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Omari Gaines is the latest prospect to commit to Penn State Football, as the defensive back made his pledge on Tuesday, March 28. Gaines, 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds, held offers from the likes of Duke, Boston College, and Ole Miss, before committing to the Nittany Lions. Last season, Gaines logged 50 total tackles, and one […]
Penn State Football picked up a major commitment in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Omari Gaines, a 2025 defensive back out of Newark, New Jersey, has committed to the Nittany Lions. In addition to Penn State, Gaines held offers from Syracuse, West Virginia, Boston College, and Ole Miss among others. 1000% COMMITTED TO THE PENN STATE […]
Penn State Football is well into spring practice, ahead of the 2023 regular season, and defensive back Zakee Wheatley recently pulled down one of the more ridiculous interceptions you’ll see. In a video published by the Nittany Lions‘ social media channels, Wheatley makes a one-handed grab, while locked in tight coverage during what appears to […]
With Penn State Football defensive tackle PJ Mustipher heading off to the NFL Draft the one potential weakness in the Nittany Lions‘ defense this coming year is a run stuffing interior defensive lineman to pair with their surplus of edge rushers. Now, former Minnesota Gopher defensive tackle De’Angelo “Trill” Carter has announced he will enter […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Happy Valley was the place to be, as all 32 teams arrived into town to get a look at one of the top defensive prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft at Penn State Football Pro Day. Joey Porter Jr., the long and freakishly athletic cornerback and son of Pittsburgh Steelers legend […]
Mike Gesicki is shipping up to Boston. The former Penn State Football star tight end inked a one-year contract with the New England Patriots worth up to $9 million, according to a report from NFL Network. One-year deal worth up to $9 million. https://t.co/uCWmp6CZh1 — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 17, 2023 Gesicki, 27, arrives […]
The expectations are sky high for Penn State Football in 2023. For the first time in the James Franklin era, Franklin seems to have a complete roster full of a great mix of experienced and talented players. Led on offense by two star rising sophomore running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen and a first […]
Joey Porter Jr. was chosen in the second-round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and received a glowing review from one of his former Nittany Lions teammates. “I feel like he can be great,” Chicago Bears safety Jaquan Brisker said of Porter, during a recent appearance on Heavy Sports’ The Matt Lombardo […]
It didn’t take long for Miles Sanders to cash in. The former Philadelphia Eagles running back, and second-round pick out of Penn State Football, agreed to terms with the Carolina Panthers on the first day of NFL free agency. Sanders, 25, is coming off the most prolific season of his career, rushing for 1,269 yards […]
James Franklin led off the opening of Penn State Football spring practices with a press conference on Tuesday, and offered some pretty surprising nuggets about what to expect. One of the biggest storylines for the Nittany Lions this year is replacing Sean Clifford, where every fan expects to see former five-star Drew Allar take over […]
Deion Barnes, a former Penn State Football linebacker, graduate assistant, and analyst, has been promoted as the Nittany Lions‘ defensive line coach. Barnes is a Nittany Lion through and through, and has given a lot to the Penn State Football program both as a player and as a coach. Since joining the Penn State coaching […]
Former Penn State Football offensive lineman Connor McGovern cashed in with a multi-year deal with the Buffalo Bills as NFL free agency began
James Franklin is entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Penn State Football team and finally is getting some major recognition by the media for his accomplishments in Happy Valley. Bruce Feldman of the Athletic named Franklin the number five head coach in college football for the 2023 season following Penn State’s […]
Drew Allar hasn’t begun his second set of spring ball practices for Penn State Football yet, but that hasn’t stopped him from getting his reps in during spring break. Back home in Ohio over spring break, Allar has been getting practice in with his QB Excelerate training Brad Maendler and Toledo WR Cooper Rusk. Straight […]
It seems during any football season there is that one player where fans look at each other and think, where did he come from? This year could be no different for Penn State Football, with a ton of new faces looking to have bigger roles. So who is a potential sleeper pick for the Nittany […]
The hype for the Penn State Football team rests solely around the fact QB Drew Allar looks to take the reigns, but questions remain at other positions around the first year starter. One big one being the wide receiver room. Parker Washington and Mitchell Tinsley have both declared for the NFL draft and look to […]
Saquon Barkley isn’t going anywhere … At least not for now. Tuesday, moments before the NFL deadline for teams to apply the franchise tag, the New York Giants used the non-exclusive tag on Barkley. There are some key differences between the exclusive franchise tag, and its non-exclusive counterpart the Giants tagged Barkley with. Barkley is […]
Penn State Football enters the 2023 college football season with arguably the loftiest expectations of the James Franklin era. Before the Nittany Lions can make a push for the program’s first College Football Playoff berth, or a second Big Ten Conference championship since Franklin’s arrival in Happy Valley, the hard work of spring practice lies […]
It should come as no surprise that one of the dazzling dynamic freshmen duo in the Penn State football backfield was Pro Football Focus’ fourth highest-graded rusher last season. But, what might crinkle some foreheads is that it wasn’t the one who was one of five Big Ten rushers to cross the 1,000-yard mark last […]
Former Penn State Football cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is brimming with confidence at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft. A centerpiece of the Nittany Lions‘ secondary the past two seasons, Porter Jr. is projected to be chosen as high as the top-10 picks in this spring’s draft, believes he’s the […]
