Penn State receives commitment from Mehki Flowers, a two-way player from the Harrisburg area

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Flowers played wide receiver, defensive back and outside linebacker in 2020 for Steelton-Highspire High School. He is the Nittany Lions' eighth commitment to the 2022 class

Penn State head coach James Franklin, shown here greeting his team to the field for the start of his team's Dec. 19 game against Illinois, welcomed versatile Steelton-Highspire player Mehki Flowers as the team's eighth commitment to the class of 2022.Read moreBarry Reeger / AP

by Joe Juliano

Published Jan. 1, 2021, 4:43 p.m. ET

Mehki Flowers, a two-way player for Steelton-Highspire High School near Harrisburg, announced Friday on Twitter that he had made an oral commitment to Penn State.

Flowers, who is considered a consensus 4-star recruit, selected the Nittany Lions from a field of 10 finalists which included Arizona State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Rutgers, Nebraska and Georgia Tech. He is rated a top-five recruit in Pennsylvania rankings by both Rivals and 247Sports.

“I’m coming home … WE ARE!” Flowers wrote on Twitter.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Flowers plays wide receiver, defensive back and linebacker for his high school, which won the 2020 PIAA Class A championship. He scored 23 touchdowns during the season.

Flowers is the eighth member of Penn State’s recruiting class of 2022. All have a 4-star ranking which has moved the Nittany Lions up to the No. 2 national team ranking by Rivals and 247Sports. Five of the recruits are from Pennsylvania, ranked anywhere between No. 3 and No. 11 by Rivals, and No. 4 through No. 12 by 247Sports.