UPDATED: 2020 Rivals100
The Nittany Lions have offered more than a quarter of the players that made the updated Rivals100. Check out the list here!
The latest Rivals100 for the Class of 2020 was released Tuesday.
Penn State has extended scholarship offers to more than quarter of the players that made the list, but the biggest news surrounds three of Penn State's top overall targets, as WR's Julian Fleming and Rakim Jarrett, as well as RB MarShawn Lloyd, were upgraded to five-star prospects.
Jarrett made the biggest improvement in the latest update, jumping 49 spots to No. 13. Fleming was already ranked highly, but still moved up 10 spots to No. 15. Lloyd moved up 15 spots to No. 34 overall.
Penn State is also after a few other players that already held a five-star rating, most notably DE Bryan Bresee, who now sits fifth overall in the nation. Ath. Arik Gilbert, who visited for the Ohio State game in September, is ninth overall, followed by LB Antonie Sampah at No. 10. Another linebacker, Mekhail Sherman, moved down to No. 18 but remains a five-star player. Aside from Gilbert, all of the five-stars listed above have been on campus multiple times over the past year.
There are plenty of other notable names in the latest update. RB Jalen Berger now sits at No. 36, while safety Jordan Toles (No. 42) and DE Darrion Henry (No. 43) round out the Top 50.
A few other notable prospects that have visited Penn State before include DE Demon Clowney (No. 57), RB Chris Tyree (No. 59), OL Aaryn Parks (No. 79) and CB Enzo Jennings (No. 93).
5) DE Bryan Bresee (Down one spot from No. 4)
9) Ath. Arik Gilbert (Down one spot from No. 8)
10) LB Antoine Sampah (Same spot)
11) DE Myles Murphy (Up one spot from No. 12)
12) RB Kendall Milton (Up seven spots from No. 19)
13) WR Rakim Jarrett (Up 49 spots from No. 62)
14) OL Justin Rogers (Up one spot from No. 15)
15) WR Julian Fleming (Up 10 spots from No. 25)
17) OL Myles Hinton (Down 10 spots from No. 7)
18) LB Mekhail Sherman (Down nine spots from No. 9)
19) RB MarShawn Lloyd (Up 15 spots from No. 34)
21) CB Fred Davis (Down four spots from No. 17)
36) RB Jalen Berger (Down eight spots from No. 28)
38) Ath. Cartavious Bigsby (Up four spots from No. 42)
42) Saf. Jordan Toles (Down seven spots from No. 35)
43) DE Darrion Henry (Down six spots from No. 37)
51) WR Jordan Johnson (Down six spots from No. 45)
57) DE Demon Clowney (Down three spots from No. 54)
59) RB Chris Tyree (Down four spots from No. 55)
67) DE Desmond Evans (Down two spots from No. 65)
73) CB Luke Hill (Stayed the same)
79) OL Aaryn Parks (stayed the same)
80) LB Kalel Mullings (Up two spots from No. 82)
83) OL Omari Thomas (Up 166 spots from No. 249)
84) RB AJ Henning (Down 16 spots from No. 68)
93) CB Enzo Jennings (Down 40 spots from No. 53)