It’s been a great few days for the Penn State football program.
After one of their most dominant wins in recent history in the Whiteout against a ranked, conference opponent, the Nittany Lions have added two blue-chip recruits to their 2025 recruiting class.
Though their 2024 class has a few spots left available, it’s largely complete. That leaves a lot more effort moving to the 2025 class, which is now at four commitments.
On Sunday, the program added DJ McClary to the fold.
The four-star linebacker is currently a top-100 player in the composite rankings and the third ranked player coming out of New Jersey in the cycle.
COMMITTED 🏠#WEARE @coachjfranklin @Coach_MannyDiaz @GinfanteMT @CoachAhmadPSU @ZemaitisTouch_ @CoachCollins46 @LaVarArrington @PennStateFball pic.twitter.com/kpnC6WufCl
— DJ McClary (@tnlDJ_) September 24, 2023
McClary becomes the second defender to commit to the program in the cycle.
Penn State also added four-star running back Tiqwai Hayes.
As the fan base likes to say, “The Best In PA, Stay In PA”. Hayes is an Aliquippa native and currently ranks as Pennsylvania’s 11th prospect in the cycle.
Here’s the exact moment that 4️⃣🌟 RB @Tiqwaihayes announced he is staying home and committing to #PennState‼️
👉 https://t.co/v8Dim03EGT pic.twitter.com/rkRSuTKIuD
— Happy Valley Insider (@PennStateRivals) September 25, 2023
Hayes joins the previously committed Kiandrea Barker as the second running back commitment for the program in 2025.
He will continue a line of blue-chip running backs from PA to play at PSU – a list that includes Saquon Barkley, Miles Sanders, Journey Brown and Nicholas Singleton recently. London Montgomery is currently in his freshman year on the roster while Quinton Martin is committed in the 2024 class and Messiah Mickens kicked off the 2026 class a month ago.
The newly committed duo joins Barker and corner Omari Gaines to form what is currently ranked as the eighth-best recruiting class in 2025.
The Nittany Lions will certainly be looking to add to this group throughout what they hope will be a continues highly-successful campaign.
