The Penn State Nittany Lions are set to play in Saturday's Big Ten Championship Game, but they improved their future roster Thursday with an important win on the recruiting trail.
Quarterback prospect Justin Fields announced he will be joining the Nittany Lions' 2018 recruiting class:
The 6'3", 209-pound signal-caller is a 4-star prospect, per Scout.com, the No. 206 overall player and No. 18 quarterback in his class.
There were a variety of marquee programs included on Scout's schools-of-interest list for the Georgia native, including Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Louisville, Ole Miss, Nebraska, North Carolina, TCU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.