4-star EDGE Jaylen Harvey announces commitment date

Potomac (Md.) Quince Orchard four-star EDGE Jaylen Harvey will be committed soon. The 6-foot-2, 250-pound recruit revealed Sunday that he is announcing his college destination on July 4.

Harvey is the No. 343 overall prospect and No. 23 EDGE 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. 10 player in Maryland.

“I like Penn State a lot,” Harvey told On3’s Chad Simmons on Jan. 9. “My interest is very high in them. My relationship with the coaches, how they make me feel like a top recruit and the way they develop edge rushers have them up there. The way I feel there and how they coach guys like me up makes Penn State a program I would love to be a part of.”

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Penn State has a commanding lead for his commitment at 91.6%. Harvey took an official visit to the Nittany Lions on the weekend of June 3.

“Penn State finds itself in the top five with a handful of quality defensive end prospects,” Ryan Snyder of BlueWhiteIllustrated wrote on May 25. “But when you try to predict who’s going to sign with the Nittany Lions, you realize just how important Maryland defensive end Jaylen Harvey is.

“… All of that is why I feel like Harvey has to be part of this list. He’s the one defensive end who has both consistently visited and has been fairly open about his recruitment. His official visit will be his 10th visit to Penn State. We also know that his mom is high on the staff and how they’ve gone about recruiting Jaylen. Penn State has to lock him up.”

In addition to Penn State, Harvey has taken an official visit to Florida. He was on campus in Gainesville last weekend.

At the moment, Harvey is also scheduled to take official visits to USC (June 16), Miami (June 23) and Maryland (June 30). The Trojans last hosted him on March 18.

“I just want to talk more with the coaching staff about what’s going on and learn the defensive scheme more,” Harvey told Scott Schrader of WeAreSC on May 18. “Last time I was there, coach (Roy) Manning and me watched film and I’d like to do more of that this time. But this time I’d also like to feel the connection with the coaches and players.”