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Football Dakaari Nelson moves from Safety to Linebacker

Per another site. Great for LB depth as he develops. But this seems to put a dent in the depth at Safety after the 3 starters, Reed, Winston, and Wheatley. Only Mills, Payne and the true freshmen Toure and Lane at Safety behind the starters. Conlin Dinkins, a walk on I believe, also listed at Safety....

GOPSUSPORTS roster position has been updated to LB for D. Nelson.

NIL Director & related info

It appears that PSU Wrestling is looking to hire a NIL Director (and Recruiting Assistant). Full job description in the link below.

"This position will also aid in recruiting and assist the coaches with their recruiting travel and serve as a host for top prospects and their guests while they are visiting campus."

https://www.statecollege.com/articles/penn-state-sports/penn-state-wrestling-set-to-hire-name-image-and-likeness-director/

Soccer Academies

Apologies for reaching out on a football thread.. my 15 year old son has been contacted by La Liga Soccer academy where he will be trading next may including Atletico and Real Madrid Coaches and recently Odisea Academy head of recruiting has asked him to come. For the next 12 months to Spain.,

Through various posts I know there are soccer enthusiasts on this site..,

Yes.. I would LOVE for him to eventually try out and play at Penn State.. but for those in the “ know”… are there any specific benefits to the International offers that have been made thus far.,??

LB Situation

The starters are likely Rojas, King, and Deluca. King is solid but not spectacular. CFN lists him as the 10th best LB in the BiG. Rojas has shown flashes but has to take a big step up for PSU to be successful. Deluca is fun to cheer for because he was lightly recruited and he plays hard. CFN lists him as the 17th best LB in the BiG. I'd give the group a B. A lot obviously depends on Rojas.

Depth is a major concern. Elsdon has struggled. Wylie is young and was rated .88. Robinson was rated 91 but is probably more likely to wind up as a DE. I'd give this group a D.

The good news is that the staff will probably move Carter back to LB as needed.
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2024 Football Schedule - Reported/Confirmed Kickoff times, TV Networks

Aug 31st - at West Virginia (12:00 / FOX)
Sept. 7th - vs. BOWLING GREEN (12:00pm / BTN)
Sep. 14th
- BYE WEEK
Sep. 21st - vs. KENT STATE (3:30 / BTN)
Sep. 28th
- vs. ILLINOIS (7:30 / NBC)
Oct. 5th
- vs. UCLA (12:00 / FOX)
Oct. 12th
- at USC
Oct. 19th - BYE WEEK
Oct. 26th - at Wisconsin (12:00/3:30/4:00)
Nov. 2nd - vs. OHIO STATE
Nov. 9th
- vs. WASHINGTON
Nov. 16th
- at Purdue
Nov. 23rd - at Minnesota
Nov. 30th - vs. MARYLAND

Football Injury Report update

Feels like a good time to do an injury report for Penn State with 13 days remaining until kickoff.

OUT for forseeable future:

QB Jaxon Smolik
DE Zuriah Fisher
LB Keon Wylie
WR Peter Gonzlaez

Banged Up:

TE Khalil Dinkins
OT Anthony Donkoh

Right now, I'd expect Dinkins and Donkoh to likely be available for West Virginia. I also received word from a source on Saturday that Kaden Saunders might be a little banged up, its unclear the severity of it but any sort of time missed would be tough considering he's been having a strong offseason and preseason by all accounts.

DT - Dvon Thomas

Somebody help me out here. Is this a player to get excited about this season? Why don't I have any recollection of this player being on the team? He is in his 6th year (2019 recruit) and was the 9th best DT and 112 nationally on 247 site. Was he ever talked about in any meaningful way over the last 5 years? His bio on 247 shows he was honorable mention All-Big Ten last season with 23 tackles (5 for loss). I literally have 0 memories of this kid. Am I the only one who is drawing a blank?

OT: Cycling

Enough cycling fans on here for a thread about #SeppKuss? Couldn’t find a good place for such a thread.

Simply incredible. And let’s not ignore that even putting the stage 6 breakaway win aside, he still put over a minute on every other team’s GC.

I’m not sure he can’t beat Roglic straight up with equal support and rest. (Jonas is a different animal.)

A GT win couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

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