Penn State makes offer to newly available top 100 PG
Dellquan Warren, a four-star point guard out of the Class of 2024, announced his de-commitment from Rutgers on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Penn State stepped through the opening with a new offer to the nation’s No. 73-ranked prospect.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday evening, the talented 6-foot-1, 160-pound Warren posted that Penn State had offered him, thanking head coach Mike Rhoades in the process.
Playing for Keystone Prep in Erie, Pa., Warren is originally from Geneva, Ohio, but now stands as one of Pennsylvania’s best prospects for the cycle. He holds a No. 11 ranking among all point guards nationally and is No. 4-ranked in Pennsylvania for the class behind only Ahmad Nowell, Jalil Bethea, and Thomas Sorber, who recently committed to Georgetown.
In addition to Penn State’s offer, Warren also posted that he’d received a new offer from Florida State on Wednesday. Upon his commitment to Rutgers in December, Warren chose the Scarlet Knights over strong consideration for Pitt, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Alabama, Maryland, and St. John’s, among others.
Scouting Dellquan Warren
From On3 national recruiting analyst Jamie Shaw:
“Dellquan Warren is a jet-quick lead guard. He has a tight handle that gets him anywhere on the court, off the bounce. Warren has natural floor vision and a crafty way of creating angles and passing lanes.
“He will have to reign in his decision-making as it can get wild at times, but it is better to slow a guy down than rev his engine up. The jump shot is streaky, but he knocks down the mid-range pull-ups.
“Warren comes from an athletic background with multiple family members playing college basketball or football. As he matures, watch for him to trend as one of the top point guards in his region.”
Mike Rhoades’ recruiting plans for Penn State
The news comes amidst a steady stream of new offers coming to Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 prospects in the past two weeks as Rhoades and his staff transition from scrambling to build out a roster for the 2023-24 season toward future pursuits.
Inheriting just three scholarship players from last year’s team that remain with the program, that process has demanded an intense focus on quickly landing players out of the transfer portal as well as working to establish a new Class of 2023. Ultimately, it has taken shape as nine scholarships filled this offseason, eight coming out of the portal and another, Bragi Gudmundsson, arriving from Iceland via a traditional recruiting path.
As Rhoades recently detailed in a podcast appearance with Jon Rothstein, though, that is not how he intends to build future rosters in his time at Penn State.
“We’ll try to find transfers that can help and get us older and bring us experience, but also high school kids that we think would be great players here and develop here,” Rhoades said. “I think we’ve always done that very well everywhere I’ve been. Pick out some guys that we really like that we want in our programs and then develop them until they turn into all-conference players and pros.
“I think that formula has worked for us everywhere we’ve been. We’re going to do that here at Penn State as well.”
