Penn State needed some reinforcements in its secondary from the transfer portal, and a player who burned his redshirt with an ACC program could help with that.
Late Thursday night, Penn State landed a commitment from former Boston College safety Omarion Davis.
Davis saw some playing time for Bill O’Brien and BC as a freshman, starting two games and ending the season with 13 tackles.
A former three-star recruit from Indian Land High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Davis has three years of eligibility left and could provide help to a position group that could use some.
A combination of running out of eligibility (Zakee Wheatley) and entering the transfer portal (King Mack, Antoine Belgrave-Shorter, DeJuan Lane) has hurt Penn State’s depth.
But the transfer portal has also helped Penn State’s safety room, with All-Big 12 performer Marcus Neal— who has two seasons of eligibility– and Jamison Patton coming over to join Matt Campbell from Iowa State.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Penn State also has safeties Bryson Williams and Amarion Jackson committed to the 2026 Class.
As O’Brien pointed out on the day Boston College signed Davis, he’s a Swiss-Army knife.
“Omarion is another guy that’s a versatile safety,” O’Brien said. “He does it all on the football field. Very, very instinctive player. Smart player. Can play down in the box. Excellent tackler. Can play man-to-man coverage. Can play in the deep part of the field. Also (can) return kicks.”
Mack, who entered the transfer portal the morning it opened, could also play in the box, tackle, play man-to-man defense and return kicks.
