Position Grades
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Penn State Earns Commitment From 4-Star Safety Prior to Ohio State Kickoff
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Penn State preceded its matchup against Ohio State with a win on the recruiting trail. Matt Sieg, a four-star safety from Fort Cherry High School in McDonald, announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions prior to kickoff on Saturday. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound Sieg is listed by 247Sports as the No. 5-ranked player in Pennsylvania and…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Head Coaching
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The role of a head coach in 2023-24 has only been muddled by ever growing staff sizes, an ever growing recruiting and roster retention landscape and a basic fact that nobody can really see what goes on behind the doors of a football building. All of that being said, head coach is still a position,…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Special Teams
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Penn State will have a new look special teams unit in 2024 with the departure of coordinator Stacy Collins, marking the third coordinator change for the Nittany Lions this offseason. While it might not matter that much about a Collins unit given the fact someone else – Justin Lustig – will be coaching special teams…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Defensive Coaching
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While a lot of things about Penn State’s season come down to many different factors and some degree of opinion, one thing is for certain: Penn State’s defense was very, very good. Manny Diaz will go down as one of the best defensive coordinators Penn State has ever had and that fact is reflected in…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Defensive Line
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Penn State offense might be full of things to be critical of but the Nittany Lions’ defense was among the best in the nation for a reason last year. 2024 might mean a lot of new faces on this side of the ball but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back at one of the…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Linebacker
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Penn State offense might be full of things to be critical of but the Nittany Lions’ defense was among the best in the nation for a reason last year. 2024 might mean a lot of new faces on this side of the ball but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back at one of the…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Coverage Units
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Penn State offense might be full of things to be critical of but the Nittany Lions’ defense was among the best in the nation for a reason last year. 2024 might mean a lot of new faces on this side of the ball but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back at one of the…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Offensive Coaching
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Penn State was probably never going to live up to the cautious optimism that this team was the one to get the Nittany Lions into the playoffs, and once the season got going it was clear that might not be the case. Penn State’s 2016 campaign was a great illustration of it’s not how you…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Offensive Line
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Penn State’s issues have historically been a mixed bag of cause and effect but it’s safe to say that the Nittany Lions have had more issues on the offensive front over the last decade. In 2023 that wasn’t really the case with a unit that boasted a Top 10 pick and plenty of other experienced…
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Penn State Football Positional Grades: Wide Receiver
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The irony in all of this is that when Penn State finally signed a quarterback of Drew Allar’s recruiting stature there was never really a serious worry that Penn State wouldn’t have the tools to make the most of his growing talents. Allar made mistakes in his own right, but it’s hard not to look…