Ex-Penn State football 2025 commit finds new home in the ACC

Just over two months since 2025 recruiting class member safety Omari Gaines decommitted from the Penn State football team, he has found a new home. It’s rare for a player to decommit and then recommit to the same school and it’s never easy losing a prospect that a team worked so hard for. On Tuesday, the former Nittany Lion made his commitment official to one of the newest members of the ACC the Stanford Cardinals.

Ex-Penn State football 2025 commit finds new home in the ACC

With the PAC12 disbanding following the 2023 season several conferences welcomed new teams. The Big Ten now includes Oregon, Washington, UCLA, and USC. The ACC added Cal, SMU, and Stanford. This will take some time to get used to during the 2024 season.

With the conference realignment in college football, the decision for East Coast prospects to commit to West Coast teams became much easier. As many teams out west will have to visit East Coast teams making travel easier for family members.

Omari Gaines from Newark, NJ, and a one-time Penn State football commit has made his decision to go out west and play for Stanford which he announced on social media on Tuesday afternoon.