a D-1 school. It's just a great experience for me, honestly, and a great experience for my family and my team."
In West, Delaware State inherits a player who can make things happen on the football field.
"His biggest strength is his versatility as a running back," coach Dick Beck said. "Ultimately, he wanted to play running back in college, and Delaware State was recruiting him only as a running back.
"He can do everything - he can run the ball out of the backfield, he can catch the ball out of the backfield very well, and he can line up at the slot. He can be very versatile for them."
Last fall, West rushed for more than a thousand yards and 17 touchdowns, and he will be expected once again be a difference maker on the gridiron as a senior leader.
"I'm excited for him,” Beck said. “His family went for a campus visit three weeks ago, and they really liked it. I think he's going to end up very happy there. I think academically it fits him, so I think it's a good fit.
"(As a senior), he can focus less on where he's going to school and more on coming to practice every day and being a leader and going to school everyday and doing the things he needs to concentrate on instead of up all night worrying about where he's going to go, researching schools, talking to coaches. This will kind of clear to way to just focus on what he needs to focus on."
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