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<p>The fallout of a fight between players on a New Jersey high school football team has cost a Penn State recruit his scholarship.</p><p>According to multiple outlets and first reported by Lions247, defensive end Dorian Hardy had his offer from the Nittany Lions rescinded this week after Hardy was allegedly involved in an altercation that included a teammate and his father, who is an assistant coach.</p><p><a href="http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/4192807539201766987/top-recruit-involved-in-paramus-catholic-brawl-losses-scholarship-to-penn-state/#incart_river_home" target="_blank">Reports from NJ.com</a> detailed the Oct. 6 incident at Paramus Catholic High School, where Hardy and another senior are alleged to have been the instigators in a fight that ended up with a freshman teammate, Miles Mitchell, being diagnosed with a concussion and being admitted to the hospital on Wednesday after suffering a seizure at school.</p><p>The player&#8217;s father, Michael Mitchell, was also involved and told NJ.com he has been fired as a coach at Paramus while Hardy has left the school.</p><p>Both Mitchell and Hardy&#8217;s parents have provided differing accounts of the fight. Hardy&#8217;s father told NJ.com that Miles Mitchell had hit another teammate with his helmet and that Dorian had entered in his defense before being punched by Michael Mitchell.</p><p>According to the report, charges are expected to be filed &#8220;in the next couple days.&#8221;</p><p>Rated the nation&#8217;s No. 174 overall player in the 247Sports Composite rankings, Hardy had committed to the Lions in June and was the team&#8217;s only defensive end in the 2018 class, which now stands at 22 members.</p><p>A four-star prospect, Hardy also held offers from a who&#8217;s who of college football &#8212; Alabama, Florida, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and reigning national champ Clemson, among others.</p><p>Penn State remains in pursuit of several other high-profile defensive ends, including No. 1-ranked Micah Parsons, the Harrisburg High School talent who had previously been committed to the Lions before reopening his recruitment earlier this year.</p><p><strong>Bye week rumors</strong></p><p>Penn State is off this week before hosting Michigan for a 7:30 p.m. game on Oct. 21 at Beaver Stadium. Many Lions coaches are taking the weekend to get out around the country and recruit, with James Franklin saying Wednesday he was headed to Texas himself. Penn State has two verbal commitments for the 2018 class in the Lone Star State and is</p><p>On Thursday, CBS Sports reported that <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/penn-state-is-preparing-for-texas-a-m-to-make-a-run-at-james-franklin/" target="_blank">Texas A&amp;M (4-2) would take a run at hiring Franklin</a> should the Aggies dismiss coach Kevin Sumlin this season.</p><p>Franklin responded via Twitter on Friday morning.</p><p>&#8220;Recruiting is a crazy business, people will do anything to create drama,&#8221; Franklin wrote before listing out that he&#8217;s a Pennsylvania native who is coaching the No. 3 team in the country to go with the No. 3 recruiting class for 2018.</p><p>Franklin signed an extension through 2022 with Penn State in the summer that made him one of the highest-paid coaches in the country.</p><style>
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Recruit from New Jersey loses Penn State scholarship offer after altercation