Penn State Football: 5 bold recruiting predictions for July

STATE COLLEGE, PA - NOVEMBER 20: Noah Cain #21 of the Penn State Nittany Lions takes the field while carrying the U.S. Flag before the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Beaver Stadium on November 20, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

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STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 11: Parker Washington #3 of the Penn State Nittany Lions carries the ball against the Ball State Cardinals during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 11, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

3. Yazeed Haynes ends up a 4-star

This may not happen in July, but Penn State commit Yazeed Haynes could be primed for a huge recruiting bump.

Right now, the speedy athlete is listed as a 3-star and the No. 613 player in the 247 Sports Composite rankings. It’s unlikely that ranking stays for long.

Georgia recently offered Haynes, showing just how good of an athlete schools around the country consider him to be. Obviously, holding off Georgia for Haynes is a whole different story and something that may come up down the road.

If Haynes was to receive his fourth star, that would mean that 12 out of Penn State’s 16 commits would be blue chip recruits. That would give the Nittany Lions a blue-chip ratio of 75% in this class, a really good number to be at.

Haynes may need to put up numbers during his senior season to get the rankings increase, but it would not be a surprise to see this happen at all.

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