North Penn wide receiver Yazeed Haynes commits to Penn State
Penn State football added a 13th verbal commit to its Class of 2023 on Sunday.
Yazeed Haynes, a four-star wide receiver from North Penn in Lansdale, announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions on his Twitter account.
Decided to stay home! Fully committed to Penn State University! #weare @coachjfranklin @CoachStubbs @CoachTerryPSU @adamgorney @RivalsFriedman pic.twitter.com/5ZxS2aLuvM
— Yazeed Haynes (@ZeedHaynes) June 12, 2022
Haynes (6-foot-2, 175 pounds) chose Penn State over offers from Boston College, Bowling Green, Maryland, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Rutgers, Towson and West Virginia. He previously committed to Rutgers but decommitted in May. He went to a Nittany Lions camp and received a scholarship offer June 4, made his official visit to Penn State on Friday and committed Sunday.
Rivals rates Haynes as the No. 4 prospect in Pennsylvania and the No. 33 wide receiver nationally.
Rivals also lists Penn State’s 2023 class as fifth nationally behind Notre Dame, Texas Tech, Cincinnati and Northwestern.
Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.
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