Keep updated on the latest news concerning Penn State sports in today’s Penn State Daily.
Update (9:30 a.m.)— **Penn State’s offered Marco Jones (2025), a four-star, 6-foot-5 LB/TE from San Ramon Valley High School in Dublin, California. Jones also has offers from schools such as Alabama, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, USC, Vanderbilt and Washington.
After a great unofficial visit today with @coachjfranklin I’m extremely honored and grateful to say that I have received an offer from The Penn State University! @BrandonHuffman @Bigaj10 @2Ddavis @A__P__ @DBarnes_18 @djbryant13 pic.twitter.com/unOtoDdAaP
— Marco Jones (@MarcoJones2025) January 21, 2024
Update (9:00 a.m)— **Penn State football has extended an offer to Luka Gilbert (2025). Gilbert’s a four-star, 6-foot-7, 240-pound TE from Lakota West High School in Westchester, Ohio. 247Sports’ composite rankings have Gilbert as the No. 7 tight end in the country, the No. 8 overall player in Ohio and the 179th-ranked overall player from his class.
He also has offers from schools such as Kentucky, Boston College, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Pitt, Rutgers and Virginia Tech.
Junior season highlights-
🥇First Team All Conference (GMC)
🥈Second Team D1 All SW Ohio
🥉Honorable Mention Division 1 All Ohiohttps://t.co/XbH7xeY31X@LakotaWestFB @CoachTomBolden— Luka (@luka_gilbert) December 28, 2023
Update (8:30 a.m.)— **Ziyare Addison will be at Penn State Feb. 3. Addison (2025) is a four-star, 6-foot-5, 275-pound lineman from Sumner High School in Florida. Penn State offered him this past February. He also has offers from schools such as Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Oregon, SMU, Tennessee, UCF, UCLA and West Virginia.
https://t.co/pEpEAQe9Q7 Full season tape out now! pic.twitter.com/hW0eIe7V9N
— Ziyare Addison (@ziyare_addison) November 26, 2023
Update (8:00 a.m.)— **Dante Carr was at Penn State for junior day. Carr (2026) is a 6-foot-4, 200-pound in-state QB from Minersville.
Had a awesome junior day visit today! @DannyOBrienQB @Coachpoindexter @Kotelnicki @coachjfranklin @CoachFrantzJ @chrismahon_ @SVSQB @chadshenne @RyanSnyderOn3 @RivalsDylanCC @SeanFitzOn3 pic.twitter.com/VMyJX80AnK
— Dante Carr (@Dante_Carr6) January 21, 2024
Update (7:30 a.m.)— **Hunter Albright visited Happy Valley this weekend. Albright (2025) is another in-state product from Hollidaysburg High School. He stands 6-foot-5 and 310 pounds.
Thank you @PennStateFball for the amazing visit today, can’t wait to be back in the spring!! #WeAre 💙🤍@coachjfranklin @CoachTrautFB @kevceh @CoachTHowle @chrismahon_ @knnysndrs @CoachCLosey @tbrown_19 @Kotelnicki @DBarnes_18 #WeAre #PSU@PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/knu9HqeIQz
— Hunter Albright 25' Oline (@Halbright77) January 21, 2024
Update (7:00 a.m.)— **Tyler Merrill was at Penn State this weekend for junior day. Merrill (2026) is a four-star 6-foot-5, 310-pound in-state OL from Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg.
Merrill’s the No. 1 interior lineman, the No. 3 overall player in Pennsylvania and the No. 65 player in the country from his class according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. Penn State offered him this past May. He also has offers from schools such as Iowa State, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pitt, South Carolina, Syracuse, Temple and West Virginia.
Never fails to have a great time at @PennStateFball ! Thank you @CoachTHowle , @coachjfranklin ,and @CoachTrautFB for having me up for an awesome junior day! Can’t wait to be back! @acasale46 @coachoswalt @JoeGazza @CVHS_Football pic.twitter.com/dz257zvx8k
— Tyler Merrill (@BigOak2026) January 21, 2024
