Graduation rate- PSU football is top five there, too

[Nitt1300]

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - The Penn State football team’s NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) ranks with the nation’s elite among the schools in the College Football Playoff (CFP) Top 25 final rankings.
Penn State football student-athletes that enrolled in the University from 2006-09 earned a Graduation Success Rate of 80 percent, tied with Alabama, Florida and the United States Naval Academy for No. 5 among the final CFP Top 25.
The Nittany Lions’ NCAA graduation rate leads all Big Ten Conference teams in the Top 25 and is tied for No. 2 among the 12 teams playing in the CFP/NY6 contests, with the Crimson Tide. Clemson leads the dozen schools at 84 percent.
Penn State and Alabama’s 80 percent GSR also is tied for No. 2 among the teams in the final CFP Top 10.
Led by James Franklin, the Big Ten and Sporting News National Coach of the Year, the Nittany Lions won the 2016 Big Ten Championship with a 38-31 comeback victory over Wisconsin on Dec. 3. Penn State (11-2) is ranked No. 5 in the CFP, Associated Press and Coaches’ polls. The Nittany Lions will take a nine-game winning streak into the Rose Bowl vs. 9 USC on January 2 in Pasadena, California.
Top Football Graduation Success Rates Among CFP Top 25 Teams (2016 NCAA data)
1. 99 - Stanford
2. 89 - Virginia Tech
3. 86 - Temple
4. 84 - Clemson
5. 80 - Penn State, Alabama, Florida and Navy
Penn State student-athletes earned a GSR of 89 percent overall, compared to the 84 percent average for Division I, according to the NCAA.
Earlier this month, Nittany Lion long snapper Tyler Yazujian (Royersford, Pa.) was selected a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American after earning second-team accolades in 2015. Penn State’s 65 CoSIDA Academic All-America honorees rank No. 2 all-time among all FBS and FCS programs.

Nineteen Nittany Lion football student-athletes were selected Academic All-Big Ten this fall for owning at least a 3.0 grade-point average and being a letterwinner. During the 2015 fall semester, a program record 56 Nittany Lions earned at least a 3.0 GPA. A total of 23 of the 56 football student-athletes posted at least a 3.5 GPA, with 19 earning Dean’s List honors.
The GSR is the NCAA's more inclusive calculation of academic success among scholarship student-athletes. The NCAA rate is more accurate than the federally mandated methodology because it includes incoming transfers and students enrolling in the spring semester who receive athletic aid and graduate, and deletes from the calculation student-athletes who leave an institution and were academically eligible to compete.
For the 2016 NCAA Graduation rate data for all institutions go to: ncaa.org.

http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121516aab.html

 

[Nitwit]

Good for Sandy. When she was hired there was a lot of concern expressed by some posters that this wouldn't happen. Also congrats to Temple for doing so well. That program is really headed in the right direction.

 

[LaJolla Lion]

Good for Sandy. When she was hired there was a lot of concern expressed by some posters that this wouldn't happen. Also congrats to Temple for doing so well. That program is really headed in the right direction.

That is why I hope Rhule does well at Baylor. I hope they let him recover from the disaster he took over with 1 commit in his class.

 

[ram2020]

So happy to be tied with Alabama in this!

I kid, more great attention to our guys.

 

[Nittanyplayer#12]

But what about the culture problem?

 

[Nitt1300]

I am more and more convinced that CJF is the perfect guy to be running this program.

 

[BobPSU92]

From that article:

"Penn State football student-athletes that enrolled in the University from 2006-09 earned a Graduation Success Rate of 80 percent, tied with Alabama, Florida and the United States Naval Academy for No. 5 among the final CFP Top 25."

So this has nothing to do with Franklin. These are Joe's guys. They took 2006-2009 data and applied it to the 2016 Top 25.

From everything I've read, Franklin has his players getting it done in the classroom. However, this particular article is not attributable to Franklin.

 

[We Are . . .]

Waiting for the press release from Emmert claiming credit for our graduation rate. The sanctions, ya' know.

 

[BobPSU92]

Waiting for the press release from Emmert claiming credit for our graduation rate. The sanctions, ya' know.

Even thought the data are from 2006 to 2009. That wouldn't stop emmert.

 

[LionDeNittany]

Even thought the data are from 2006 to 2009. That wouldn't stop emmert.

Data isn't from 2006-2009, that's when the students enrolled.

So, the data would be from 2011-2014 about.

I agree with your general comment that this isn't Franklin.

LdN

 

[Art]

Your subject line is a tad misleading. PSU ranks in the Top 5 of the 25 ranked football teams. That is not the case when including unranked schools.

 

[JoeBatters1]

Thank you Coach Paterno!

 

[bdgan]

From that article:

"Penn State football student-athletes that enrolled in the University from 2006-09 earned a Graduation Success Rate of 80 percent, tied with Alabama, Florida and the United States Naval Academy for No. 5 among the final CFP Top 25."

So this has nothing to do with Franklin. These are Joe's guys. They took 2006-2009 data and applied it to the 2016 Top 25.

From everything I've read, Franklin has his players getting it done in the classroom. However, this particular article is not attributable to Franklin.

1. It has a lot to do with Franklin
2. I'd like to see the number be higher than 80%

 

[Art]

1. It has a lot to do with Franklin
2. I'd like to see the number be higher than 80%

A lot less than you think. All of the kids counted in the report enrolled and many were already graduated before he was at PSU.

Of course, the PSU report failed to mention that the GSR is the lowest it has been in eight years and has been trending down for three (which again, has little or nothing to do with Coach Franklin). Always nice to be able to cherry pick statistics that portray one in the most favorable light. Betcha the Pasadena Ass Licking is gonna be one helluva party.

 

[fairgambit]

Stanford is amazing. 99%!!! They are a top 5 (US News) academic institution and have won 22 straight Sports Directors' Cups. When it comes to the premier academic/athletic institution, no one else is close. Still, thanks to the legacy of Joe Paterno, we stand out among the others.

 

[Agoodnap]

We are tied for 28th for FBS schools (if I counted correctly as I did guess on a few that could be FCS or not).

Here is the list: http://web1.ncaa.org/GSRSearch/exec/searchSelectAction

 

[step.eng69]

From everything I've read, Franklin has his players getting it done in the classroom. However, this particular article is not attributable to Franklin.

My grandson graduated this past spring from PSU. He told my wife and me that James checks up on his players class attendance during the school day. Jobie said that James sits in class for a while and observes. Other of Job's friends have had or heard similar.