Penn State offers On300 IOL Paki Finau

Hesperia (Calif.) Oak Hills four-star interior offensive lineman Paki Finau received an offer from Penn State Friday. He announced the news on Twitter.

Finau is the No. 298 overall prospect and No. 22 interior offensive lineman in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 25 player in California.

On3 rates Finau higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. Per the 2024 On300, he is also the No. 213 overall prospect, No. 13 interior offensive lineman and No. 21 player in California.

After talking with @CoachTrautFB I would love to announce that I have been offered to Penn State University! Blessed!!⚪️🔵 @PennStateFball @NickMonica63 @coachmetty @rickroan65 @OakHillsFootba1 @CoachSmith1044 pic.twitter.com/fbyeLxU9YW

— Paki Finau✍🏽 (@pakifinau53) February 18, 2023

The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Finau holds 10 Power Five offers and the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Fresno State with a narrow lead over multiple schools to land a commitment from Finau.

RPM was released to the public in December 2021. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college.It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

Finau has not taken many visits but most recently visited Arizona on August 21.

Penn State currently two commitments in its 2024 recruiting class. They are four-star interior offensive lineman Cooper Cousins and three-star linebacker Anthony Speca.

For more Penn State recruiting intel, check out BWI.

Finau currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $21K. 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.