Former Penn State receiver Omari Evans left the Lions via the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week after spending the last three seasons in State College. Now, he knows where he will play next. On3’s Hayes Fawcett reports that the Kileen, Tex., native is moving on to Washington. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
Evans caught 21 passes for 415 yards and five touchdowns for the Nittany Lions in 2024. All were career highs. Over his first two seasons, he combined for just nine catches for 149 yards and two touchdowns, making his career stat line 30-564-7 in blue and white.
It is not a surprise that the Penn State receivers room is undergoing a significant overhaul after the group failed to record a reception in the Nittany Lions’ 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. Trey Wallace, Omari Evans, Tyler Johnson, and Mehki Flowers all left via the transfer portal. Julian Fleming is out of eligibility. That leaves redshirt senior Liam Clifford as the top returning receiver in third-year position coach Marques Hagans’ room. He caught 18 passes for 286 yards and one touchdown in 2024. For his career, the Ohio native has 39 receptions for 505 yards and a touchdown. Other scholarship returners include (eligibility listed is what they will be in 2025): Redshirt juniors Kaden Saunders and Anthony Ivey and sophomores Tyseer Denmark, Josiah Brown, and Peter Gonzalez.
Penn State is also welcoming six newcomers at receiver. Two, Kyron Hudson (USC) and Devonte Ross (Troy) are transfers. The other four are Class of 2025 signees Lyrick Samuel, Jeff Exinor, Matthew Outten, and Koby Howard.
Where have former Penn State players who hit the portal ended up?
Wallace is the fourth former Penn State player to pick a new school. Here’s the list of who’s in the portal and where they are at now:
TE Jerry Cross: Memphis
QB Beau Pribula: Missouri
CB Cam Miller: Rutgers
WR Trey Wallace: Ole Miss
S Tyrece Mills: Undecided
WR Omari Evans: Washington
DT T.A. Cunningham: Undecided
WR Mehki Flowers: Undecided
WR Tyler Johnson: Eastern Carolina
The portal is now closed for undergraduates. It will reopen in the spring. Graduates can go in at any time. But, it is unlikely that any other Penn State players will do so until after spring practice.
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