Penn State Sports Magazine
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D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 6 5 5 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M Nittany Lions would sign as many as four in this class, but signing at least three has always been the goal, and that remains the case. For now, the Lions are primarily fo- cused on four players, with three-star prospect Jamar Taylor ranking as the top target. Rivals lists Taylor as the nation's No. 62 wide receiver and No. 2 player in Delaware. A 6-foot-4, 190-pound prospect from Salesianum High in Wilmington, Del., Taylor committed to Rutgers in May, but with Greg Schiano's future in Piscataway looking uncertain, he's re- mained in contact with other schools. That led him to visit Penn State in Sep- tember for the game against Wisconsin. Around that same time, multiple sources said they expected Taylor to be patient, waiting to see what happens with the Scarlet Knights before mak- ing a move. Sure enough, that's how everything played out in October, and I would expect that to continue until there's more clarity at Rutgers. With that said, Taylor has also heard from a few other schools, notably Geor- gia. Penn State is the only program other than Rutgers that he's visited this fall, but Taylor is aiming to visit Athens on Nov. 14. Penn State is also pursuing another Rutgers commit, Johnstown, Pa., na- tive Arnold Mugerwa. Rivals ranks him as the nation's No. 53 wide receiver and No. 16 player in Pennsylvania. Listed at 6-3, 197 pounds, Mugerwa visited Penn State multiple times in 2025 but wasn't recruited much by the new staff during its first few months with the program. That led him to commit to Rutgers in June. Penn State started showing interest in Mugerwa earlier this fall. He received a scholar- ship offer during the Lions' bye week in October, by which point he'd totaled 46 receptions for 625 yards and 8 touch- downs. That led to a visit to Penn State the following week for the game against Purdue on Oct. 31. Like Taylor, he re- mains intent on seeing what happens at Rutgers. At the same time, I expect the Lions to win this recruitment in the end. C L A S S O F 2 0 2 7 C O M M I T M E N T S * Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Rating** Home School Case Alexander LB 6-3 215 HHHH Washington, Okla. Washington Carter Blattner DE 6-5 245 HHH Allendale, N.J. Northern Highlands Landon Blum WR 6-4 210 HHHH Woodbine, Iowa Woodbine Ka'ron Ceaser CB 5-11 180 HHH Penns Grove, N.J. Winslow Township Caleb Cooper S 6-0 205 HHH Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day School Sean Currie TE 6-7 235 HHH Trenton, N.J. The Lawrenceville School Jonathan Galette S 5-11 170 HHH Montvale, N.J. St. Joseph Regional Elijah Guertin DL 6-5 250 HHHH Warwick, R.I. Bishop Hendricken Jordan Hall RB 5-10 200 HHH Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton Dhillon McGee CB 6-1 175 HHH DeSoto, Texas DeSoto Stanley Montgomery DL 6-3 300 HHHH Philadelphia, Pa. Archbishop Ryan Chukwuma Odoh RB 6-0 215 HHH Plainfield, N.J. Paramus Catholic Aniti Paiva DL 6-2 320 HHH Draper, Utah Skyline Clayton Powell LS 6-2 190 HHH Lake Charles, La. Sam Houston Owen Reilly IOL 6-4 290 HHH Bel Air, Md. Bel Air Ryan Robbins OT 6-7 280 HHH Pittsburgh, Pa. Upper St. Clair Jon Sassic IOL 6-7 280 HHH Pittsburgh, Pa. Central Catholic David Tarawallie OT 6-6 265 HHHH Painesville, Ohio Riverside Kei'Shjuan Telfair CB 5-11 160 HHHH Euclid, Ohio Euclid Cooper Terwilliger TE 6-4 215 HHHH Pierre, S.D. T.F. Riggs Oscar Webersink OT 6-8 290 HHH Stockholm, Sweden St. Thomas More (Conn.) C L A S S O F 2 0 2 8 C O M M I T M E N T S * Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Rating** Home School James Armstrong QB 6-2 215 HHHH Aliquippa, Pa. Hopewell Deonte Flemings CB 6-2 200 HHHH Erie, Pa. McDowell Carter Petri PK 6-1 185 HHH Buffalo, N.Y. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute * As of Nov. 10 | ** Rivals player ratings as of Nov. 10