{"id":653022,"date":"2026-01-04T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/653022\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:39:11","slug":"penn-state-adds-iowa-state-ol-will-tompkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/653022\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State adds Iowa State OL Will Tompkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penn State is adding former Iowa State offensive lineman Will Tompkins<\/a> via the NCAA transfer portal. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound tackle is leaving Ames after his first year in State College. On3\u2019s Hayes Fawcett<\/a> first reported his commitment to the Nittany Lions.<\/p>\n

Tompkins was a Rivals Industry Rankings three-star recruit in the Class of 2025. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound lineman did not register any snaps for the Cyclones his freshman year after suffering a knee injury before the start of the season. He\u2019ll have four seasons of eligibility remaining after using his redshirt. <\/p>\n

His official Iowa State bio reads as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cPrepped at Cedar Falls for head coach Brad Remmert \u2026 three-star offensive lineman and top-5 player in the state by ESPN and On3 \u2026 rated as the nation\u2019s No. 34 offensive tackle by On3 \u2026 member of Des Moines Register\u2019s All-Iowa Elite Team \u2026 helped the Tigers to the Class 5A playoffs in back-to-back seasons, including a quarterfinal appearance as a junior \u2026 blocked for a Cedar Falls offense that produced over 1,900 rush yards and 1,600 pass yards in 2024 \u2026 as a junior, Cedar Falls amassed 1,206 passing yards and 2,250 rushing yards with Tompkins on the offensive line \u2026 also participated in track & field \u2026 picked Iowa State over offers from Northwestern, Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Penn State, Tennessee, USC and Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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