5 Thoughts on Penn State Football’s loaded 2022 recruiting class

Penn State Football, and head coach James Franklin, signed one of the highest-rated recruiting classes in program history during the early-signing period on Wednesday 

Penn State Football signed 23 of its 24 2022 commits on Wednesday morning during the opening hours of the early signing period.

The class ranks sixth nationally, as of Wednesday afternoon, and head coach James Franklin should be very pleased about that.

Considering Penn State Football has gone 4-5 and 7-5 the last two seasons, being able to bring in a class as talented as this one is a significant victory.

There’s a lot to like about this class, as practically every need that Penn State Football’s roster had was filled with this recruiting class. This class was started in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic with Kaden Saunders committing in July of 2020, and will hopefully end with a signature from Tyrece Mills in February.

With such a wild and successful class more or less in the books, there’s a lot to talk about.

Here are five thoughts on Penn State Football’s 2022 recruiting class

1. James Franklin Finally has his QB

Franklin thought he had the quarterback who would take him to the promised land back in 2018 when Justin Fields was a Nittany Lions commit. As we now know, in the end, Franklin ended up suffering two losses at the hands of Fields in 2019 and 2020.

Now, Franklin doesn’t have to worry about his future star quarterback ending up on the opposite sideline this time as 5-star Drew Allar was the first commit to submit his letter of intent on Wednesday morning.

Franklin’s move to fire Kirk Ciarrocca as offensive coordinator after the 2020 season and hire Mike Yurcich has paid off, as Yurcich is the one who identified Allar as a future superstar and worked quickly to secure his commitment before the likes of Notre Dame could build a legitimate relationship with Allar.

When Penn State offered Allar, he was a three-star ranked in 400’s nationally, when he signed on Wednesday, he was a five-star and ranked as the No. 3 player in the nation by 247 Sports.

While this is exciting, it also means there’s less room for excuses, and Penn State Football needs to find a way to maximize its potential in the years Allar is on campus.

There’s no guarantee that Allar will be a superstar, but Franklin hasn’t had a quarterback with the potential to be as good as Allar could be before.