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Key member of Penn State's 2025 class set to enroll this week

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Offensive lineman Malachi Goodman (Credit: Ryan Snyder | Blue White Illustrated)

Penn State welcomed the majority of its Class of 2025 back in January, and now others who haven’t enrolled yet are set to join the team this upcoming week. That includes offensive tackle Malachi Goodman, who’s arguably the best player in the class.

Listed at 6-foot-5, 315 pounds, Goodman technically finished as the second-ranked player in Penn State’s class following the late addition of five-star tight end Andrew Olesh. Goodman, who played at Paramus Catholic in New Jersey, earned a five-star rating by 247Sports and finished just shy of five-star status at On3 with a national ranking of No. 34. On3 finishes with 32 five-star players in each class. He also just missed that cutoff in the Industry Rankings, coming in at No. 37 nationally.

On3 Scouting Director Charles Power explained back in February that Goodman would’ve been a five-star player in most classes.

“Until this last ranking, we were the highest on him in the industry for most, if not all of the cycle,” said Power. “He was close [to earning a fifth star]. I believe this is the strongest offensive line cycle nationally that I’ve seen in my time doing this. So, for us, we wanted to put him high enough to show what we think of him, and I think in a normal offensive line cycle, he probably is a five-star. I believe we had seven five-stars along the offensive line this year.”

Penn State ultimately signed Goodman over Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and USC. The Navy All-American was excellent in San Antonio back in January when matched up against the nation’s best defensive linemen in the annual high school all-state game.

“We saw him at the Navy All-American Bowl. He was primarily playing guard. We like him as a tackle, but I think he has the positional versatility to really play anywhere Penn State needs him,” Power said. “I think the first thing that jumps out is that he has this ready-made build. He has great weight distribution and length. He’s a guy who already has that grown-man strength as part of his game. When he would get his hands on defensive linemen, they really weren’t going anywhere on him.

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“When you look at that and you look at the balance he has playing on the edge in high school at tackle, it’s very encouraging. He’s a solid athlete but not an elite athlete at this point, but he’s also younger for the class. Malachi really could be a 2026. So, I think when you look at just the physical makeup and then the room for continued improvement, he’s a really big get for Penn State on the offensive line. He’s a guy I would project as a multi-year starter once he gets his feet wet.”

On Friday, Blue White Illustrated’s Sean Fitz posted additional information on other members of the 2025 class. Add in Penn State’s first big official visit weekend and it was a must read ‘S’ Zone notebook that fans have to read.

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