On April 20, things were going really great for Penn State on the recruiting trail. The Nittany Lions had verbal commitments from two five-star players: QB Justin Fields and DE Micah Parsons.

The next day, three-star OT Chris Bleich decommitted. Three days later, Parsons decided to rescind his pledge. On Tuesday night, Fields did, as well.

Fields is coming off of a good performance at the Elite 11 finals, in which he was one of 12 top performers who will move on to The Opening in Oregon.

The Penn State commit that also plays baseball had a solid weekend overall. His best performance came on Saturday night, as he had some of the strongest throws of the group. He showed off a strong arm on Sunday, too.

That’s thirteen stars worth of recruit that won’t be playing at Penn State, which seems like a lot. The three Penn State decommits on their own would produce a current class score of 76.24, according to the 247 Sports Class Calculator, which would be 51st in the country and ahead of teams like Stanford, WVU, NC State, Georgia, and Alabama.

Yes. Alabama.

It’s still pretty early in the recruiting process and the Nittany Lions have 12 commits, including five-star RB Ricky Slade. Their class is ranked No. 5, and they’re in good shape. But starting from square one looking for a new QB to replace Fields will be difficult.

Elite players rarely recommit after they decommit.