Penn State offers 4-star WR Taeshaun Lyons

Hayward (Calif.) Tennyson four-star wide receiver Taeshaun Lyons received an offer from Penn State on Wednesday night. He announced the news on social media.

Lyons is the No. 355 overall prospect and No. 49 wide receiver in the 2023 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. 24 player in California. 

On3 rates Lyons higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. Per the 2023 On300, he is the No. 191 overall prospect, No. 28 wide receiver and No. 12 player in California.

✞I’m TRULY BLESSED AND HONORED to receive an offer from Penn State University!! 🔵⚪️#agtg #WeAre @PangelinaJohn @coachjfranklin @CoachStubbs @chrismahon_ @BrandonHuffman @adamgorney @TheUCReport @MohrRecruiting pic.twitter.com/TueVTIyd5M

— 4⭐️Wr Taeshaun Lyons (@LyonsTaeshaun) September 15, 2022

The 6-foot-2, 165 pound prospect has received 19 offers. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Notre Dame has a commanding lead for his commitment at 97.5%. Lyons is taking an official visit to South Bend on Sept. 17.

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RPM was released to the public in December. 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.

Regarding Penn State, the Nittany Lions’ 2023 class contains 20 commits and is No. 12 in the 2023 On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings. The group also ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten.

Lyons has an On3 NIL Valuation of $6.1K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. 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.