Penn State footballโs 2026 recruiting class now has 15 members and remains one of the top-rated in the country.
The most recent addition is four-star LB Mathieu Lamah, which followed another LB in in-state star Terry Wiggins.
Penn State has the No. 4 class in the country per 247Sports, with only USC, Notre Dame and Ohio State being ahead.
PSU and Notre Dame are having some intriguing recruiting battles. The No. 1 player in PA, Joey OโBrien, is being recruited hard by both. Penn Stateโs top RB commit, Messiah Mickens, is being recruited by former Penn State RB coach JaโJuan Seider, who now works for the Irish.
Hereโs an updated breakdown of Penn State footballโs 2026 recruiting class so far.
MATT SIEG
Sieg, a four-star WPIAL safety from Fort Cherry High School, committed to Penn State in early November right before the team took on Ohio State. 247 has Sieg as the No. 74 overall player in the country, along with the No. 8 safety and No. 2 overall player in Pennsylvania. Siegโs father, Jeff, could see Beaver Stadium from his house growing up, so Matt Sieg has been familiar with Penn State football for a long time.
KEVIN BROWN
Brown, a four-star offensive tackle from Harrisburg, committed to Penn State in late July. 247Sportsโ composite ratings have him as the 43rd-ranked player in the country, as well as the No. 5 OT and No. 1 overall player in PA. Penn State has built a perennially good offensive line, and Brown could help continue that.
PEYTON FALZONE
This is a big get.
Per 247Sports, Falzone is the No. 11 QB in the country from the 2026 Class along with the No. 4 player in Pennsylvania and the No. 177 player overall. Last season, per MaxPreps, Falzone threw for 23 touchdowns and four interceptions, completing 52% of his passes. He was also a threat on the ground, going for 697 yards and eight touchdowns on 78 carries. His performance earned him Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Offensive MVP.
DANIEL JENNINGS
Our first out-of-state guy, Jennings committed to Penn State on the last day of July. 247 has him as the No. 1 player in West Virginia as well as the No. 188 player nationally and No. 19 EDGE in the country.
TROY HUHN
Coming all the way from California, Huhn was the first QB to commit in this Class, doing so in June. Heโs the 202nd-ranked player nationally per 247Sports, the No. 14 quarterback and the No. 24 overall player in California.
MESSIAH MICKENS
Going back to PA now, Mickens, a star at Harrisburg High School, was a big-time get for Penn State. He was the first player to commit to this 2026 class, doing so in August 2023. Since then, Mickens has firmly established himself as one of the best prep running backs in the country and he further solidified that in 2024. He ended the season with 1,214 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, also catching 17 passes for 235 yards and additional two TD.
Heโs also pretty darn good defensively, ending the season with 81 tackles, 16.5 sacks, 21 quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles.
All of this earned him PAโs Gatorade Player of the Year.
TERRY WIGGINS
The four-star linebacker from Coatesville Area (Coatesville, PA) is rated by 247Sports as the No. 7 overall prospect in the state of Pennsylvania for the Class of 2026 and rated the No. 26 overall linebacker nationally in 247Sports Composite. Wiggins projects to be an impact linebacker at all phases. His 6โ3โ 210 pound frame allows the versatility to play on the line of scrimmage and fleet of foot to drop back into coverage. Wiggins fluidity in his ability to read and react to a play with a great first step makes him coveted.
DARRELL CAREY
Carey, a three-star from DeMatha, committed to Penn State in late April. Heโs a safety, much like KJ Winston, who also came out of DeMatha. If Carey is close to the player Winston turned into, Penn State and its fans will be in for a treat.
DAVID DAVIS
Imani Christian Academy has been good to Penn State. In the last recruiting cycle, Penn State got Dayshaun Burnett to commit. Now, Davis will be following him, assuming he signs. The three-star is the No. 9 overall player in Pennsylvania per 247Sports.
ISAAC CHUKWURAH
By his own admission, it took Isaac โChuckโ Chukwurah a while to get noticed.
But that changed thanks to Chukwurahโs monster junior season at Caravel Academy in Bear, Delaware.
Before the campaign, he didnโt have any Power Four offers.
Now, he has 20.
Granted, only four of them were from Power Four programs, and Chukwurah feels he should have had more. But Penn State was one of those four, and that was the one he wanted most of all.
โWhat made Penn State an ideal fit for me was the culture of the program,โ Chukaurah told NSN. โYou can see the culture on the outside but itโs even stronger on the inside of the building. I also like the coaches. Coach Franklin and Coach Barnes are great people on and off the field. It also makes it easier when itโs your dream school.โ
ROSEBY LUBINTUS
The 6-foot-6, 330-pound Roseby Lubintus ย announced his commitment to PSU on the last Friday of April.
This big fellaโ a three-star from Timber Creek High School in Sicklerville, New Jersey, has been on Penn Stateโs radar for more than a year.
PSU offered him in March 2024. He visited campus this past February for one of the schoolโs junior day events. Lubintus also had offers from schools such as Boston College, Florida, Maryland, Michigan State, Syracuse and ย West Virginia.
At the end of the day, Penn State won out on an offensive lineman, something position coach Phil Trautwein has grown use to doing over the past several years.
JULIAN PETERSON
Moving over to New Jersey. Peterson committed to Penn State in late January. The three-star cornerback is the No. 7 player in New Jersey from his class per 247Sportsโ composite rankings.
JAHISEAR ROGERS
Penn State has struggled at receiver in recent years, and if that trend continues going into next season, Rogers could be a reinforcement. The three-star is the No. 1 player in the state of Delaware.
MATHIEU LAMAH
On3Sports has Lamah as the No. 19 linebacker in the country from the 2026 class, as well as the No. 6 overall player in Virginia and the 275th-ranked player nationally. This gives Penn State two top 15 linebackers, with Wiggins being ranked No. 15 by On3. Penn State offered Lama this past November, and he also had offers from schools such as Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, North Carolina, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Virginia Tech was Penn Stateโs biggest competition for Lamah. He had an official visit scheduled for June 12-14 which is presumably off the table now. His Penn State OV is scheduled for June 20-22.
LAVAR KEYS
Another receiver, this one from the state of Maryland. Keys was named after Penn State legend Lavar Arrington, so, yeah, he knew where he wanted to go in recruiting. The three-star from DeMatha Catholic is the No. 14 overall player in Maryland per 247Sportsโ Composite Ratings.
