Miles Teodecki had a decision to make and plenty of free time to make it, thanks to the ice storm that rolled through Austin, Texas, last month and kept his family cooped up for a few days.

So Miles pulled out a giant poster board to get down to business and — with the help of his parents and fraternal twin brother, Grant — make a decision about where he wanted to play college football.

Teodecki, a three-star quarterback in the Class of 2026, signed with Kansas State in December but mutually parted ways with the program when the new coaching staff arrived. BYU, USF and Penn had all just hosted him on official visits, and JMU, North Texas and East Carolina had reached out with offers, too.

“I made a very grid-like (presentation),” Teodecki said of the decision-making process. “It was a very structured, numerical-based system and then just talked about all the pros and cons of each individual aspect of each school.”

Staying at the Power 4 level was tempting for Teodecki, who raved about the coaches, campus and facilities at BYU. But the data-driven, grid analysis — fitting for a future Ivy Leaguer — along with some prayer and a gut feeling, led him down a different path.

So he picked Penn and made it official at a ceremony at his school on national signing day last week, becoming the rare Power 4-caliber recruit to choose the Ivy League over a power-conference school.

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— Miles Teodecki (@milesteo12) January 26, 2026

Oh, and he’s headed to the Wharton School, the university’s world-renowned business program.

“The goals I wanted to accomplish, I know that I could’ve accomplished all those goals at all the schools that had offered me again,” Teodecki said. “But I knew if I chose Penn, I’d have more control of those goals and more control of my own destiny.”

Teodecki, who ranks No. 710 overall and the No. 41 quarterback in the 247Sports Composite, is Penn’s highest-rated recruit of the modern era (since 2000) and the school’s only top-1,000 signee in the last 10 years.

Teodecki said Kansas State didn’t force him out, but Collin Klein’s new staff made it clear that he wasn’t a fit for their scheme. So he asked for his release and reopened his recruitment.

Playing at BYU or USF would have allowed him to potentially compete in the College Football Playoff at some point over the next four years.

But Teodecki is hoping that Penn will provide him with a path to the NFL anyway. And if not? Well, that’s where Wharton comes in.

“My dad is my biggest role model, and my goal is to be as much like him as possible. He’s a great man,” Teodecki said of his father, Steve, who played quarterback for the Quakers in the 1990s. “If (the NFL) doesn’t pan out, then the dream is to be an NFL general manager. I want to do business, and being in the business side of football sounds like the most fun form of business to do. If not (that), the goal is to be financially free and hopefully be able to retire by the time I’m 50 and spend time with my wife and kids in the future. … I can control my destiny more towards those goals at Penn.”

Teodecki finished his high school career with a 27-4 record as the starter and delivered Vandegrift High its first state championship in program history — over powerhouse Southlake Carroll — at the end of the 2024 season. He wrapped up his career with 5,800 yards passing and 69 touchdowns in two years as QB1.

Vandegrift coach Drew Sanders said he wasn’t surprised when Penn was the pick, knowing what Teodecki envisions for his life after his playing days come to a close. Still … “I think Penn got a steal,” Sanders said. “He’s clearly a Power 4 quarterback.

“His arm talent is tremendous. He’s a lefty. They always say if you’ve got an accurate quarterback, you’ve got a chance, and that’s what he gives you. He is about as accurate as it can get, and one of the things that’ll stand out to you if you go watch him is how accurate his deep ball is. He’s (also) one of the smartest guys I’ve ever been around. He is really, really sharp.”

Teodecki, who will make the move from Austin to Philadelphia and enroll at Penn this summer, could be in line to compete for early playing time. The Quakers’ starter from last season, Liam O’Brien, transferred to Cincinnati in January.

Sanders knows one thing for sure.

“He’s about to take them to another level,” he said. “I really believe that. I think he’s that good of a player.”