It’s decision day for talented Florida wide receiver Koby Howard. The question is will he make Penn State’s fantastic week of recruiting news even better?
Earlier this week, Penn State received commitments from four players in various recruiting classes: 2025 4-star DE Yvan Kemajou, 2026 3-star WR Lavar Keys, 2026 defensive end Daniel Jennings and highly regarded 2027 running back Kemon Spell.
This afternoon at 3 PM, the Nittany Lions program will find out if they picked up Howard, the elite national recruit they’ve been working for.
The 4-star wide receiver from Chaminade-Madonna Prep High School in Davie, Florida collected 40+ offers and will be choosing between Penn State, Florida State, Florida and Ole Miss.
A few things to point out regarding Howard and his recruitment.
Not sure how much this matters but Howard only ended up taking two official visits, one to Penn State and the other to Ole Miss. However, being from the state of Florida, Howard, did take a number of unofficial visits to both Florida State and Florida. One other note is that following the official visit, Howard made a return visit to State College two weekends ago for Penn State’s popular Lasch Bash.
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Head coach James Franklin, wide receivers coach Marques Hagans and the staff had the opportunity to again speak and be with Howard in-person to try and sell him on their program and close the deal.
In a prior interview with NSN, Howard had this to say about the Penn State staff.
“I really have a great relationship with all of the coaches on the Penn State staff,” Howard tells NSN. “Every single day, I have a different coach from Penn State calling me and making me feel like I’m a huge priority for them. A lot of their coaches text me but I believe I have the strongest relationship with Coach Seider. He texts me almost every day to check up on me and wants to see how I’m doing, my family is doing and how spring football is going. He’s just built a strong relationship with me and wants to make sure I’m good.
Howard (6’1”, 175-pounds) is a 4-star (5.9 recruit) and is rated by Rivals.com as the No. 145 overall player in the Class of 2025.
