The recruiting cycle for the 2024 class has really picked up in Penn State’s favor. They started the month of April with a commitment from a four-star cornerback prospect. That brings their total number of players in the 2024 class to six.
The good news continues to come for [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] and Penn State with the news that coveted four-star linebacker [autotag]Dylan Williams[/autotag] included the Nittany Lions in his top seven schools.
Williams is a 6’3″ 215 pound prospect out of Long Beach, California. On3’s combined industry ranking has him rated as the 8th best linebacker in the country and 105th best prospect in the 2024 class.
Williams was previously headed to USC, but decommitted from them in October of 2022. He announced on Twitter that he and his family wanted to open his recruitment again, but USC would remain a top school during the process.
It looks like that is no longer the case.
The top seven schools on Williams’ list are Penn State, Alabama, Oregon, Michigan, Miami, UCLA and Texas.
BREAKING: Four-Star LB Dylan Williams is down to 7️⃣ Schools!
The 6’3 215 LB from Long Beach, CA is ranked as a Top 105 Player in the ‘24 Class (No. 8 LB)
Where Should He Go?👇🏽https://t.co/nvNp5hIyK5 pic.twitter.com/Q2b4ymSPmS
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 2, 2023
The On3 recruiting prediction machine previously gave USC a 76.0% chance to resign Williams. The machine will need to be updated after the exclusion of the Trojans from his top seven. Oregon would seemingly be the leader in the clubhouse since they had a 20.7% chance prior to his announcement.
Williams spoke with Chad Simmons of On3 about Penn State saying, “Coach Franklin actually came up to Poly to meet me and ever since then, they’ve just been recruiting me hard… Penn State is for sure a top school for me. That’s Linebacker University. You already know that’s Linebacker U.”
With two four-star linebackers already committed in the class of 2024, we’ll see Williams is still a priority for the coaching staff still or if Williams wants to have that much competition in his own class.
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