6/18/2024 football Edit

Where Penn State's 2025 class ranks following Jahmir Joseph commitment

Dylan Callaghan-Croley • Happy Valley Insider

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Following their latest commitment from four-star Rivals250 cornerback Jahmir Joseph, the Penn State Nittany Lions are closing in on a top-10 ranking once again in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to the Rivals team recruiting rankings.

The No. 138 player in the nation and the No. 12 cornerback movies the Nittany Lions upto No. 11 in the Rivals team recruiting rankings. Just nine points behind the Clemson Tigers who currently hold 13 commitments in their own class.

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The Nittany Lions also have the fifth best class in the Big Ten when including future Big Ten addition USC, who will officially join the conference on July 1.

Ohio State currently leads the nation with the No. 1 recruiting class, holding 16 commitments. Out of those 16 commitments, four are five-star prospects, 11 are four-star prospects, and one is a three-star prospect.

USC is the next Big Ten team up in the top-10, at No.5 with 13 commitments. They hold a pair of five-star commitments and eight four-star commitments. Rutgers is currently at No. 6 but leads the country with 27 commitments while Wisconsin sits at No. 7 with 19 commitments including five, four-star commitments.

Also within the top-25 is Minnesota at No. 15 with 23 commitments while future Big Ten member Oregon is at No. 22 with nine commitments.

A quiet month of June so far for Penn State

Historically, June has been a strong month for Penn State when it comes to recruiting. However, the 2025 recruiting cycle has not been as successful for the Nittany Lions, picking up just a pair of commitments this month.

Last week, Santa Ana (CA) four-star cornerback Daryus Dixson made his commitment to the Nittany Lions and of course Jahmir Joseph joined the fold on Monday evening.

That being said, the Nittany Lions are in good positions for several prospects who have made visits to Happy Valley this month including CB Brandon Finney, S Antonio Branch Jr, WR Lex Cyrus, WR Jeff Exinor, OT Malachi Goodman, and WR Matthew Outten.

They'll finish up their busy month of June this upcoming weekend by hosting DE LaVar Arrington II, S JaDon Blair, WR Naeshaun Mongomery, WR Braswell Thomas, DE Cortez Harris, RB Jabree Coleman, WR Koby Howard, WR Samari Reed, and OG Max Buchanan.