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Takeaways from Neeo Avery’s Commitment to Penn State Football

By Alec Whitaker

Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin (Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports)
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3. Stacking Talent

This is something we’ve talked about a lot lately, but it is very important to the future of Penn State Football.

Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, and a few others are consistently in the top five when it comes to recruiting class rankings year in and year out. While it’s unlikely that Penn State could do that before making the College Football Playoff, they can definitely stack a couple of top ten classes together.

The 2022 class currently sits at No. 6 in the country and it should stay in the top ten when things are finalized in February. The attention has quickly turned to the 2023 class, and it is already up to No. 3 in the rankings with the addition of Avery.

While there’s still a lot of time left and even more work to do, this is certainly a great start.

The team will need to do some more winning though, as it will be difficult for Franklin to sell three straight disappointing seasons on the recruiting trail.

If Penn State Football can hold steady and get the 2023 class at least near the level the 2022 class is at, they have a serious window of opportunity from 2023-2025, especially with the talent they brought in at quarterback in 2022.

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