BWI Chat: Penn State personnel movement, OL sorting, more
Is Penn State football’s roster set ahead of the 2025 season? While many of the biggest movers sorted themselves out in January, one big piece remains unresolved in the form of veteran defensive end Amin Vanover.
Blue White Illustrated staff is chatting with our premium subscribers this weekend to discuss his options, what’s next for the offensive line, and many more of the most pressing topics surrounding the program.
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Additionally, the major storylines of the 2025 season are now in focus. What’s next for Penn State at the quarterback position after Drew Allar with Beau Pribula having moved on this season? How will the offensive line project to take shape? What’s the latest on the recruiting trail? And, what can be made of the arrival of Jim Knowles into the program as its new defensive coordinator?
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For Knowles, the next stages in the process of acclimating to Penn State are clear. Speaking with reporters earlier this week, he detailed how he intends to work.
“It’s literally sitting down, step by step. And I’m going to do it differently here than I’ve probably done it anywhere in that we’re now looking at the things that were done here in the past. I’m doing that because there has been success. So I don’t want to come in and just say, ‘This is what I’m going to do.’ It’s not going to be like that here,” said Knowles. “Coach Franklin’s built a great defensive culture. They’ve had excellent defense here. So I’m going to look at it step by step to see what we can retain, and then start to teach the guys, ‘Hey, this is how I did this and that’ and watch some of my past film. But we are definitely going to go through a process of meshing the two of them.
“It’s an excruciating process. But that’s what I love to do. You sit there and tell me why he’s doing that. Tell me why he’s doing this. How did you guys do this? This is how I did it. But we’re going to mesh the two, for sure, because I need to be fair to the culture that Coach Franklin’s already developed, to the assistants, to the players. If you come into the players and say, Hey, we’re going to keep this, we can call this the same as you guys called it. This is how I did it, but we want as much carry over as possible, so that the transition is as quick as possible.”
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