NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

The latest news, insight, and analysis of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, and Penn State Basketball, including schedules, game results, analysis of breaking news, rumors, speculation, and recruiting coverage of future Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home to the latest Penn State Nittany Lions news, updates, insight, and analysis, including in-depth coverage of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball, and much more

Penn State Football Top QB Options After Matt Zoller Recruiting Trail Loss

Penn State Football,

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: 4 Things Nittany Lions Must do To Secure Top-10 Recruiting Class

Penn State Football

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

Is Penn State Football on the Verge of Missing Elite In-State QB to the SEC?

James Franklin, Penn State Football

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

Penn State Football: 2 Top 2026 QBs Visiting Nittany Lions This Weekend

Penn State Football, James Franklin

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: Most Vital Recruit of James Franklin Era Finalizing Decision

Penn State Football

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 Hosts One of Top Recruiting Targets

Penn State Football, James Franklin

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 Sees First 2025 Decommitment

Penn State Football,

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

Penn State Football 2025 Recruiting: Top Commits, Targets Shine in Rankings Update

Penn State Football, James Franklin

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 Trending for Elite 2025 Prospect

Penn State Football, James Franklin

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

Latest Penn State Football Commit Bolsters Trend Along Offensive Line

Penn State Football

Penn State Football added another member to its 2025 recruiting class on Sunday afternoon. The newest addition to Penn State‘s class class is interior offensive lineman Michael Troutman. From Wayne, NJ, Troutman is listed at 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds. Unless he hits a growth spurt, it looks as though he will be looked at as … Read more

What’s Next for Penn State Football at Linebacker After Torrid Recruiting Stretch

Penn State Football

Penn State Football 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 the … Read more

Penn State Football Adds Elite Linebacker Commitment

Penn State Football, Tom Allen

Penn State Football added yet another member to its 2025 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon. Linebacker Dayshaun Burnett became the latest commit in the 2025 class on Wednesday with him picking the Nittany Lions over Rutgers and Pitt. His other notable offers included Michigan, Michigan State, West Virginia and Kentucky. The writing that Burnett wanted … Read more

Penn State Football Continues to Dominate PA Recruiting with Latest Commitment, Crystal Ball

Penn State Football, James Franklin,

After another strong recruiting weekend, Penn State Football continued its dominance recruiting Pennsylvania, including the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) territory. While sitting directly in in-state rival Pittsburgh’s backyard, Penn State has been able to poach top talent from the WPIAL for much of James Franklin’s tenure. Over the weekend, Penn State Football secured … Read more

Penn State Football: Meet Recruit James Franklin Calls ‘Must Get’ for 2025

Penn State Football, James Franklin

Penn State Football and head coach James Franklin just wrapped up its 2024 class, ranking 14th in the nation with 25 overall commits, including 16 blue chip prospects, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. However, recruiting never stops in college football and Penn State is already well on its way to filling the 2025 recruiting … Read more

Pennsylvania’s No. 1 QB Visiting Penn State Football

Penn State Football, James Franklin

Penn State Football will get a visit from Pennsylvania’s top ranked quarterback this weekend as Royersford, Pennsylvania native Matt Zollers will again head to Happy Valley. The Number 1 ranked QB in #Pennsylvania in Matt Zollers from Spring-Ford will be back at #PennState next weekend Also has offer from #Temple — David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) … Read more

Penn State Football Early Enrollee Lineman Set For Rankings Rise

Penn State Football, Drew Allar

2024 Penn State Football signee and early enrollee Cooper Cousins just finished his first week of classes at Penn State after enrolling earlier this month. Before arriving at campus, however, the 6-foot-6 inch in-state lineman from Erie played in one final high school all-star game, the All-American bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Cousins made the … Read more