Lions247 - Fight On State - Penn State Nittany Lions Football Recruiting (2024)

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FB Recruiting Stock Report: How did Penn State fare with visitors during the first week of spring practice? VIP Tyler Calvaruso
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FB Recruiting Top 100 DL Darren Ikinnagbon gets look at Penn State in action VIP Brian Dohn
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Football Schedule

09/02
38-15 W
09/09
63-7 W
09/16 @
13-30 W
09/23
31-0 W
09/30 @
13-41 W
10/14
63-0 W
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10/21 @
20-12 L
10/28
33-24 W
11/04 @
15-51 W
11/11
15-24 L
11/18
27-6 W
11/24 @
0-42 W
12/30
25-38 L

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Crystal Ball Predictions

- Naeshaun Montgomery
- WR / 6-1 / 165
- 0.9434
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Lex Cyrus
- WR / 5-10 / 170
- 0.9108
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 175
- 0.8824
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 175
- 0.8824
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Michael Troutman
- IOL / 6-2 / 270
- 0.8578
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8943
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8943
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8943
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9336
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9336
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9336
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8912
- Predicted by: Bill Kurelic
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9412
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9412
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9412
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8912
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Brady O'Hara
- ATH / 6-6 / 235
- 0.8921
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8912
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8912
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Brady O'Hara
- ATH / 6-6 / 235
- 0.8921
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Brady O'Hara
- ATH / 6-6 / 235
- 0.8921
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Kiandrea Barker
- RB / 5-11 / 183
- 0.9032
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Quanell X Farrakhan Jr.
- WR / 6-0 / 170
- 0.9088
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Kiandrea Barker
- RB / 5-11 / 183
- 0.9032
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Kiandrea Barker
- RB / 5-11 / 183
- 0.9032
- Predicted by: Brian Perroni
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop

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Team News

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Top 100 DL Darren Ikinnagbon gets look at Penn State in action

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Brian Dohn 23 hours ago

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Confirmed Visitors List: Which recruits attended Penn State spring practice on Saturday?

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Mar 17, 5:24 AM

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Penn State cements itself as serious contender with EDGE Zion Elee after spring practice visit

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Mar 16, 4:44 PM

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Recruiting Roundup: Links to the latest buzz as Penn State wraps up its first week of spring practice

FB Recruiting Tyler Calvaruso Mar 16, 4:20 PM

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Top247 CB Dawayne Galloway recaps Penn State visit and looks ahead to Tennessee

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Steve Wiltfong Mar 16, 11:30 AM

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Five-star receiver Kaliq Lockett gives Penn State trip positive reviews

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Mike Roach Mar 16, 8:00 AM

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Tyler's Tidbits (3/16): Saturday's visitors + Update on a priority target

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Mar 16, 5:00 AM

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Top247 safety JaDon Blair goes in-depth on each of seven OV destinations

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Brian Dohn Mar 15, 8:17 PM

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Pair of regional 2026 recruits schedule Penn State visits

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Mar 15, 5:13 PM

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VIP Intel: Top247 edge rusher locks in Penn State official visit

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Mar 15, 3:37 PM

Top Targets

Linkon Cure
TE / 6-6 / 220 0.9788
- 100%
Kainoa Winston
S / 5-10 / 185 0.9559
Matt Zollers
QB / 6-3.5 / 205 0.9492
Malachi Goodman
IOL / 6-5 / 315 0.8895

2025 Recruiting Rankings

The Formula
where c is a specific team's total number of commits and R_n is the 247Sports Composite Rating of the nth-best commit times 100.
Explanation
In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.
Each recruit is weighted in the rankings according to a Gaussian distribution formula (a bell curve), where a team's best recruit is worth the most points. You can think of a team's point score as being the sum of ratings of all the team's commits where the best recruit is worth 100% of his rating value, the second best recruit is worth nearly 100% of his rating value, down to the last recruit who is worth a small fraction of his rating value. This formula ensures that all commits contribute at least some value to the team's score without heavily rewarding teams that have several more commitments than others.
Readers familiar with the Gaussian distribution formula will note that we use a varying value for σ based on the standard deviation for the total number of commits between schools for the given sport. This standard deviation creates a bell curve with an inflection point near the average number of players recruited per team.
Below is a graphical representation of how our formula works. You can see that the area under the curve gets smaller both as the rating for a commit decreases and as the number of total commits for a school increases. The y-axis in this graph represents the percentage weight of the score that gets applied to an overall team ranking.