Penn State Football’s coaching change temporarily erased their 2027 recruiting class, but new head coach Matt Campbell and his staff are hard at work building their first full freshman class. After getting a late start on the 2026 recruiting cycle, Campbell has a chance to find the players that fit his system and spend time building connections with them, helping to bring them to Happy Valley in the future.
As of Friday, May 8, the 2027 Penn State recruiting class has 15 commitments: six four-star recruits and nine three-stars. For comparison, their abbreviated 2026 class had 15 players; the 2025 class, James Franklin’s last, had 28. As such, Campbell and company are off to a strong start — ranking among the nation’s best — and have several players that fit the Nittany Lions’ recruiting archetype. Those include a standout tight end, a highly touted middle linebacker and a trio of cornerbacks, continuing their reputation as ‘TEU,’ ‘LBU’ and ‘DBU.’
Wide receiver Landon Blum ranks No. 288 on ESPN’s Top 300, the first member of Penn State’s class to make the list. The Nittany Lions are also recruiting the Upper Midwest hard, a natural area of expertise after Campbell brought much of his staff over from Iowa State.
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Here are the current commits for Penn State’s 2027 recruiting class, organized according to star ranking and alphabetical order. Check back for updates as the class continues to fill out.
- Four-star Blake Betton: LB/6-foot-3/205 lbs/Shakopee HS (Shakopee, Minn.)
- Four-star Carter Blattner: DE/6-foot-5/255 lbs/Northern Highlands HS (Allendale, NJ)
- Four-star Landon Blum: WR/6-foot-4/205 lbs/Woodbine HS (Woodbine, Iowa)
- Four-star Stanley Montgomery: DL/6-foot-3/300 lbs/Archbishop Ryan HS (Philadelphia)
- Four-star Kei’Shjuan Telfair: CB/6-foot-0/160 lbs/Euclid HS (Euclid, Ohio)
- Four-star Cooper Terwilliger: TE/6-foot-5/235 lbs/T.F. Riggs HS (Pierre, S.D.)
- Three-star Ka’ron Ceaser: CB/5-foot-11/170 lbs/Winslow Township HS (Atco, NJ)
- Three-star Jamir Dean: WR/6-foot-2/180 lbs/Alcoa HS (Alcoa, Tenn.)
- Three-star Jonathan Galette: S/5-foot-10/175 lbs/St. Joseph Regional HS (Montvale, N.J.)
- Three-star Zachary Gleason Jr.: CB/6-foot-0/170 lbs/Central Catholic (Pittsburgh)
- Three-star Owen Reilly: IOL/6-foot-4/290 lbs/Bel Air HS (Bel Air, Md.)
- Three-star Ryan Robbins: OT/6-foot-6/270 lbs/Upper St. Clair HS (Upper St. Clair, Pa.)
- Three-star Semajay Robinson: CB/6-foot-2/190 lbs/Dillard HS (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
- Three-star Jon Sassic: IOL/6-foot-6/270 lbs/Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh)
- Three-star David Tarawallie: OT/6-foot-6/265 lbs/Riverside HS (Painesville, Ohio)
