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Crystal Ball Predictions

- Jeff Exinor Jr.
- WR / 6-2 / 220
- 0.9074
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Josh Johnson
- S / 6-3 / 185
- 0.8658
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 7 High
- Vip Scoop
- Josh Johnson
- S / 6-3 / 185
- 0.8658
- Predicted by: Allen Trieu
- 7 High
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Zach Blostein
- 6 Med
- Alvin Henderson
- RB / 5-9 / 200
- 0.9478
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Naeshaun Montgomery
- WR / 6-1 / 165
- 0.9313
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Lex Cyrus
- WR / 5-10 / 170
- 0.9103
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 180
- 0.8924
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Lyrick Samuel
- WR / 6-3.5 / 180
- 0.8924
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Michael Troutman
- IOL / 6-2 / 270
- 0.8667
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Dayshaun Burnett
- LB / 6-2.5 / 215
- 0.8950
- Predicted by: Tom Loy
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Alex Tatsch
- LB / 6-2 / 213
- 0.9235
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Bill Kurelic
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- DJ McClary
- LB / 6-1 / 211
- 0.9249
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Steve Wiltfong
- 6 Med
- Brady O'Hara
- ATH / 6-6 / 245
- 0.8893
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Tyler Calvaruso
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop
- Tiqwai Hayes
- RB / 5-10 / 185
- 0.8867
- Predicted by: Brian Dohn
- 6 Med
- Vip Scoop

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Team News

FB Recruiting

Couple of schools setting the tone early for Top 150 CB Samari Matthews

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tom Loy 16 hours ago

BK Recruiting

2025 Four-star Kayden Mingo updates his recruitment, sets official visit

BK Recruiting VIP Premium Dushawn London 16 hours ago

College Football

Penn State football completes freshman class with arrival of Philadelphia DB Kenny Woseley

College Football Tyler Donohue 17 hours ago

FB Recruiting

Live Updates: Penn State's Friday 7-on-7 tournament and Big Man Challenge

FB Recruiting Tyler Donohue 17 hours ago

FB Recruiting

What's next for Penn State's safety recruiting after Kainoa Winston to Michigan?

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso 17 hours ago

FB Recruiting

Five football recruiting storylines to watch from 247Sports' Brian Dohn during June's third OV weekend

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Brian Dohn 18 hours ago

FB Recruiting

Florida cornerback Tamajh Mitchell goes in-depth on first Penn State visit

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso 20 hours ago

College Football

Countdown to Penn State Kickoff: 78 days until Nittany Lions football

College Football Tyler Donohue 23 hours ago

FB Recruiting

Previewing Penn State's Friday 7-on-7 tournament, Big Man Challenge

FB Recruiting VIP Premium Tyler Calvaruso Jun 14, 12:27 AM

College Football

PHOTOS: Penn State football's 2024 Lift for Life Challenge

College Football Mark Brennan Jun 13, 10:13 PM

Top Targets

Linkon Cure
TE / 6-6 / 220 0.9791
- 100%
Daryus Dixson
CB / 6-0 / 180 0.9525

Committed - 6/10/2024
Malachi Goodman
IOL / 6-5 / 315 0.9228
JaDon Blair
S / 6-4 / 190 0.9350

2025 Recruiting Rankings

The Formula
where c is a specific team's total number of commits and R_n is the 247Sports Composite Rating of the nth-best commit times 100.
Explanation
In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.
Each recruit is weighted in the rankings according to a Gaussian distribution formula (a bell curve), where a team's best recruit is worth the most points. You can think of a team's point score as being the sum of ratings of all the team's commits where the best recruit is worth 100% of his rating value, the second best recruit is worth nearly 100% of his rating value, down to the last recruit who is worth a small fraction of his rating value. This formula ensures that all commits contribute at least some value to the team's score without heavily rewarding teams that have several more commitments than others.
Readers familiar with the Gaussian distribution formula will note that we use a varying value for σ based on the standard deviation for the total number of commits between schools for the given sport. This standard deviation creates a bell curve with an inflection point near the average number of players recruited per team.
Below is a graphical representation of how our formula works. You can see that the area under the curve gets smaller both as the rating for a commit decreases and as the number of total commits for a school increases. The y-axis in this graph represents the percentage weight of the score that gets applied to an overall team ranking.