Penn State’s new staff isn’t sitting back — they’re swinging big on the recruiting trail.
Portal moves, visits, urgency. We broke it all down on the pod👇🎙️
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BREAKING: Class of 2027 Safety Caleb Cooper has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’0 205 S chose the Nittany Lions over Wisconsin and Virginia Tech
“Believe in those who believe in you! Penn State I’m home! Thank you God”
https://t.co/zL9vdxqiGZ
Since Sark decided to provide no context on this statement, I’ll do it.
Franklin won early and turned Penn State around (which he should forever get credit for). He was given plenty of grace through the 2020 and 2021 seasons when he went 11-11 in that two-year span. And then he went on to have three seasons in a row with 10+ wins, but lost to OSU and Michigan each year and still couldn’t get over the hump.
Before Franklin was fired, it was widely agreed upon that drawing SMU and then Boise State in the 2024 CFP would forever be the easiest route to a CFP Semifinal game that there will ever be (people seem to have just kinda forgotten that now). Enter 2025: Franklin had been “pounding the table” for full support and alignment, and he finally got it. He went out and got the highest-paid DC in CFB history and had the opportunity to spend whatever he wanted in the portal.
Franklin himself said the 2025 staff and roster was the most talented group he’s ever assembled, and for most people Penn State was the Natty favorite going into 2025. Franklin went on to coach Penn State into the greatest collapse in College Football history, losing back to back games where his team was favored by more than 20 points. There’s your context for why a coach was fired after making it to the CFP semifinals.
BREAKING: Class of 2027 TE Sean Currie has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’7 235 TE chose the Nittany Lions over Texas A&M, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt
“TEU here we come. We Are!”
https://t.co/RHJUAIxypS
BREAKING: Class of 2027 QB Will Wood has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals The 6’1 220 QB chose the Nittany Lions over Boston College, Arkansas, and West Virginia
“Happy Valley I’m H🦁ME, let’s get to work!”
https://t.co/ayhvvMadN2
BREAKING: Class of 2027 RB Chukwuma Odoh has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals The 6’0 220 RB chose the Nittany Lions over Kentucky
“All Glory To God💙🤍🦁”
https://t.co/8UEhk6OcAL
BREAKING: Four-Star RB Aiden Gibson has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’2 212 RB chose the Nittany Lions over South Carolina, Rutgers, Louisville, and North Carolina
“Thank you Jesus I’M HOME 🏠, ✈️WEARE🦁”
https://t.co/MfxYHEhs9M
NEWS: Four-Star IOL Carter Jones is down to 4 Schools, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’6 295 IOL is ranked as the No. 2 IOL in Virginia (per Rivals Industry)
Where Should He Go?
https://t.co/7NGoSexlBl
🚨NEWS🚨 Rivals No. 1 QB Will Mencl will announce his commitment on the Rivals YouTube Channel on Wednesday, via @SWiltfong_🎯
His finalists are Auburn, Oregon and Penn State.
Details: https://t.co/dmt6oaCN7q
BREAKING: Four-Star CB Kei’Shjuan Telfair has Committed to Penn State, he tells me for @Rivals The 6’0 165 CB from Euclid, OH chose the Nittany Lions over Miami and Clemson
“We Are”
https://t.co/I6XBoTxlUP