Penn State continues to be the most difficult team to read in the Big Ten, and maybe even the country, according to the media folks trying to analyze it.
New head coach Matt Campbell and Penn State Football attacked the transfer portal hard this offseason to build out the Nittany Lions‘ roster. After all, this was a roster besieged by NFL Draft departures and a mass exodus via the portal, including over a dozen following former head coach James Franklin to Virginia Tech.
As Penn State Football prepares to open fall camp ahead of the 2026 college football season, we’ll be taking a look at how each of the position groups across the roster stack up, beginning with the offensive side of the ball, kicking off the series at wide receiver … The expectation for Penn State‘s offense this season should be high.
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Go PSU Sports UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State swimming and diving head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added Samantha Pickens to the coaching staff as Head Diving Coach.
Matt Campbell sat in a conference room in the Penn State football building one day last spring, bracing for the less desirable part of his job. It was interview morning, and Campbell had a series of media one-on-ones to introduce himself and his new Nittany Lions program.
Early in spring practice, Penn State offensive line coach Ryan Clanton squared up against tackle Malachi Goodman. Clanton wants linemen willing to run through anyone, including him.
It is no secret that for most coaching staffs, changing regions with new pipelines of talent needing to be established could take a cycle or two to really get going on the recruiting trail.
Matt Campbell and his new Penn State football staff are still getting used to regional recruiting this offseason. This led the Nittany Lions to take a more national approach in their 2027 class, landing players from 15 different states so far.
Matt Campbell went from having the best annual retention rate in college football at Iowa State to signing 40 players from the transfer portal at Penn State.
A new era of Penn State football begins in September, when Matt Campbell leads the Nittany Lions onto the field for the first time. Campbell has never attended a game at Beaver Stadium, and his first will be when the Nittany Lions host Marshall in the Sept.
Jordan Hill, the former Penn State defensive tackle who won a Super Bowl ring before returning to his alma mater, has a new position with the Nittany Lions.
The 2027 recruiting class is winding down for Penn State Football, with very few players undecided. Soon, staffs across the nation will clear the whiteboard and add new players to each position, putting together a wishlist for each position coach.
Penn State limited the reps and contact drills, particularly among veteran players, during training camp in 2025. That resulted from the 2024 playoff run that spilled into 16 games and the number of players who returned for 2025.
Penn State football joins the blockchain this season, as the Nittany Lions are part of a new college rollout selling fan tokens, which are a form of cryptocurrency.
D'Anton Lynn's homecoming as Penn State's defensive coordinator is a lovely story, but it ends Sept. 5, when the Nittany Lions host Marshall at Beaver Stadium.
Penn State's Matt Campbell and Cooper Cousins are nominated for the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, joining forces as a new head coach and returning player for the Nittany Lions.
For all the new faces and changes to its roster, Penn State appears to have solidified its offensive lineup for the 2026 season. Training camp will decide several roles, notably at the skill positions, but we have a pretty firm grasp of the offense the Nittany Lions will start Sept.
Beau Pribula was a popular player on Penn State's 2024 roster who helped change the dicussion around college football when he entered the transfer portal during the playoff.
When one door closes, another opens. Farewell World Cup, welcome back college football. Penn State is less than 50 days from its Sept. 5 opener against Marshall and just a few weeks from opening its first training camp under head coach Matt Campbell.
Penn State was the most important non-ACC team at the conference's media days last week. Of course Virginia Tech coach James Franklin's past was an unavoidable topic during his session.
Well, that didn’t take too long. While all of the other new head coaches are enjoying their honeymoon period, at Penn State, Matt Campbell is already under pressure after a recruiting start that many fans are not happy about.
The Penn State football program just lost out on elite wide receiver Khalil Taylor to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Penn State Nittany Lions just lost a recruiting battle they should have won.