Max Granville provided a shocker when he committed to Penn State in June over offers from Texas A&M, USC and Oklahoma. The Top247 edge rusher from Sugar Land (Texas) Fort Bend Christian Academy made news again Thursday when the Nittany Lions announced his reclassification to the 2024 class and enrollment ahead of fall camp, giving Penn State’s 2024 cycle 26 enrollees.
Granville could be a factor for the Nittany Lions this year. 247Sports ranked the 6-foot-2.5, 220 pounder as the No. 21 edge rusher and No. 28 player in Texas for the 2025 class.
A dynamic defender from an athletic family, Granville’s father Billy Granville played at Duke before competing in the NFL. Max Granville‘s brother Zion Granville is a current linebacker at Illinois State. Their mother played volleyball at NC State.
Max Granville picked up 36 offers through the recruiting process before whittling his list down to finalists such as Baylor, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas A&M and USC. Though many saw Oklahoma and Texas A&M as the biggest threats, Penn State won out for him.
A multi-sport athlete with impressive testing metrics and a projectable frame, Granville was the top target for Penn State assistant Deion Barnes and the Nittany Lions. The Top247 prospect has a background in basketball and track and field where he competed in shot put, hurdles, high jump and several relay events.
Lions247 reporter Tyler Calvaruso detailed how Penn State went all in for Granville during the recruiting cycle:
“Barnes went outside of Penn State’s traditional recruiting footprint to fight off a trio of regional challengers in Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, as well as a West Coast program in USC.
“The Sooners had been the 247Sports Crystal Ball favorite to land Granville for months, and he was coming off an official visit with the program.
“But as (June 24) rolled on, intel flooded in that Barnes and Penn State were going to be the ones to get him on board.”
Granville will now have a chance to make an immediate impact and begin earning NIL.
Sources tell 247Sports that he’s already enrolled and moved in.
He will hit the practice field when Penn State begins fall camp at the end of July.