PSU also has top 10 guys guys that don't live up to the hype. Plenty of them. They just get more of them.
Who? There are certainly a couple (Teasdale, Gulibon, Manville), but they are few and far between. Class of 2023, Penn State wasn't even in the top 5:
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The Top 5 were 1. Mich, 2. Iowa, 3. Va Tech, 4. Ok St, 5. Cornell. Penn State's biggest recruits were Tyler Kasak and Josh Barr. Where are the guys now?
Mich
Lemley - ranked 13 coming off biggest win of his career
Mantanona - redshirting but has looked decent
Horwath - 2-6 as a redshirt
Gilcher - 7-7 as a redshirt
Walters - no matches as a redshirt
Adams - greyshirting to focus on greco
Iowa
Jesuroga - quit wrestling
Keuter - redshirting? Will always have a conflict with football
Arnold - redshirting? Has looked good when he gets a chance
Block - redshirting/injured?
VA Tech
Mullen - 11-3, redshirting
Sasso - 11-8, redshirting
On the other hand, from Penn State's non-top 5 recruiting class, Josh Barr is also redshirting but is 14-0 with 3 tournament wins and a B1G dual win, Tyler Kasak is ranked 12 and could be an AA, and the far less heralded Braeden Davis is now ranked #2 and looking like a potential AA if not finalist.
You could go through this exercise for every year. The 2022 #1 recruiting class was tOSU with Mendez, Bouzakis, Feldman, and Shumate, but Penn State's lone top 25 recruit was Levi Haines, who was a finalist as a true frosh and ranked #1 this year.
Penn State finally actually has a #1 recruiting class for 2024 with Lilledahl, Healey, Ryder, and the Mirasolas. Given the rate that they hit immediately with lesser ranked classes, look out below for this one.