Penn State didn’t have any signees on National Signing Day Wednesday. All 27 Class of 2025 signees inked their Letters of Intent during the Early Signing Period in December.
Eight of the recruits played their high school football in Pennsylvania. Four players come to Happy Valley from neighboring New Jersey.
States Where Penn State Class of 2025 played HS Football
- Pennsylvania – 8
- New Jersey – 4
- Florida, Maryland, Ohio – 3
- California, Virginia – 2
- Connecticut, New York – 1
According to 247, Penn State nabbed the 15th best recruiting class.
Below is part of the school’s December news release welcoming the new class.
The Nittany Lions welcomed 27 student-athletes, who signed National Letters of Intent to join the football program. Fourteen of the signees will be early enrollees in January – DL Randy Adirika, OL Owen Aliciene, LB LaVar Arrington II, DL Dayshaun Burnett, DB Daryus Dixson, RB Tikey Hayes, WR Koby Howard, DL Yvan Kemajou, TE Brian Kortovich, QB Bekkem Kritza, WR Matt Outten, WR Lyrick Samuel, LB Alex Tatsch and DB Braz Thomas.
Penn State signed 24 recruits that were rated four stars or higher by 247Sports, On3, ESPN or Rivals.
Penn State’s class features players from 10 different states. The Nittany Lions signed 20 prospects from Pennsylvania or bordering states.
The Class of 2025 features 14 offensive signees and 13 defensive players. There are 20 team captains, five players who have won a state or national championship and two players invited to All-American Bowls.
Penn State Class of 2025 Signees
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
Adirika, Randy DL 6-3 285 Miami, Fla./Miami Central (Florida)
Aliciene, Owen OL 6-7 255 Cheshire, Conn./Avon Old Farms (Connecticut)
Arrington II, LaVar LB 6-3 200 Annapolis, Md./Charter Oak (California)
Burnett, Dayshaun DL 6-3 220 Pittsburgh, Pa./Imani Christian Academy (Pennsylvania)
Coleman, Chaz DL 6-4 220 Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding (Ohio)
Coleman, Jabree RB 6-0 200 Darby Township, Pa./Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania)
Dixson, Daryus DB 6-0 185 Perris, Calif./Mater Dei (California)
Exinor Jr., Jeff WR 6-1 220 Baltimore, Md./McDonogh School (Maryland)
Goodman, Malachi OL 6-6 310 Bloomfield, N.J./Paramus Catholic (New Jersey)
Harris, Cortez DL 6-3 205 Largo, Md./Riverdale Baptist (Maryland)
Hayes, Tikey RB 5-11 210 Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa (Pennsylvania)
Henderson, Matt TE 6-5 215 Powhatan, Va./Powhatan (Virginia)
Howard, Koby WR 5-11 185 Pensacola, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Florida)
Johnson, Joshua DB 6-2 185 Ironton, Ohio/Ironton (Ohio)
Joseph, Jahmir DB 6-0 180 Nyack, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey)
Kemajou, Yvan DL 6-3 235 Burtonsville, Md./Paint Branch (Maryland)
Kortovich, Brian TE 6-4 230 Willoughby, Ohio/Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Ohio)
Kritza, Bekkem QB 6-5 195 Chandler, Ariz./Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Florida)
O’Hara, Brady OL 6-6 250 Mars, Pa./North Catholic (Pennsylvania)
Olesh, Andrew TE 6-5 210 Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh (Pennsylvania)
Outten, Matt WR 6-1 205 Portsmouth, Va./I.C. Norcom (Virginia)
Samuel, Lyrick WR 6-4 170 Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall (New York)
Smith, Cam LB 6-0 200 Salem, N.J./St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania)
Tatsch, Alex LB 6-3 215 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe (Pennsylvania)
Thomas, Braz DB 6-2 185 Glassboro, N.J./Pleasantville (New Jersey)
Thomas, Xxavier DB 5-11 175 Canonsburg, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic (Pennsylvania)
Troutman III, Michael OL 6-2 285 Trenton, N.J./DePaul Catholic (New Jersey)
