Penn State adds another pair of commits as coaches hit recruiting trail

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Penn State football bolstered its recruiting class during recent days, adding top-100 Philadelphia defensive tackle Stanley Montgomery and intriguing Tennessee receiver Jamir Dean. We break down those additions and the Nittany Lions' recent success before focusing on coaches visiting prospects across America.

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0:00.0	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast.
0:06.8	I am Tyler Donahue.
0:08.1	He is Tyler Cavaluso, and we've got more recruiting fireworks to discuss for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
0:14.7	Now up to 14 total commitments, the sixth-ranked class nationally.
0:19.7	And remember, you go back to the morning of March 28th.
0:22.8	Matt Campbell wakes up without a single commitment in his back pocket for this
0:27.0	2027 class.
0:28.3	Things have changed in a hurry across the last five weeks.
0:31.2	If you caught our last episode, which went live last Thursday, we talked a bit about
0:35.7	the latest offensive line addition to this class.
0:38.2	Ryan Robbins, we discussed QB recruiting strategy as we're starting to reach a really interesting
0:43.6	point, what's going to happen with a passer in Penn State's recruiting class.
0:47.6	Additionally, we discussed some crystal ball commitment predictions that have been put in on
0:52.6	lines 24-7. And we did not get into what was ultimately a Thursday night commitment.
0:59.6	And this is one that, Tyler, we've been discussing for a long time.
1:02.9	I think he's one of our favorites on the entire target board for a while here for Penn State.
1:07.6	He committed a few hours after we hung things up with that podcast. Stanley
1:12.6	Montgomery out of Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia. What an impact pickup this is for the
1:18.8	Ninty Lions, one of the premier players in the state of Pennsylvania, a guy that you had your
1:22.6	crystal ball pointing toward PSU a while ago, although you were cautious last time we discussed him, which
1:28.9	was maybe in the last week or so, to say, not sure that anything's imminent at this stage.
1:33.8	By the time that we were done recording in the Thursday afternoon, I know that you and I exchanged
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