Team Recruiting Class
2016 Penn State Recruiting Class
Follow the full Penn State class board with ratings, high schools, hometowns, and links back into national and state recruiting surfaces.
- Recruits
- 16
- Blue-Chips
- 8
- Avg Rating
- 0.886
- States
- 7
Class context
2016 Penn State recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2016 Penn State signing group its own crawlable home, with commit names, positions, star grades, ratings, high schools, and hometown context visible in one place.
The class includes 16 recruits, 8 blue-chip prospects, and players from 7 states. Use the hub for filters and the national rankings page for class-wide comparison.
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Class board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Stars | Rating | Hometown | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Sanders Woodland Hills | RB | 5★ | 0.986 | Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 5'11" / 199 lbs |
| 2 | Michal Menet Exeter Township | OG | 4★ | 0.982 | Reading, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'5" / 283 lbs |
| 3 | Shane Simmons DeMatha Catholic | WDE | 4★ | 0.978 | Hyattsville, MD Maryland recruits | 6'4" / 221 lbs |
| 4 | Ellison Jordan Gilman | DT | 4★ | 0.925 | Baltimore, MD Maryland recruits | 6'0" / 270 lbs |
| 5 | Connor McGovern Lake-Lehman | OC | 4★ | 0.908 | Lopez, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'5" / 286 lbs |
| 6 | Daniel Joseph Lake Forest Academy | SDE | 4★ | 0.907 | Lake Forest, IL Illinois recruits | 6'3" / 240 lbs |
| 7 | Cam Brown Paint Branch | OLB | 4★ | 0.897 | Potomac, MD Maryland recruits | 6'5" / 210 lbs |
| 8 | Zech McPhearson Riverdale Baptist | CB | 4★ | 0.895 | Upper Marlboro, MD Maryland recruits | 5'11" / 183 lbs |
| 9 | Will Fries Cranford Sr | OT | 3★ | 0.879 | Cranford, NJ New Jersey recruits | 6'7" / 285 lbs |
| 10 | Jake Zembiec Aquinas Institute | PRO | 3★ | 0.878 | Rochester, NY New York recruits | 6'4" / 211 lbs |
| 11 | Alex Gellerstedt Dublin Coffman | OT | 3★ | 0.858 | Dublin, OH Ohio recruits | 6'7" / 275 lbs |
| 12 | Dae'lun Darien Dunbar | WR | 3★ | 0.832 | Baltimore, MD Maryland recruits | 6'4" / 205 lbs |
| 13 | Antonio Valentino Westerville North | DT | 3★ | 0.831 | Westerville, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 280 lbs |
| 14 | Anthony Johnson Euclid | CB | 3★ | 0.828 | Cleveland, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 185 lbs |
| 15 | Alex Barbir South Forsyth | K | 3★ | 0.823 | Cumming, GA Georgia recruits | 5'10" / 195 lbs |
| 16 | Michael Shuster Camp Hill | PRO | 2★ | 0.767 | Camp Hill, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'2" / 180 lbs |