BWI Live: Who are the Penn State Wildcards in the Class of 2025?
Penn State football recruiting news keeps flowing, so today’s BWI Live show will focus on the biggest news of the week in college football recruiting. We’ll cover a substantial loss for the Nittany Lions’ recruiting efforts, new changes to college football rules, and the biggest wildcards in the recruiting class for 2025.
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Penn State misses out on Brandon Finney
While most of Penn State’s recruiting news has been very good for the last week, head coach James Franklin and his staff suffered a defeat late Tuesday night. Four-star cornerback Brandon Finney from McDonogh committed to Oregon over the Nittany Lions in a very close recruiting battle. We’ll discuss how missing Finney is a very clear trend for the team’s recruiting efforts in 2025 and what it means for the program.
Host Greg Pickel will give his thoughts on the team’s ability to pull regional recruits that become national targets during the show, and we’ll give you a list of players left on the board that have the DNA to fix the problem for Penn State.
New NCAA Rules change the fabric of college football
The shackles are coming off of college football staff size after a landmark decision by the NCAA Tuesday night. On3 reporter Pete Nakos confirmed a long-held belief that the governing body would expand college football staff size to include any analyst or coach employed by the university. Now, staff like Penn State legend Dan Connor can provide hands-on instruction for players.
Will this give Penn State an advantage? Who does this help and hurt in the landscape of college football? We’ll discuss.
However, the rule changes didn’t end there. The NCAA changed portions of the recruiting calendar to reflect the modern realities of college football. We’ll detail those changes and give a brief overview to the situation. Be sure to check out the site and the BWI Live Recruiting Show on Thursday to learn more.
Wildcards in the Class of 2025
In addition to critical losses in the class, Penn State has a unique collection of talent this year that defies recruiting or positional norms. While the Lions have players in this category each year, eight players fit into our “wildcard” or “underrated” buckets. Today, we’ll discuss the four players who are complete wildcards in the recruiting class.
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