Penn State remains in the thick of a heated race to secure a commitment from one of its top wide receiver targets in the Class of 2024, and the race is now coming down the final stretch.
[autotag]Koby Howard[/autotag] has reportedly set his commitment announcement date for Aug. 24, the day of his high school football season opener. Penn State is among the final teams in the running along with Florida, Florida State, Ole Miss, Miami, and Auburn. Tennessee, one of the early favorites for Howard, has seemingly fallen out of the running as the talented receiver approaches his commitment announcement.
Rivals rates Howard as a four-star player and the 26th overall player in Florida. Rivals also ranks Howard as the no. 28 overall wide receiver in the nation, and the 145th-best player overall in the nation. Howard, a 6’1″ receiver playing for Chaminade Madonna, would be a major addition to the Penn State recruiting class in 2025.
247Sports rates Howard as a three-star player, but does have him as a four-star player on the composite rankings. On3 also rates Howard as a three-star player but gives him a fourth star on their industry rankings. 247Sports seems to have Howard’s recruitment coming down between Penn State and Ole Miss, but On3 has Penn State going up against Florida for the best odds of getting Howard’s commitment. On3 gives Florida a 46.1% chance of winning this recruiting battle, and Penn State gets a 37.7% chance.
Penn State’s current Class of 2025 recruiting class is currently ranked no. 16 in the 247Sports composite team rankings. Among the 21 commitments in the recruiting class are receivers Jeff Exinor Jr. and Lyrick Samuel.
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