Penn State adds former 5-star offensive line recruit Nolan Rucci via transfer portal
Penn State has added another former five-star recruit from the transfer portal.
The Nittany Lions added offensive lineman Nolan Rucci from the portal Saturday afternoon. He previously played for Wisconsin. Rucci is a Pennsylvania native, going to Warwick High School, and picked the Badgers over PSU as a recruit. He returns to the state after spending three seasons with Wisconsin and announced the commitment on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Rucci, who has prototypical tackle size at 6-foot-8, 300 pounds, could compete at right tackle for the Nittany Lions, with former starter Caedan Wallace moving on and his backup Drew Shelton expected to flip to left tackle and start in 2024.
The latest addition joins former five-star recruit Julian Fleming, also a Pennsylvania native, as highly-touted high school targets who have circled back to the Nittany Lions out of the portal.
Rucci, Fleming and the rest of the program will next take the field when they play West Virginia in Morgantown on Aug. 31.
