Penn State Sports Magazine
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P
enn State announced the arrival of five
players on May 15. That group included
four freshmen – Jamari Buddin, Zakee
Wheatley, Jaylen Reed and Harrison Wal-
lace – as well as Harvard offensive line
transfer Eric Wilson.
The news means that only a handful of
players from Penn State's 2021 recruiting
class are still waiting to make the move:
wide receivers Liam Clifford and Lonnie
White Jr., kicker Sander Sahaydak, tight
end Khalil Dinkins and defensive end
Davon Townley.
Wilson, the outlier of the bunch as the
only transfer arrival, was unable to play
for the Crimson last year after the Ivy
League canceled its football season. A
Minnesota native, Wilson started all 10
games for Harvard in his sophomore and
junior seasons and was named to the All-
Ivy second team for his showing in 2019,
the last time he took part in competitive
action.
Buddin was rated by Rivals.com as a
three-star linebacker prospect and the
No. 15 player in Michigan in the 2021
class. He possesses a combination of
speed and physicality and has said that he
views former Nittany Lions Cam Brown
and Micah Parsons as models for his own
game.
Wheatley earned a four-star rating
from Rivals, and was ranked as the No. 20
overall safety and No. 10 player in the
state of Maryland in 2021. He didn't get
to play much for Archbishop Spalding
last season, but he did come away with
two interceptions and two touchdowns
in the pair of games his team was able to
play.
Reed is another safety rated as a four-
star prospect by Rivals. He was the No. 21
overall player at that position and the
10th-ranked recruit in Michigan. Reed
has said he wants to come in and be a cul-
ture-driver for the Nittany Lions at the
safety position.
Wallace was rated as a three-star
prospect from Pike Road, Ala., and is the
No. 70 overall wide receiver in his class,
as well as the 13th-ranked player from his
state. Wallace is yet another prospect
who came late to the game of football and
offers a unique upside at the wide receiver
position for the Nittany Lions moving
forward.
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