2024 TE Luke Reynolds commits to Penn State
Westford (Mass.) Cheshire Academy three-star tight end Luke Reynolds committed to Penn State Saturday afternoon. He announced the news on Twitter.
Reynolds is the No. 977 overall prospect and No. 47 tight end in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 9 player in Connecticut.
Reynolds isn’t ranked in the 2024 On300, but he On3 ranks him as the No. 33 tight end and the No. 8 player in Connecticut. Reynolds was previously a quarterback but will transition to tight end this year and at the next level.
Last weekend Reynolds visited Penn State and walked away from that visit with an offer from James Franklin.
“It’s an important one,” Reynolds told BWI’s Ryan Snyder, when asked what an offer from Penn State meant to him and his recruitment. “It’s well-known program with a lot of history. I’m definitely excited.”
Reynolds currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $5.9K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.
With his commitment, the Nittany Lions now have five commitments in their 2024 recruiting class. The class includes Reynolds, four-star interior offensive lineman Cooper Cousins, four-star linebacker Anthony Speca, three-star linebacker Kari Jackson and three-star cornerback Kenny Woseley.
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Penn State’s class currently ranks as the No. 18 class in the country and the No. 4 class in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions’ signed 23 players in the 2023 cycle and that class finished finished as the No. 14 class in the country and the No. 2 class in the Big Ten.