Four-star running back Thad Franklin who is the highest-ranked commit in the 2021 Miami football recruiting class tweeted on Friday that he has received an offer to play basketball at Penn State. Franklin also has an offer from the Nittany Lions football team.
Penn State is reportedly open to the idea of Franklin playing football and basketball. Franklin is the 215th ranked player, the 11th ranked running back and the 26th ranked player in Florida in the Class of 2021. As a basketball player, Franklin averaged 8.9 points per game to lead Chaminade-Madonna to the Class 3A semifinals.