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BWI Live: Penn State Junior Day preview

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After weeks of a playoff run, transfer portal, and roster retention efforts, Penn State Football recruiting roared back into full throat this week. The team hosts its first Junior Day of the 2026 recruiting cycle this weekend and is on the road visiting priority recruits during the week. We’ll discuss the team’s efforts and focus on today’s BWI Live Recruiting Show. Join us live at 10 a.m. to hear from the experts in football recruiting, Ryan Snyder and Sean Fitz as they discuss the the names and faces visiting campus this week.

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Penn State recruiting news and updates

The theme we’re discussing on today’s show deals with the one spot all Penn State fans are obsessed with: wide receiver. This week, Fitz wrote about three thoughts he’s had regarding the team: its defensive coordinator search and players. We need to discuss more. We’ll focus on wideout Messiah Hamption, whom Fitz thinks we haven’t talked about enough in the Class of 2026. We’ll ask him why he thinks that and what he likes about Hamption’s abilities and fit with the team.

From there, we’ll discuss the team’s recruiting losses to Rutgers in recent days. Philadelphia edge prospect Wydeek Collier. Snyder breaks down his thoughts on where the team sits in recruiting and what’s happening with the larger landscape now that profit sharing and NIL are coming to the forefront.

Coaches on the road and junior day preview

Penn State coaches have been crossing the country this week to do in-home visits with top-priority prospects. Our reporters are tracking the staff’s movement and following up on visits with those players to gauge the feedback from the interaction. Find out who makes the cut for attention in the upcoming class.

Finally, we’ll discuss the players making a trip to Happy Valley this weekend. We’ll run down the important names of players visiting for the first of two Junior Day visits for the contact period in January. During the show, we’ll discuss critical wide receiver prospects and the team’s chances of landing a bumper crop of high-level talent in 2026. Can they get it done? We’ll discuss that on today’s show!

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