Things continue to be heating up on the Penn State football recruiting trail. Following a key recruiting weekend that included a new addition to the Class of 2024 and a key recruiting target backing out of his commitment to another school, Penn State is now generating some momentum in the effort to recruit a four-star athlete from New Jersey.
[autotag]Josiah Brown[/autotag], from Hicksville, New York, recently unveiled his top seven schools as he continues his recruiting process. Penn State was among the schools in his latest cut of top schools, and the Nittany Lions appear to be trending toward a commitment according to a couple of notable recruiting analysts.
247Sports Director of Football Recruiting Steve Wiltfong and 247Sports national recruiting analyst Brian Dohn each cast a crystal ball prediction in favor of Penn State for Josiah Brown. And given the established track record of recruiting predictions by each, that should be music to the ears of head coach James Franklin as Brown closes in on a commitment.
Brown is scheduled to make an official visit to Penn State this week, which could be setting the table for a potential commitment. Rutgers is supposedly the second school in the thick of the final stages of the recruiting decision for Brown, although other schools in his top seven included Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Florida.
The On3 recruiting prediction machine previously had Rutgers owning a 50.7% chance of securing a commitment from Brown, with Penn State having a 19.4% chance of winning the commitment. However, the most recent look at the On3 recruiting prediction machine has Penn State with a 90.6% chance of securing the commitment.
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