Class of 2025 four-star linebacker DJ McClary, previously a longtime Penn State pledge, has decommitted from his residence state Rutgers program, he introduced Sunday.
McCleary, who presently attends Henry Snyder Excessive College in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, has been dedicated to the Nittany Lions since September 2023.
He took an official go to to Rutgers the weekend of Might thirty first and was on the Penn State campus for his official go to to Completely satisfied Valley the weekend of June 14th. Nevertheless, McCleary clearly had a change of coronary heart about six months after leaving Manny Diazwho was beforehand McCleary’s prime recruiter at PSU, however was employed as Duke’s head coach in December 2023.
McClary has now determined to remain residence in New Jersey to play school soccer beneath a head coach Greg Schiano and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Joe Horasymyak.
McCleary is the No. 6 ranked inside linebacker within the state of New Jersey and the No. 11 inside linebacker within the 2025 class.
Along with Penn State and Rutgers, McClary had scholarship provides from Boston Faculty, Duke, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, USC, Virginia Tech and others.
As a junior at Snyder in 2023, McClary recorded 95 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two sacks, one compelled fumble and a pick-six.
Rutgers continues to impress on the recruiting path. McCleary joined versatile operating again John Forster and offensive lineman Jaylin Matthews (each New Jersey natives) as three present four-star commitments within the Scarlet Knights’ 2025 recruiting class.
It is a important transfer for Rutgers to maintain McClary in his residence state and lure him away from a prestigious program like Penn State. Rutgers now has two linebackers within the 2025 class with McCleary becoming a member of three-star North Carolina product Isaiah DeLoatche.
McClary’s pledge provides the Scarlet Knights a complete of 28 commitments within the 2025 cycle. “Scarlet Knights” are within the prime 10 within the rating of the nationwide staff.
With McCleary out of Penn State’s top-10 class, the Nittany Lions presently have 16 pledges within the 2025 cycle. Head coach James Franklin and PSU nonetheless has two linebackers dedicated in four-stars Dayshawn Burnett and Alex Thatch.