BREAKING: 2025 Offensive Tackle Owen Aliciene Commits to Penn State
Coming out of Saturday's busy junior day at Penn State, the Nittany Lions have landed a commitment. Following his weekend visit, 2025 offensive tackle Owen Aliciene has made the call for the Nittany Lions.
Aliciene chose Penn State over offers from Florida State, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State, and Texas A&M, among others.
Alicene is a product of Avon Old Farms in Avon, Connecticut. At 6-foot-7, Aliciene has the length that college programs value at offensive tackle. Also, already checking in at 270 pounds he is not as big of a project in terms of needing to add weight and size as young, lanky offensive tackles can be at times.
The Nittany Lions becoming the school to beat for Aliciene had been in process for some time. Aliciene visited campus last spring, returned to camp in July, and took in the season-opening victory over West Virginia in September. Following his junior day visit this past weekend, Aliciene was ready to make the call for the Nittany Lions.
Aliciene becomes the 8th member of Penn State's 2025 recruiting class. He is the first pure offensive lineman to join the class, but it is possible, if not likely that Brady O'Hara ends up as an offensive tackle for the Nittany Lions.
With the commitment, Penn State also continues to build its pipeline into Connecticut. The Nittany Lions have signed prospects out The Constitution State in four of the last five cycles including 2024 TE Luke Reynolds, 2023 DB Zion Tracy, 2023 DE Joseph Mupoyi, 2021 DB Jeffrey Davis Jr, and 2020 WR Jaden Dottin.
While neither Davis nor Dottin was able to make an impact during their tenures with the Nittany Lions, the program continuing to build strong connections into Connecticut and the New England region as a whole is important as New England is beginning to become a bit of a hot spot when it comes to producing talent over the last few cycles.
WHO ELSE IS A PART OF PENN STATE'S 2025 RECRUITING CLASS?
| POS. | NAME | STATE | STARS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ATH |
NJ |
5.6 |
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|
RB |
TX |
5.8 |
||
|
LB |
NJ |
5.9 |
||
|
RB |
PA |
5.8 |
||
|
TE |
PA |
5.7 |
||
|
QB |
CO |
5.8 |
||
|
OT |
CT |
5.6 |
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