College football recruiting: Four-star safety Cristian Driver commits to Penn State on CBS Sports HQ

Penn State is closing the hole with Ohio State for the No. 1 spot within the 2022 college football recruiting rankings, solidifying its spot at No. 2 within the nation with the dedication of four-star security Cristian Driver.  Driver, the son of former Inexperienced Bay Packers huge receiver Donald Driver, selected the Nittany Lions over a bunch of finalists that included Oklahoma, Texas and Oregon dwell on Thursday afternoon on CBS Sports activities HQ. 

Surrounded by household and buddies what occurs to be his birthday, Driver defined how he believes he can contribute on offense or protection on the subsequent stage and spent a while explaining how grateful he was to the highschool coaches at Liberty Christian, the affect of his dad and mom and extra earlier than unzipping a jacket to disclose a Penn State shirt beneath. 

CBS Sports activities HQ’s Chris Hassel identified that James Franklin was the huge receivers coach in Inexperienced Bay for Cristian’s father for one season, and Cristian went on to explain a relationship that is gone again lengthy earlier than the recruiting course of the place Franklin believed in his talents. 

That family-forward connection was a key a part of the choice for Driver. 

Driver is a four-star security out of Argyle, Texas, presently ranked because the No. 15 security within the class of 2022 and one the highest 40 prospects in Texas in accordance with the 247Sports Composite. He performed each huge receiver and security early in his profession however emerged as a first-team all-district choose at security final season. Driver additionally competes in observe and area, working within the 4×100 relay, the 100 meter sprint, the lengthy soar and the excessive soar. 

Driver has been receiving gives from high packages for the reason that fall of his freshman season, and he arrives right here at his announcement date with a whopping complete of 43 colleges having supplied a scholarship with a lot of the heavy-hitters accounted for on 247Sports’ listing. However just one college was getting numerous momentum from the 247Sports Crystal Ball, and it is also the one college he formally visited within the month of June: Penn State. 

Penn State has had a fantastic week that began with the dedication of four-star cornerback Cam Miller (additionally on CBS Sports activities HQ) initially of the week. They’ve separated themselves from No. 3 and No. 4 and are closing the hole with Ohio State, which is holding down the No. 1 spot within the 2022 class rankings.