Penn State Football finds itself in the middle of one of the best recruiting battles of the 2024 cycle.
Jamonta Waller, a 5-star outside linebacker from Mississippi, dropped his top ten list of schools on Saturday afternoon and the Nittany Lions made the cut.
What makes this list interesting is that Penn State is the only non-SEC team on Waller’s list. The other schools include Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss State, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Tennessee.
BREAKING: Elite 2024 LB Jamonta Waller is down to 🔟 Schools!
The 6’2 230 LB from Picayune, MS is ranked as a Top 80 Player in the ‘24 Class
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On the surface, it seems impossible for Penn State to win a recruiting battle like this, but not so fast.
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The fact that Penn State Football is the only northern school, and non-SEC team on the list, says that Waller’s interest in the Nittany Lions is real.
Penn State is the only school in the country Waller would consider leaving the South for.
Additionally, Waller already has an official visit lined up to Happy Valley on June 9. According to 247 Sports, Waller will also visit Auburn, Georgia and Florida in June. With there no longer being a limit on how many official visits a recruit can take, he may pop up on the campus of some of his other finalists down the road.
This official visit will be James Franklin and Manny Diaz’s chance to sell Waller on being the next great one from LBU.
Cowboys star Micah Parsons has been a massive selling point for the program lately and now Abdul Carter is as well.
With Curtis Jacobs likely moving on after the 2023 season, and the likelihood Carter leaves after the 2024 season, Penn State can sell Waller on early playing time as well.
This will be a battle, but Penn State Football has a chance to pull off the upset here.
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