Penn State-bound wideout Khalil Taylor transfers from Seton LaSalle to Pine-Richland

By: Chris Harlan
Monday, July 28, 2025 | 10:44 PM

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WPIAL standout Khalil Taylor, a Penn State football recruit ranked among the nation’s best wide receivers, has transferred from Seton LaSalle to Pine-Richland.

The high-profile move comes one week before high school football teams start heat acclimation for the upcoming season. Pine-Richland football coach Jon LeDonne said Monday he was informed that Taylor had enrolled at the school.

Taylor’s arrival bolsters a Pine-Richland offense that won the WPIAL Class 5A title last season. The 6-foot, 180-pound wideout earned all-conference honors at Seton LaSalle as both a freshman and sophomore. He couldn’t be reached Monday.

Recruiting websites rate Taylor as a consensus four-star prospect. One of those sites, 247Sports ranked him 10th among all wide receivers nationally in the 2027 class. He committed to Penn State in March with Pitt, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Rutgers and Syracuse among his other Power 4 offers. He announced the addition of a Notre Dame offer last month.

Taylor is coming off a sophomore season where he caught 51 passes for 932 yards and 22 touchdowns. His longest scoring play was an 85-yard kickoff return.

His exit is the second blow this month for the Seton LaSalle football team. The WPIAL ruled Rebels quarterback Anthony Smith ineligible last week after the sophomore transferred to Seton LaSalle from Southmoreland.

Taylor also must navigate the WPIAL process to gain eligibility.

He joins a Pine-Richland roster that returns Florida State-bound senior Jay Timmons as the team’s leading receiver. Junior quarterback Aaron “Oobi” Strader also is a Division I recruit with Syracuse among his latest college offers.

The Rams went 11-1 last season and won their second WPIAL title in three years.

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

Tags: Pine-Richland, Seton La Salle