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4-star WR just de-committed from Penn State, and he will visit Syracuse football

Neil Adler
Neil Adler

Inside the Loud House

Khalil Taylor, a 2027 4-star wide receiver, has de-committed from Penn State and will visit Syracuse football soon. / Abe Arredondo-Imagn Images

Syracuse football is in the mix for an elite wide receiver who just de-committed from Penn State out of the Big Ten Conference.

On Friday, word broke that Khalil Taylor, a four-star wide receiver and a top-40 national prospect in the 2027 class, had reopened his recruitment. He verbally committed to the Nittany Lions in late March of this year.

The 5-foot-11, 180-pound Taylor, a junior at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, Pa., near Pittsburgh, is expected to visit the Orange for the team's home game on Saturday, Oct. 18, against Pittsburgh at the JMA Wireless Dome, according to media reports and recruiting analysts.

Heck yeah.

The Orange coaching staff offered a scholarship to Taylor a while back on May 30, 2004, according to his X page.

Syracuse football will get a visit from a 2027 four-star WR who just de-committed from Penn State.

According to recruiting services, Taylor's full offer sheet includes schools such as Florida State, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, UConn, UNLV, USF, West Virginia and Wisconsin, among others.

Per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, Taylor is rated at No. 56 nationally, No. 11 at wide receiver and No. 3 in Pennsylvania within the 2027 class. Over at Rivals, he is No. 31 overall, No. 7 at wide receiver and No. 3 in Pennsylvania.

In the 2025 season, according to MaxPreps, Pine-Richland is 7-1 overall. MaxPreps says that so far in the current campaign, Taylor has caught 12 passes for 264 yards and eight touchdowns, although I'm not sure if those stats are completely comprehensive.

To date, head coach Fran Brown and his staff have six verbal commits in a 2027 class that is ranked No. 4 around the country, according to the 247Sports Composite.

Syracuse football coaches are in pursuit of numerous top-flight 2027 wide receivers. Beyond Taylor, they include four-star Matthew Gregory of Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown, Pa., four-star Javien Robinson of McKeesport Area Senior High School in McKeesport, Pa., and five-star Nick Lennear of Miami Northwestern Senior High School.

The 6-foot, 170-pound Lennear is high school teammates with Syracuse football 2026 verbal commit Calvin Russell lll, a five-star wide receiver and a top-25 national prospect in his class.

Neil Adler

Neil Adler

Since 2016, Neil has served as a writer with Inside The Loud House, while also taking on the role of editor in 2020. Neil, a graduate of Syracuse University in 2000, primarily covers 'Cuse basketball, football, recruiting, NIL and conference realignment issues. Neil has been an avid Syracuse sports enthusiast dating back to the 1980s. While with Loud House, Neil is regularly heard on the radio in Central New York, while also participating in numerous podcasts related to the 'Cuse. His exclusive reports are often picked up by other media outlets, too. When not writing about Syracuse sports, Neil also co-owns a marketing agency in the Washington, D.C., market. He loves playing hoops and buying basketball cards with his son, spending time with his parents, brother and nephews, and listening to Duran Duran.