2027 Recruiting Thread
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Deshawn Hall's commitment is one step closer to Penn State's WR situation hitting the fan
Penn State football's wide receiver recruitment continues to be a bumpy road for head coach Matt Campbell. The Nittany Lions entered official visit season with
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Tough to beat out an in state school when the in state school has very little competition at the same position in the same class and the out of state school has a strong wr roster and 2 four star wr in the same class.
I posted it because I’m not sure what point he is trying to make. It appears he insinuated that PSU has two 4 star WRs already committed?
Are you seriously putting OSU and PSU in the same sentence at WR?
I know.....I'm anticipating the Taylor commitment. And I'm sure Deshawn Hall is too.
OSU does not have a deficiency at WR. First round picks every year. Loaded roster. Their WR recruiting will be just fine.
I sure hope they get Taylor, but don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. Missing out on him at this point would be FUBAR. Crazy to think that some thought after OVs that PSU was going to land Dean, Hall, and Taylor.
Not unexpected at this juncture, him being a resident of Alabama. PSU should maintain contact in case he waivers as the season progresses.
Perhaps. Interesting though that Auburn has a new head coach also, who is a first time P4 HC. Also, don’t forget they managed to get former PSU OL commit Von Brandt to commit to them. He’s the #1 player in Delaware. They landed the #3 player in MD too. A highly rated Edge player out of DeMatha, James Pace. Golesh is starting off well down there. It’s a tough place to win. Time will tell.
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According several sites Auburn has in the neighborhood of 10-12 million more in NIL capital than PSU. Who.knows what the.actual numbers are but PSU probably never going be a top program for NIL unless a whale donor shows up out of the blue.
While that is probably true as it is Alabama and they would probably prioritize football over life itself, Auburn has very limited tradition and success. They haven’t been significant on the national scene since Cam Newton. I guess cash is king these days though.
He’s a good coach. I just didn’t expect him to be poaching kids out of the northeast.
I'm have no idea if he had some northeast connections from his previous coaching gigs, most recently at USF?
He spent a year as a student assistant at Ohio State. A few years as an assistant at Toledo. Ironically, he was the TE coach and recruiting coordinator for Campbell at Iowa State from 2016-2019. The two worked together as assistants at Toledo.
Hall was disappointing. Apparently we were right there with Auburn in the nil offer until the very end at which point they sweetened the offer somehow. Need Khalil Taylor for this class. We also seem to be attempting to flip a different wr named Taylor too who is committed to Rutgers.
It’s puzzling to me when PSU supposedly has the largest dues-paying alumni base in the country. But maybe it’s because the alumni are paying dues rather than NIL.
It s funny that you mention that...my Dad famously said he joined the alumni association on the.day the day that he graduated over 50 years ago. He s also a long time ticket holder. He is completely turned off by several things with the athletic department. He can t stand Pat Kraft. As a retired architect he thinks they fumbled the stadium renovation in scope and cost. And lastly he always says what is the return on investment with yearly, large NIL donations?It’s puzzling to me when PSU supposedly has the largest dues-paying alumni base in the country. But maybe it’s because the alumni are paying dues rather than NIL.
He established a scholarship in the.architecture department because it s tangle and a worthy student will receive it and in almost every.case graduate. I doubt that he ll.ever donate to the Happy Valley United or any other collective at PSU.
There was never an opinion stated that he isn’t a good player. You’re either lacking reading comprehension or creating trouble. Probably both. And Penn State’s golden child Prince Landon is likely less than a season away from going National anyway. Seems to be more of an expert on Oregon and Notre Dame these days.
The difference between Marshall and many of of his critics is that he is intellectual enough to avoid name calling and acting like a baby. He makes his points and gives facts-he doesn’t disparage or degrade. Like this poster does.
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How did Franklin waste their money if he had no more than Campbell currently does? Where does this rumor about Franklin’s NIl mismanagement come from and what does it have to do with last season’s results?
Here are 2 glaring NIL blunders committed by Franklin:
1) Using valuable NIL money on Julian Fleming to play WR. This was one of the worst NIL moves of the Franklin era.
Fleming was a well known bust at Ohio State and Franklin signed him anyway. (2024 example)
2) Using valuable NIL money on 5 star TE Andrew Olesh. Olesh didn’t even dress for a single game and was not able to get beyond 4th string at the tight end position at Penn State. (2025 example)
Olesh’s TE peers by comparison, all played during their freshman year in 2025:
Elyiss Williams (Georgia) - played in 13 games as a 5 star TE
Linkon Cure (Kansas State) - played in 9 games as a 5 star TE
DaSaahn Brame (Tennessee) - played in 9 games as a 4 star TE
Nick Townsend (Texas) - played in 13 games as a 4 star TE
Given Penn State’s known TE depth, it made no financial sense to allocate valuable NIL funds for the TE position in 2025.
This blunder prevented Penn State from signing CB Brandon Finney who signed with Oregon and was named 2nd team All-B1G and defensive MVP in the 2026 Orange Bowl.