Team Recruiting Class
2017 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
- 19
- Blue-Chips
- 11
- Avg Rating
- 0.888
- States
- 9
Class context
2017 Penn State recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2017 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 19 recruits, 11 blue-chip prospects, and players from 9 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 | Lamont Wade Clairton | CB | 4★ | 0.980 | Clairton, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 5'9" / 190 lbs |
| 2 | CJ Thorpe Central Catholic | OG | 4★ | 0.958 | Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'3" / 318 lbs |
| 3 | Yetur Gross-Matos Chancellor | SDE | 4★ | 0.922 | Fredericksburg, VA Virginia recruits | 6'5" / 235 lbs |
| 4 | Sean Clifford St. Xavier | PRO | 4★ | 0.922 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'2" / 210 lbs |
| 5 | Fred Hansard Hun School | DT | 4★ | 0.919 | Princeton, NJ New Jersey recruits | 6'3" / 310 lbs |
| 6 | Ellis Brooks Benedictine | ILB | 4★ | 0.904 | Richmond, VA Virginia recruits | 6'2" / 233 lbs |
| 7 | Jonathan Sutherland Episcopal | S | 4★ | 0.902 | Alexandria, VA Virginia recruits | 6'0" / 195 lbs |
| 8 | Tariq Castro-Fields Riverdale Baptist | CB | 4★ | 0.900 | Upper Marlboro, MD Maryland recruits | 6'1" / 173 lbs |
| 9 | Damion Barber Harrisburg | SDE | 4★ | 0.899 | Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'3" / 244 lbs |
| 10 | KJ Hamler IMG Academy | WR | 4★ | 0.895 | Bradenton, FL Florida recruits | 5'9" / 156 lbs |
| 11 | Donovan Johnson Cass Technical | CB | 4★ | 0.893 | Detroit, MI Michigan recruits | 5'10" / 176 lbs |
| 12 | Corey Bolds Paramus Catholic | DT | 3★ | 0.867 | Paramus, NJ New Jersey recruits | 6'3" / 276 lbs |
| 13 | Cam Sullivan-Brown St. Vincent Pallotti | WR | 3★ | 0.867 | Laurel, MD Maryland recruits | 6'1" / 180 lbs |
| 14 | Mac Hippenhammer R Nelson Snider | WR | 3★ | 0.865 | Fort Wayne, IN Indiana recruits | 6'1" / 170 lbs |
| 15 | Robert Martin St. Joseph Regional | OT | 3★ | 0.862 | Montvale, NJ New Jersey recruits | 6'5" / 265 lbs |
| 16 | Des Holmes Cardinal O'Hara | OT | 3★ | 0.852 | Springfield, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 6'5" / 315 lbs |
| 17 | Brailyn Franklin Battlefield | ATH | 3★ | 0.851 | Haymarket, VA Virginia recruits | 6'2" / 200 lbs |
| 18 | Journey Brown Meadville Area | RB | 3★ | 0.850 | Meadville, PA Pennsylvania recruits | 5'11" / 194 lbs |
| 19 | Justin Weller Nazareth Academy | WR | 2★ | 0.767 | La Grange Park, IL Illinois recruits | 6'0" / 186 lbs |