{"id":136297,"date":"2025-06-17T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136297\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:11:11","slug":"penn-state-adds-four-star-linebacker-elijah-littlejohn-to-2026-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136297\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State adds four-star linebacker Elijah Littlejohn to 2026 class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State has picked up another linebacker for its Class of 2026, locking in a commitment from Charlotte native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/elijah-littlejohn-180608\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Elijah Littlejohn<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Listed at just over 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, Littlejohn earned top performer honors at the Charlotte Under Armour Camp at the beginning of April. His film and testing numbers quickly grabbed the attention of linebacker coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gopsusports.com\/staff\/dan-connor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dan Connor<\/a>, which led to Littlejohn and his family taking an overnight visit to Penn State the weekend of April 18-19. That\u2019s also when he picked up an offer.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was his official visit just over two weeks ago, June 6 to 8, that firmly established the Nittany Lions as the team to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coaches treated me and my family so well, and I liked the atmosphere a lot,\u201d Littlejohn told On3\u2019s Chad Simmons. \u201cThen on the official visit, I knew Penn State was home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to add, \u201cI really like the town and the people there. It is a great place. The atmosphere is great for me and me and my family loves it. It is just a great place for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/penn-state-nittany-lions\/news\/the-s-zone-inside-penn-states-latest-recruiting-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The \u2018S\u2019 Zone: Inside Penn State\u2019s June 13-15 recruiting weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout his recruitment, Littlejohn totaled more than two dozen scholarship offers. Penn State ultimately beat Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, both of which he took official visits with this month. He also previously set an official visit with N.C. State for June 20-22, but no longer plans to make that trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPenn State is always putting guys into the league,\u201d Littlejohn said. \u201cThey have great coaches. Coach Conner played there, he played in the NFL and he will develop me. Penn State has the best defensive coordinator (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/jim-knowles-131212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jim Knowles<\/a>) in college football, so the defense will be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his junior season, Littlejohn totaled 26 tackles for loss and 14 sacks in just seven games. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/elijah-littlejohn-180608\/industry-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">On3\u2019s Industry Rankings<\/a> have him ranked No. 325 nationally, No. 22 at linebacker and 18th overall in North Carolina for the class. That makes him the seventh-ranked player in PSU\u2019s class. In fact, he comes in just one spot nationally ahead of fellow linebacker and Pennsylvania native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/terry-wiggins-246420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Terry Wiggins<\/a>. Those two join Virginia native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/mathieu-lamah-241372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mathieu Lamah<\/a> as the three linebackers in Penn State\u2019s class. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn State has picked up another linebacker for its Class of 2026, locking in a commitment from Charlotte&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[32107,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-136297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-elijah-littlejohn-26-west-charlotte","9":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114697226428446340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}