Penn State football stands out to reclassified 2025 wide receiver

If Penn State football has learned how to handle anything in the recruiting world, it’s reclassified prospects. The Nittany Lions were given short notice when Max Granville reclassified from the 2025 recruiting class to 2024. Now, an uncommitted wide receiver in Donovan Murph looks to do the same thing. Moving from a 2026 prospect to the 2025 cycle.

Donovan Murph was starting to get his recruiting underway. But his decision-making process will need to speed up due to the news that broke on Tuesday. That’s when Hayes Fawcett of On3 announced that Murph would be reclassifying to the 2025 recruiting class.

Fawcett shared on Twitter / X that 11 schools stand out to the four-star wide receiver. Clemson, Colorado, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Georgia, Penn State, Oregon, and Ohio State.

The Irmo (South Carolina) native is a four-star prospect according to the On3 Industry Rankings. He is the No. 5 player in South Carolina and the No. 55 wide receiver in the country after reclassifying. He has yet to visit Happy Valley, but it will be interesting if the Penn State football coaching staff tries to move quickly with the reclassified prospect.

BREAKING: Four-Star WR Donovan Murph has Reclassified to the 2025 Class, he tells me for @on3recruits

The 6’3 190 WR from Irmo, SC tells me these 11 Schools currently stand out to him

Where Should He Go?👇🏽 https://t.co/IemHj6KB4l pic.twitter.com/9IVBYd80kD

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) October 1, 2024

Max Granville has adapted well

Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-USA TODAY Sports

Just weeks before Penn State football was slated to begin fall camp, four-star edge rusher Max Granville decided to reclassify from the 2025 recruiting class to the 2024 cycle. He appeared in one game so far this season against Kent State where he collected a strip sack fumble that was overturned due to a penalty.

Granville has even turned heads in the weight room with strength and conditioning coach Chuck Losey.

“I was legit worried about Max when he came in,” Losey said on September 12. “I’m not worried one bit about that guy like he is an outstanding young man across the board, work ethic, personality, demeanor. I’m super thrilled.”

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