The No. 6 seed Penn State Nittany Lions made headlines during their College Football Playoff semifinal loss to No. 7 Notre Dame because their offense did not complete any passes to their wide receivers in the Capital One Orange Bowl.

Evans spent his first three collegiate seasons with the Nittany Lions and had 21 catches for 415 receiving yards and five touchdowns in 2024.

The Lions247 team has its finger on the pulse of Penn State transfer portal news, recruiting, coaching staff moves and more after James Franklin's squad was eliminated in the semifinals of the College

NCAA President Charlie Baker said Tuesday night there's plenty of time to figure out the best window for the transfer portal, hours after Football Bowl Subdivision coaches voted unanimously in favor of replacing the current two portal periods with one 10-day stretch in January starting in 2026.

Penn State is going to have some major work to do to address the need for wide receiver in 2025. On the same day as Omari Evans announced he is entering the NCAA transfer portal, word broke that Penn State’s other top wide receiver is about to enter the portal as well.

Penn State football receivers Trey Wallace, Omari Evans reportedly will seek to transfer from the Nittany Lions.

Penn State is in the midst of some massive reworking of its roster following the unfortunate end to the season in last week's Orange Bowl loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal.

We are in another Penn State offseason where the wide receiver position is in the spotlight for the Nittany Lions, and a lot of pressure to get more out of the position continues to rise after the way the season ended.