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Penn State adds preferred walkon offensive lineman Logan Bahn to Class of 2024

Penn State picks up a commitment out of New Jersey to add to its offensive line haul for 2024.

Penn State has focused on beefing up the offensive line in recent recruiting classes, which has helped lead to one of the top offensive lines of the James Franklin era this season. And already making moves to add to the depth in the Class of 2024, the Nittany Lions have added another piece to the recruiting haul.

Logan Bahn, from Ramsey, NJ, announced his commitment to Penn State on his social media account on Thursday.

“After an amazing visit to Penn State [Wednesday] and a phone call with Coach James Franklin [Thursday], I’m excited to announce that I am 100% committed to Penn State football,” Bahn announced. “Can’t wait to get to work!”

Bahn has no recruiting ranking from 247Sports, but he was clearly on Penn State’s radar form a pipeline state. Bahn will join Penn State as a preferred walk-on and reportedly chose that path over options to play for FCS schools including Bucknell, Penn, Cornell, and Colgate. Bahn reportedly had interest in Rutgers, Syracuse, and Temple during his recruiting process. None of the FBS schools on his 247Sports recruiting profile had extended a scholarship offer.

Penn State’s Class of 2024 currently has commitments for the offensive line from four-star players Liam Andrews, Donovan Harbour, [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag], and three-star players Garrett Sexton and [autotag]Caleb Brewer[/autotag].

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Updated On3 recruiting rankings gives big boost to Penn State commits

Penn State’s Class of 2024 gets a boost form updated On300 player rankings from On3.

Penn State’s Class of 2024 lineup of commitments continues to impress in the national rankings with a consensus top 10 class being put together. But on Monday, a number of Penn State commitments saw a nice boost to their individual recruiting ranking from On3, with three players moving up into the top 100 in the nation.

Offensive lineman Garrett Sexton moved up nearly 70 spots in the 2024 recruiting rankings by going from no. 112 overall in the nation up to no. 44. The newest member of the Class of 2024 lineup, defensive lineman Mylachi Williams, cruised all the way up to no. 79 from no. 205. And tight end Luke Reynolds saw a massive surge by jumping all the way up to no. 81 after not being ranked in the On300 rankings previously.

Other notable risers in the On300 rankings from On3 included quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer (no. 176), offensive lineman Cooper Cousins (no. 215), and defensive back Dejuan Lane (no. 274). All three players were previously out of the On300.

Penn State has a few other players in the Class of 2024 On300, of course. Quinton Martin (no. 109), Vaboue Toure (no. 206), and Jon Mitchell (no. 155), Josiah Brown (no. 297) are among the commits ranked inside the On300.

The updated recruiting rankings also gave Penn State a boost on the On3 team rankings for the Class of 2024. The updated rankings boosted Penn State from no. 10 in the On3 class rankings up to no. 8.

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Penn State’s 2024 football commitment tracker

An updated look at Penn State’s Class of 2024 following its most recent commitment.

Penn State pulled in a terrific Class of 2022 and got started with its Class of 2023 with some nice additions. But the work is already underway for the Class of 2024. Penn State received its first commitment to the Class of 2024 in January 2022 with some help on the offensive line in the commitment of in-state offensive tackle Cooper Cousins.

We’ll keep track of every commitment to Penn State’s Class of 2024 with this updated commitment tracker. Of course, this being the world of college football recruiting, there are bound to be some decommitments and twists and turns along the way, but we’ll keep track of those as well should they arise.

This tracker will be updated as necessary, with the most recent update being made on April 29, 2023.

4-Star OT Garrett Sexton commits to Penn State

Penn State adds another big piece for the offensive line in the Class of 2024 with latest commitment from Garrett Sexton.

It may be NFL draft week but for [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] and his staff the work never stops when it comes to building a winner. They skipped the coffee and started their work week by getting a commitment from 4-star Wisconsin offensive tackle recruit [autotag]Garrett Sexton[/autotag].

The 6-foot-7, 245-pound recruit decided to commit to Penn State over Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. He visited Penn State in March and had recently completed a visit to Oklahoma. Despite that visit and the pressure from his home state Wisconsin Badgers, he decided to head to State College to continue his football career.

Sexton is the 11th player to commit to Penn State as a part of their 2024 recruiting class that currently ranks eighth nationally and third in the Big Ten according to 247 Sports. He joins Donovan Harbour who committed last week as the second player to be in the class from the state of Wisconsin. They could add a third with running back Corey Smith set to announce his decision on Friday as he is currently crystal balled to Penn State.

In the 2024 class at his position, Sexton joins [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag] and [autotag]Caleb Brewer [/autotag]as offensive tackles who will be coming to State College. Penn State may have to thank [autotag]Olu Fashanu [/autotag]for spotlighting the position as the top-ranked NFL prospect at the position heading into the 2024 NFL draft.

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Penn State expected to land commitment from four-star OL this week

Penn State is projected to be the favorite to land this massive four-star offensive lineman recruit this week.

After making a trip to Penn State over the weekend to check out the Blue-White Game festivities, Wisconsin offensive lineman [autotag]Donovan Harbour[/autotag] announced he will make his commitment known this week. Given the timing of it all, Penn State appears to be in terrific shape to add another massive offensive lineman to its Class of 2024 recruiting haul.

Harbour is a 6′-3″ 310-pound offensive tackle and a consensus four-star recruit in the Class of 2024 with four-star rankings from 247Sports, On3, Rivals, and ESPN. He is a consensus top-three player from Wisconsin with the top ranking in the state from 247Sports and ESPN. Needless to say, adding a four-star offensive tackle like this from Wisconsin, where the Wisconsin Badgers develop offensive linemen with the best of them, would be a major recruiting victory for James Franklin and Penn State.

Wisconsin is going through coaching change with the program with former Cincinnati head coach (and former Ohio State assistant and interim head coach) Luke Fickell injecting new life into the program. Securing Harbour to stay close to home may have been one of the top objectives for the new regime in Madison, but Penn State has emerged as the favorite on the eve of his commitment announcement.

Harbour announced on his Twitter account he will be announcing his commitment on Tuesday, April 18 (his birthday).

There is just one prediction on the 247Sports crystal ball board, but it favors Penn State after a prediction was cast following the Blue-White Game. The prediction comes from Tyler Calvaruso, who covers Penn State recruiting for Lion247 on the 247Sports network of sites. That prediction was made less than 12 hours after Harbour announced he would be sharing his commitment decision, which was posted to his Twitter account just hours after the Blue-White Game.

The On3 recruiting prediction machine has also calculated Penn State to have a 90.9% chance of receiving Harbour’s commitment. The next closest on the board is Wisconsin with a 2.3% chance of a commitment, followed by Ohio State at 2.0%. That percentage is also heavily influenced by the timing of Harbour’s announcement and visit to Penn State’s spring game as well as the only official prediction on the board coming from another Penn State recruiting insider, Ryan Snyder of Blue White Illustrated.

Penn State’s Class of 2024 kicked off with a commitment from four-star offensive lineman [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag] and recently added two-way lineman [autotag]Caleb Brewer[/autotag], a three-star recruit. Both are in-state recruits for Penn State. The possible addition of Harbour would be a nice piece to add to the class, especially following the Class of 2023 class that was highlighted by the additions of [autotag]J’ven Williams[/autotag] and [autotag]Alex Birchmeier[/autotag].

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Penn State’s Class of 2024 ranking boosted with latest four-star commitment

Penn State trending upward in updated Class of 2024 recruiting rankings after the latest major commitment.

Penn State may have gotten off to a relatively slower start in putting together its Class of 2024 foundation, but the Nittany Lions are rocking and rolling in mid-April. With its most recent commitment of the top player in Pennsylvania, running back Quinton Martin, Penn State’s national recruiting ranking continues to be trending upward.

Penn State’s current Class of 2024 team ranking falls in the top 10 in the nation according to 247Sports and Rivals. The updated class rankings using 247Sports’ composite rankings have Penn State at ninth overall. Rivals ranks Penn State a couple of spots higher at seventh overall.

On3 ranks Penn State slightly outside its top 10. According to the updated On3 team rankings, Penn State is ranked 12th in the nation.

No matter which recruiting outlet’s rankings you want to go by, Penn State is still putting together another high-quality recruiting class in 2024 the way things are going. But it is also worth noting Penn State still has the third-best recruiting class among Big Ten teams on each class ranking.

Michigan and Ohio State are each ranked ahead of Penn State in the various Class of 2024 rankings. The Wolverines have the highest-ranked class in the Big Ten according to 247Sports and Rivals, but Ohio State comes out ahead of the Big Ten schools with On3’s rankings.

Penn State’s addition of a commitment from Martin on Friday evening gives Penn State its top recruiting target in the Class of 2024, at least within the state of Pennsylvania. Martin is the top-rated recruit in Pennsylvania across all recruiting outlets, and he is considered a top 100 player by most of those outlets as well. Martin is the sixth four-star player in the current recruiting class according to the 247Sports composite rankings.

Martin is also the fourth player ranked in the top 10 in Pennsylvania to commit to Penn State. He joins offensive lineman [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag], linebacker [autotag]Anthony Specca[/autotag], and cornerback [autotag]Kenneth Woseley[/autotag]. Offensive tackle Kevin Haywood, of Royersford, is a possible future commit for Penn State as well, which would be another top 10 player in the state to join the Nittany Lions. Only two players in the top 10 of Pennsylvania have committed elsewhere with wide receiver Tyseer Denmark (Oregon) and offensive lineman Peter Jones (Notre Dame) opting to go elsewhere.

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3-star offensive lineman has Penn State in top 4

Penn State in top four for this Class of 2024 offensive line recruiting target

Penn State has started to pick up their recruiting efforts for the class of 2024 in recent months. The class started out looking bleak, but has picked up some serious momentum. The Nittany Lions are now up to six commitments with some speculation there could be another coming soon.

Penn State has their sights set on beefing up their offensive line for the 2024 class. They already secured four-star prospect [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag] in January, but have been recruiting others in the class to join him.

[autotag]Garrett Sexton[/autotag] is a 6’7″ 245 pound prospect from Wisconsin. The three-star offensive lineman included the Nittany Lions on his list after his unofficial visit in late March. 18 schools have offered Sexton a scholarship, but he cut his list to four schools on Thursday.

Included in his announcement was that he’ll be making deciding on which program he’ll commit to on May 1st.

The three other schools in his top four are Oklahoma, Minnesota and Iowa.

On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has Minnesota in the lead to land the three-star prospect. They give the Golden Gophers a 30.2% chance to get Sexton. He’s had two unofficial visits to the campus and looks to be the strong leader in his recruitment.

Penn State is currently sitting at a 9.9% chance to get Sexton, but the machine hasn’t been updated since he announced his top four schools. Out of the other programs on the list, Penn State has the third best odds to get him according to the Recruiting Prediction Machine.

247Sports has the recruiting rankings very close between Penn State, Iowa and Minnesota. They are ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively in the Big Ten for the 2024 class.

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Four-star CB Kenneth Woseley II commits to Penn State

Penn State went into the weekend with another four-star commitment on the board in the Class of 2024.

[autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] likes to say the best stay in PA and the Nittany Lions added another player who fits that mold on Friday.

Cornerback [autotag]Kenneth Woseley II[/autotag], a four-star recruit, committed to Penn State on Friday making him the fourth player to commit in the class of 2024. He joins fellow four-star recruits [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag], [autotag]Anthony Speca[/autotag] and [autotag]Kari Jackson[/autotag] in next year’s class giving the Nittany Lions a strong start to what will be a tough cycle.

Something that always is nice, apart from getting a recruiting commitment, is taking away from other Big Ten schools. Woseley II was also considering Nebraska and Rutgers, but the player from Philadelphia ultimately decided to stay in the state and head northwest.

On the 247Sports live stream of his decision, Woseley II was asked what was Penn State going to be getting and he responded with “a top Philly dog.”

Woseley really got to work and spend time with defensive coordinator [autotag]Manny Diaz[/autotag] during his official visit with the team and it proved vital to his decision. Woseley explained, “I like how coach Diaz’s defense plays gritty and disruptive and I truly believe that it fits my style of play…coach (Bryce) Jones sees me playing corner or nickel.”

He becomes the fourth player that Franklin and his staff have recruited from Philadelphia now. They already have linebacker Abdul Carter, safety Tyrece Mills and linebacker Keon Wylie who all are on the defensive side of the ball and ready to welcome another from the area to their group.

According to 247Sports’ rankings, Woseley sits as the nation’s No. 31 cornerback overall and is eighth overall in the state of Pennslyvania. Looking at the bigger picture, Penn State now sits ranked 17th in the 2023 recruiting class rankings and is third in the Big Ten behind Iowa and Michigan who rank 14th and 5th respectively.

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Linebacker-U! Penn State gets four-star commitment in Class of 2024

Penn State’s newest commitment for the Class of 2024 is in

Just days after a major recruiting weekend for Penn State, the Nittany Lions have successfully landed a four-star linebacker right from within the state of Pennsylvania. [autotag]Anthony Specca[/autotag], of Pittsburgh, gave his verbal commitment to Penn State on Tuesday to become the newest member of Penn State’s next recruiting class for 2024.

Specca announced his commitment on Twitter with words of thanks to his high school coaches and family.

Specca is rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals but just three stars by 247Sports and On3. However, On3 and 247Sports both have consensus recruiting rankings that calculate Specca to be a four-star recruit using their respective metrics. The bottom line is Penn State knew they wanted to keep Specca from leaving the state and, at this point at least, they have managed to do so.

Specca is coming off a junior season for Central Catholic in Pittsburgh in which he recorded 122 tackles with 19 TFL and six sacks with three forced fumbles, and an interception.

Specca had been considered a Penn State lean for a while leading up to this past weekend’s junior day event. Coming out of the junior day at Penn State, predictions began flowing in suggesting Specca had decided on Penn State once and for all. Specca committed to Penn State over offers from Tennessee, Florida State, Texas A&M, and more. Specca had made many unofficial visits to Penn State during his recruiting process though, and the Nittany Lions were always considered a favorite in the process.

According to the 247Sports player rankings, Specca is the ninth-ranked player in the state of Pennsylvania. He joins offensive lineman [autotag]Cooper Cousins[/autotag] as now of two top-10 players in the state to commit to Penn State, and [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] is hoping for a few more along the way. Specca is the top linebacker in the state

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