Intel on Penn State's four new commits and what comes next for recruiting class

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Penn State football picked up four commitments during a three-day span, soaring to a top-10 national ranking among 2027 recruiting classes. We evaluate each of the Nittany Lions' latest pickups, then place focus on other priority targets.

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0:00.0	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast. I am Tyler Donahue. He is Tyler Calveruso. We've got a really busy week ahead of us here in Happy Valley. Plenty of content coming your way at Lines247.com. Hopefully everyone's week is off to a good start. We're working our way through some 40-degree weather. It feels like we got sent back into March, but it looks like the forecast will be a bit nicer on Saturday. When we get back into Beaver Stadium for the blue-white event, we'll have a chance to see this team in action. So will many of you who make the trip here to State College to join us inside the stadium.
0:39.9	We'll have some coverage from team facilities this week.
0:42.8	We'll get another chance to hear from Matt Campbell, some members of the staff,
0:48.1	a variety of players leading up to practice number 15, which will finish off spring camp.
0:52.0	We've also got the NFL draft coming our way Thursday through Saturday.
0:55.1	A lot of former Nittany Lions expected to hear their name called along the way. So those will be some topics we really dive into on the next episode of this
1:00.1	podcast. But first things first to lead off on a Monday, Mr. Calvaruso, we have a lot to talk about
1:06.2	with this growing 2027 Nittany Lions recruiting class, suddenly inside the top 10 of national rankings, 11 guys on board.
1:15.5	Four of them have joined since we last spoke on this podcast.
1:19.2	So we're playing catch up a bit and we're going to have a lot of fun.
1:21.9	I think this will be one of the more positive recruiting-related conversations that you
1:26.0	and I will have had since Matt Campbell took over the program.
1:29.1	Yeah, four commitments in, what, three days? It kind of has to be by default, right?
1:32.7	Another hot stretch for the staff. And look, we're talking about now, this time last month,
1:39.3	they had no commits on board in that 27 class going on a spring ball and people were freaking out on social
1:44.6	media even when they probably shouldn't have been freaking out on social media and here we are
1:48.9	on the verge of a top five ranking closing on top targets on both sides of the ball if you're a
1:55.3	Penn State fan you got to be very happy excited whatever adjective you want to use you should be
2:00.3	feeling good about the way this 27 class is coming together now.
2:04.0	They're still playing more work to do.
2:05.7	And look, there are going to be some losses along the way as well, right?
2:08.8	Not every recruitment is going to go your way.
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