The question marks at the wide receiver position have surrounded Penn State since their spring game. James Franklin came out and said that he would like to add depth through the transfer portal before the season starts. In the early transfer portal window, they were able to add two transfers in [autotag]Dante Cephas[/autotag] and [autotag]Malik McClain[/autotag]. Franklin still doesn’t think that’s enough as they’re trying to add more at the position.
Even though receivers in the class of 2024 won’t impact this season, getting recruits in the program would ensure that they won’t be in this position going forward.
2024 wide receiver Jason Robinson has put Penn State in his top 10 list of schools. The three-star prospect from Texas is a former USC commit who decided to reopen his recruiting process on February 14th when he decommitted from the Trojans.
Other schools included in his list are USC, Notre Dame, BYU, California, Colorado, Florida State, Utah, Syracuse and Washington.
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— JASON ROBINSON JR (@JasonR0binsonJR) May 12, 2023
Robinson is a 5’10” 145 pound wide receiver who plays his high school football in California for Long Beach Poly. He had visited USC 10 times before committing and then decommitting to the program.
On3’s industry rankings have him ranked as the 78th wide receiver in the class of 2025. Their Recruiting Prediction Machine has Notre Dame as the favorites to land Robinson with a 52.3% chance. 247Sports has their Crystal Ball favoring Notre Dame to land him as well.
Despite these projections, Robinson told On3 that he plans to take his time saying, “I really don’t have a deadline that I need to be at. It’s just when I feel it, I feel it.”
He visited Penn State in mid-April, who are currently given a less than one percent chance to land the three-star prospect.
Right now, it looks bleak that Penn State will add their first wide receiver to their 2024 class, but since Robinson plans to take a while during his process, there is a chance the Nittany Lions could climb their way to the top of his list.
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