Penn State Recruiting
Class dashboards, positional mix, and pipeline geography.
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Recruiting context
Penn State recruiting pipeline
Recruiting results explain where the future roster is coming from before those players show up in season stats. This tab groups Penn State commits by class year, position, star rating, hometown, and high school so the pipeline is easier to read than a flat list.
The selected 2016 class includes 16 commits, including 8 blue-chip prospects, with an average star rating of 3.50. Use the national rankings link to compare the class against the rest of college football.
Class DNA
2016 Penn State: Top-end heavy
Top-end heavy built from class size, blue-chip share, top-end talent, position balance, and pipeline geography.
Outcome snapshot: 0 matched transfer departures from this selected class, with broader win and development context available in Talent Usage.
- Class Score
- 167.72
- Blue-Chip Rate
- 50.0%
- Top Position
- Defensive Lineman
- Top Pipeline
- MD
Recruiting Dashboard
Explore recruiting classes by season, track positional balance, and visualize incoming talent pipelines.
Total Commits
16
Average Stars
3.50
Blue-Chip Recruits
8(50%)
Top Pipeline State
MD • 5
Portal Departures
None
Entire class retained so far.
Star Rating Mix
Distribution of commitments by star rating in 2016.
Positional Breakdown
Snapshot of position groups represented in the class.
Star Rating Trend
Recent average star ratings to visualize momentum on the recruiting trail.
Commit List
16 recruits found in 2016.
| Portal Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Sanders | RB | 5★ | 98.6 | 5'11" | 199 lbs | Pittsburgh, PA | Woodland Hills | Retained |
| Michal Menet | OG | 4★ | 98.2 | 6'5" | 283 lbs | Reading, PA | Exeter Township | Retained |
| Shane Simmons | WDE | 4★ | 97.8 | 6'4" | 221 lbs | Hyattsville, MD | DeMatha Catholic | Retained |
| Ellison Jordan | DT | 4★ | 92.5 | 6'0" | 270 lbs | Baltimore, MD | Gilman | Retained |
| Connor McGovern | OC | 4★ | 90.8 | 6'5" | 286 lbs | Lopez, PA | Lake-Lehman | Retained |
| Daniel Joseph | SDE | 4★ | 90.7 | 6'3" | 240 lbs | Lake Forest, IL | Lake Forest Academy | Retained |
| Cam Brown | OLB | 4★ | 89.7 | 6'5" | 210 lbs | Potomac, MD | Paint Branch | Retained |
| Zech McPhearson | CB | 4★ | 89.5 | 5'11" | 183 lbs | Upper Marlboro, MD | Riverdale Baptist | Retained |
| Will Fries | OT | 3★ | 87.9 | 6'7" | 285 lbs | Cranford, NJ | Cranford Sr | Retained |
| Jake Zembiec | PRO | 3★ | 87.8 | 6'4" | 211 lbs | Rochester, NY | Aquinas Institute | Retained |
| Alex Gellerstedt | OT | 3★ | 85.8 | 6'7" | 275 lbs | Dublin, OH | Dublin Coffman | Retained |
| Dae'lun Darien | WR | 3★ | 83.2 | 6'4" | 205 lbs | Baltimore, MD | Dunbar | Retained |
| Antonio Valentino | DT | 3★ | 83.1 | 6'3" | 280 lbs | Westerville, OH | Westerville North | Retained |
| Anthony Johnson | CB | 3★ | 82.8 | 6'3" | 185 lbs | Cleveland, OH | Euclid | Retained |
| Alex Barbir | K | 3★ | 82.3 | 5'10" | 195 lbs | Cumming, GA | South Forsyth | Retained |
| Michael Shuster | PRO | 2★ | 76.7 | 6'2" | 180 lbs | Camp Hill, PA | Camp Hill | Retained |
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