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Crystal Ball Predictions

- Jahmir Joseph
- CB / 6-0 / 185
- 0.9234
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Jahmir Joseph
- CB / 6-0 / 185
- 0.9234
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Jeff Exinor Jr.
- WR / 6-2 / 220
- 0.9074
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Josh Johnson
- S / 6-3 / 185
- 0.8683
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 7 High
- Vip Scoop
- Josh Johnson
- S / 6-3 / 185
- 0.8683
- Predicted by: Allen Trieu
- 7 High
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Zach Blostein
- 6 Med
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Naeshaun Montgomery
- WR / 6-1 / 165
- 0.9313
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Lex Cyrus
- WR / 5-10 / 170
- 0.9103
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 180
- 0.8924
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 180
- 0.8924
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Michael Troutman
- IOL / 6-2 / 270
- 0.8667
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Bill Kurelic
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Brady O'Hara
- ATH / 6-6 / 245
- 0.8893
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
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Team News

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Four-star wide receiver Koby Howard sets Penn State official visit

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso 15 hours ago

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Another in-state standout has return to Penn State coming up

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso 20 hours ago

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PODCAST: Lions land another commitment and target more; Penn State offseason intel at several positions

FB Recruiting Tyler Donohue Jun 18, 3:37 PM

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2026 WR Jahsiear Rogers discusses Penn State offer, when he will be back in State College

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 18, 1:16 PM

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Top247 Penn State cornerback target Brandon Finney inching closer to commitment

FB Recruiting Tyler Calvaruso Jun 18, 11:56 AM

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Tyler's Tidbits (6/18): Where does Penn State go with its 2026 quarterback recruiting after Dia Bell to Texas?

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 18, 8:00 AM

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Crystal Ball Watchlist: Who could be next to commit to Penn State?

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 18, 5:30 AM

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Commit Analysis: What is Penn State getting in Top247 cornerback Jahmir Joseph?

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 17, 7:23 PM

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Long, athletic Top247 CB Jahmir Joseph commits to Penn State

FB Recruiting Brian Dohn Jun 17, 7:17 PM

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Key in-state underclassman returning to Penn State this week

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 17, 4:04 PM

Top Targets

Linkon Cure
TE / 6-6 / 220 0.9791
- 100%
Daryus Dixson
CB / 6-0 / 180 0.9525

Committed - 6/10/2024
Malachi Goodman
IOL / 6-5 / 315 0.9228
JaDon Blair
S / 6-4 / 190 0.9350
- 100%

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.