UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Head coach James Franklin unveiled the 2025 Penn State Football recruiting class during the Signing Day celebration in the Lasch Football Building on Wednesday.
The Nittany Lions welcomed 27 student-athletes, who signed National Letters of Intent to join the football program. Fourteen of the signees will be early enrollees in January – DL Randy Adirika, OL Owen Aliciene, LB LaVar Arrington II, DL Dayshaun Burnett, DB Daryus Dixson, RB Tikey Hayes, WR Koby Howard, DL Yvan Kemajou, TE Brian Kortovich, QB Bekkem Kritza, WR Matt Outten, WR Lyrick Samuel, LB Alex Tatsch and DB Braz Thomas.
Penn State signed 24 recruits that were rated four stars or higher by 247Sports, On3, ESPN or Rivals.
Penn State’s class features players from 10 different states. The Nittany Lions signed 20 prospects from Pennsylvania or bordering states.
The Class of 2025 features 14 offensive signees and 13 defensive players. There are 20 team captains, five players who have won a state or national championship and two players invited to All-American Bowls.
2025 SIGNEE ROSTER (December 7)
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
Adirika, Randy DL 6-3 285 Miami, Fla./Miami Central
Aliciene, Owen OL 6-7 255 Cheshire, Conn./Avon Old Farms
Arrington II, LaVar LB 6-3 200 Annapolis, Md./Charter Oak (Calif.)
Burnett, Dayshaun DL 6-3 220 Pittsburgh, Pa./Imani Christian Academy
Coleman, Chaz DL 6-4 220 Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding
Coleman, Jabree RB 6-0 200 Darby Township, Pa./Imhotep Charter
Dixson, Daryus DB 6-0 185 Perris, Calif./Mater Dei
Exinor Jr., Jeff WR 6-1 220 Baltimore, Md./McDonogh School
Goodman, Malachi OL 6-6 310 Bloomfield, N.J./Paramus Catholic
Harris, Cortez DL 6-3 205 Largo, Md./Riverdale Baptist
Hayes, Tikey RB 5-11 210 Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa
Henderson, Matt TE 6-5 215 Powhatan, Va./Powhatan
Howard, Koby WR 5-11 185 Pensacola, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Johnson, Joshua DB 6-2 185 Ironton, Ohio/Ironton
Joseph, Jahmir DB 6-0 180 Nyack, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional (N.J.)
Kemajou, Yvan DL 6-3 235 Burtonsville, Md./Paint Branch
Kortovich, Brian TE 6-4 230 Willoughby, Ohio/Villa Angela-St. Joseph
Kritza, Bekkem QB 6-5 195 Chandler, Ariz./Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Fla.)
O’Hara, Brady OL 6-6 250 Mars, Pa./North Catholic
Olesh, Andrew TE 6-5 210 Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh
Outten, Matt WR 6-1 205 Portsmouth, Va./I.C. Norcom
Samuel, Lyrick WR 6-4 170 Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall
Smith, Cam LB 6-0 200 Salem, N.J./St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.)
Tatsch, Alex LB 6-3 215 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe
Thomas, Braz DB 6-2 185 Glassboro, N.J./Pleasantville
Thomas, Xxavier DB 5-11 175 Canonsburg, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Troutman III, Michael OL 6-2 285 Trenton, N.J./DePaul Catholic