2026 Recruiting Class Thread

[RickinDayton]

I'm guessing that the NIL from the school is still capped at whatever the cap is for Big 10, SEC, etc.

They may have deeper pockets from alums, businesses being a fully national brand?

Is that "cap" data available somewhere on-line?

 

[LudicrousSpeedGO!]

Is that "cap" data available somewhere on-line?

$20.5 million for all sports. Schools have the discretion to break that down however they want. https://nil-ncaa.com/

All kinds of info at that link to include each schools' revenue, the new scholarship limits for each sport, etc.

 

[RickinDayton]

$20.5 million for all sports. Schools have the discretion to break that down however they want. https://nil-ncaa.com/

All kinds of info at that link to include each schools' revenue, the new scholarship limits for each sport, etc.

Thanks

 

[Gitzit]

Great points and a good reason why you can't take all these ratings as absolute fact. Yes they are accurate for the most part but this example with Sieg is good. Also how does Huhn drop? That seems suspect.

In my opinion we need to step up the D Line recruiting. Second would be WR recruiting. I think all other positions are solid. Our '26 WRs could end up being very good though. Brown is highly rated and Rogers is on the rise and Keys I think could be underrated.

If we can develop some of our high 3 stars into 4 star level players by the time they are ready then this closes the gap in these recruiting rankings pretty considerably by the time these guys are starters. I want to be higher than #16 and we should be for the '27 class but I don't believe we need to be a perennial top 5 recruiting class to have a shot at a NC. I think finishing 7 or 8 one cycle and then be around 9-12 other years should be enough as long as we develop the talent better than other programs and use the portal smartly and strategically.

Looking at a couple recruiting sites, PSU has not recruited well at defensive tackle. Since 2020 PSU has only recruited one or two defensive tackles that were rated 4 star, Durant being one of them. Georgia in the same time period has recruited 9 DT's that were rated 4 star and 5 DT's that were rated 5 star.

 

[LudicrousSpeedGO!]

Looking at a couple recruiting sites, PSU has not recruited well at defensive tackle. Since 2020 PSU has only recruited one or two defensive tackles that were rated 4 star, Durant being one of them. Georgia in the same time period has recruited 9 DT's that were rated 4 star and 5 DT's that were rated 5 star.

Maybe. But PSU was #6 in team defense last year. Georgia was #27. I'll take the #6 defense over the recruiting rankings.

PSU was #1 in 2023. Georgia was #9.
PSU was #15 and Georgia was #9 in 2022.

 

[Bison13]

Looking at a couple recruiting sites, PSU has not recruited well at defensive tackle. Since 2020 PSU has only recruited one or two defensive tackles that were rated 4 star, Durant being one of them. Georgia in the same time period has recruited 9 DT's that were rated 4 star and 5 DT's that were rated 5 star.

There aren’t 40 defensive tackles that are four or five star each year, You’re looking at may be a dozen. But that position is very important and that’s why George has been in the top five forever now. I think Penn State does a good job of getting the lower rank recruit and making them into a serviceable, though not dominant defensive tackle.

 

[ryoder1]

There aren’t 40 defensive tackles that are four or five star each year, You’re looking at may be a dozen. But that position is very important and that’s why George has been in the top five forever now. I think Penn State does a good job of getting the lower rank recruit and making them into a serviceable, though not dominant defensive tackle.

Yeah we are the kings of the 88 high 3 star DT or DE. Which is okay if we can develop them into a 4 star level.