Penn State Football Recruiting: Revisiting 5 Biggest Misses of The James Franklin Era
Uncover the biggest recruiting misses for Penn State football under head coach James Franklin. Learn about the impact of Justin Fields’ recruitment.
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Uncover the biggest recruiting misses for Penn State football under head coach James Franklin. Learn about the impact of Justin Fields’ recruitment.
Find out how Penn State Football Recruiting has become a force under coach James Franklin. Learn about the top 20 recruiting classes and the battles won for elite prospects.
Explore the impact of the 2024 NFL Draft on Penn State Football. Find out how Olu Fashanu and Chop Robinson’s picks are a major milestone for the program and its coaches.
Penn State Football is seeing a run of success on the recruiting trail, deep in SEC country, in the aftermath of a home-and-home with Auburn.
Penn State Football and James Franklin pulled off a major recruiting trail victory, adding elite 4-star RB Alvin Henderson.
Find out why James Franklin believes Michael Carroll is a must-get target for Penn State Football Recruiting in the 2025 cycle.
Penn State Football is trending for elite 2025 RB prospect Alvin Henderson, with Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen potentially gone after 2024.
Penn State Football received some bad news on Thursday with 4-star quarterback Matt Zollers picking Missouri over the Nittany Lions and others. This is a tough pill to swallow considering Zollers is a Pennsylvania recruit and could have been a key piece to the future of Penn State Football. With that said, James Franklin and … Read more
Penn State Football is off to an excellent start in the 2025 recruiting cycle, but can the Nittany Lions sustain the success? Penn State currently has the No. 6 recruiting class in the nation with 11 commits already in the class. Under James Franklin, the Nittany Lions have notoriously gotten off to hot starts in … Read more
Spring-Ford’s Matt Zollers is one of the highest rated and highly recruited quarterback prospects from the state of Pennsylvania in recent memory, and not surprisingly a top target for Penn State Football. Since 2011, only two other quarterback recruits from the state of Pennsylvania have ranked inside the top 150 prospects in the nation (2018 … Read more
While top 2025 Penn State Football quarterback target, Matt Zollers, is still a week away from his final visit to campus before committing on April 4th, the Nittany Lions are hosting a pair of top quarterback targets on campus this weekend, 2026 quarterbacks Dia Bell and Troy Huhn. Out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dia Bell … Read more
Penn State Football has had some very large recruiting wins in Pennsylvania during head coach James Franklin’s tenure in Happy Valley. Micah Parsons, Nick Singleton, Cooper Cousins, Jven Williams, Miles Sanders, Saquon Barkley, and Lamont Wade were all fantastic recruiting wins for the Nittany Lions in the commonwealth over the last decade for different reasons. … Read more
Penn State Football hosted one of its top remaining targets in the 2025 recruiting class campus Tuesday. 4-star quarterback Malik Washington posted a picture of Beaver Stadium on social media on Tuesday, announcing his presence in State College, just as spring practices get underway for the Nittany Lions. The 6-foot-4 Washington from Maryland is in … Read more
Penn State Football suffered a decommitment from its 2025 recruiting class on Friday. Omari Gaines, a 3-star safety from New Jersey, posted on X that he is stepping away from his commitment to the Nittany Lions. According to Brian Dohn of 247 Sports, sources described Gaines’ decommitment ‘as an amicable decision on both sides.’ “I … Read more
One of the premiere recruiting services updated its 2025 player rankings on Monday, and Penn State Football was a big winner of the update. On3 updated its top 300 recruits on Monday afternoon and multiple Penn State commits and top remaining targets saw a big jump in their rating. Let’s start with the commits. New … Read more
Penn State Football is red hot on the recruiting trail in the 2025 class, and one analyst expects that to continue. On a recent edition of the 247 Sports Recruiting Show, national analyst Tom Loy made a prediction that will please Nittany Lions fans.“I do like Penn State to eventually get it done for Top247 … Read more
Penn State Football Recruiting added a commitment from three-star center Michael Troutman, underscoring the program’s line philosophy.
Penn State Football Recruiting picked up another significant commit on Wednesday with 4-star linebacker Dayshaun Burnett joining the class. Burnett is the tenth member of the 2025 class, but he is also the third linebacker commit, which is a notable fact. After taking just two linebackers in the 2024 class, there is some flexibility for … Read more
Penn State Football added an elite piece to the 2025 recruiting class, and Tom Allen’s defense, with a commitment from LB Dayshaun Burnett.
Find out why Penn State Football Recruiting is a powerhouse in Pennsylvania. Explore their recent commitment and crystal ball predictions for the 2025 class.