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Penn State football starts spring practice today: Newsstand

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Penn State head coach James Franklin discussed the progress of his program this week. (Photo: Greg Pickel/BWI)

Penn State news, notes, and updates for March 25 include info on the Lions starting spring practice, headlines of the day, and more.

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Penn State football returns to the field later today for the first of 15 spring practices. Head coach James Franklin will hold a news conference at Beaver Stadium at Noon ET. Blue-White Illustrated will have complete coverage of it. Then, later this evening, reports will have a chance to watch some of the team’s first day of drills. Spring ball continues throughout March and April until the Blue-White game on April 26. That, of course, starts at 2 p.m. ET. The Lions will put some players on a reduced work plan over the next month. But otherwise, spring ball will be business as usual.

“If we modify spring ball, then all these guys that are fighting for jobs and need to be evaluated and need to be developed, they’re losing it and they need it” Franklin said back in February. “So for me, what I think we’ll do is we’ll modify specific players based on age, experience, reps that they had last year, reps that they’ve had over their career. Very similar to what we did late in the season in practice. You know, there’s some guys that still need a ton of reps and there’s some guys that still have to get better, but you limit them.

“So we’ll do modifications based on my recommendation, the position coaches’ recommendation, sports science, Andrew Nelson, Chuck Losey. We’ll kind of get together and say, okay, here are the guys. Now, obviously, you know, with Coach [Jim] Knowles here, that becomes challenging too, because they need reps within that. But there’s ways of doing that, making sure the vets are getting all the jog through reps and things like that.”

Headlines of the day

Seeking greatness, Penn State spring practice demands progress: Bauer, BWI

Recapping Penn State’s ‘Competitor of the Day’ winners during winter workouts: Daily Collegian

Recruiting intel on the top 2027 prospects in the country: Wiltfong, On3

Point-Counterpoint: Which offensive player has the most to gain for Penn State this spring?: Snyder, BWI

Penn State involved with more than 100 prospects in initial 2027 On300: Snyder, BWI

Japanese superstar wrestler Masanosuke Ono commits to Penn State: Pickel, BWI

Quote of the day

“What sparked my interest is the relationship with Coach Trautwein. He came to see me in the spring and then again this winter. I’ve always wanted to visit Penn State because of the culture and the overall atmosphere of the college. I’m really looking forward to going up there and getting to experience everything Penn State has to offer.”

Class of 2027 recruit Peyton Miller on why he is visiting PSU this spring.

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