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***Ask The Staff -- Wednesday Edition***

Every week, The Knight Report publisher Richard O’Leary and his team of Penn State Athletics experts answer questions from Nittany Lions fans about the any of the athletic programs, their recruiting efforts, or whatever else they might want to know in this thread below. If we don't know the answer, we'll work our hardest to find out the latest and provide the best answer possible.

We will check in on the thread all day long to answer whatever questions you have!

Zane Durant

I think Zane is poised for a breakout season. 1st team B10 and a first round pick. The only knock on him is his size, but he’s up to 290 and is still a ridiculous athlete. The B10 crew mentioned him specifically as a DT that stood out on a loaded DL. I actually hope he has a good year, but doesn’t go off the charts and enter the draft. We’ll lose a ton on the Dline after this season so having him back next year would be huge. Losing DDS, Carter, Durant, J Thomas, and Izzard would be crippling in 2025.

FB Recruiting Who did you go out on a limb for that will make you look good down the road?

Login to view embedded media Greg Smith: Jayden Woods. The weakside defensive end (6-3, 230) can get after the quarterback off the edge but his potential position switch has me very intrigued. After seeing him work out at inside linebacker this summer, his potential is even higher at that position. Seeing him play the new spot in games will go a long way to determining if the Penn State commit’s move up the rankings was correct or if he needs to go even higher.
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FPI Predictions '24 Penn State


OSU is the only predicted loss and its nearly 50/50 (49.2% chance to win). Road games 5 of the 6 toughest predicted.

KENT STATE (134): 99.0%

BOWLING GREEN (103): 96.2%

ILLINOIS (62): 91.7%

UCLA (40): 89.4%

WASHINGTON (31): 87.4%

MARYLAND (46): 86.9%

@Purdue (60): 86.6%

@Minnesota (61): 83.9%

@Wisconsin (39): 81.3%

@West Virginia (35): 77.6%

@USC (18): 62.5%

OHIO STATE (4): 49.2%
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