Penn State set for potentially massive Friday on the recruiting trail: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for June 23 include a preview of a potentially big recruiting day, plus a Lift for Life recap and more.
It’s time to dive into Friday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with recruiting. Penn State is hosting its final 7-on-7 camp today and begins its final official visit weekend of the month on Friday. But, while both may lead to future commitments, the Lions are already favored to get two before the day is over.
A pair of Class of 2024 receivers, three-star Pittsburgh. Pa., talent Peter Gonzalez and four-star Josiah Brown, who is the top player in New York per the On3 Industry Rankings, are both set to announce their college choice at 7 p.m. tonight. Penn State leads for them in the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine. Virginia Tech is Gonzalez’s other finalist. Brown, meanwhile, has a top three of the Lions, Georgia, and Rutgers.
Blue-White Illustrated will have full coverage of both players’ announcements. The Lions are hoping to land their second and third receiver in three days after Philadelphia four-star Tyseer Denmark picked the Lions back on Wednesday.
Top 10
- 1New
CFP Top 25
First College Football Playoff rankings
- 2Hot
Ben Herbstreit
Kirk Herbstreit asks for prayers
- 3
CFP bracket
12-team bracket after first CFP Top 25
- 4Trending
Dabo denied vote
'They done voted me out of the state'
- 5
Couching Carousel
Intel on potential head coaching moves
In other news, the 20th installment of Lift for Life was held at Penn State on Thursday. An initial fundraising total for the rare disease community it supports was not immediately revealed. But, the university’s chapter has raised nearly $1.5 million since it started in 2003.
Finally, for this section, Penn State is hosting an additional official visitor this weekend. It is Florida receiver Hardley Gilmore. The four-star reclassified from the Class of 2025 to the Class of 2024 and will be on campus this weekend.
Headlines of the day
Scenes from the annual Penn State football Lift for Life event: Hermitt, PennLive
Penn State adds Florida wide receiver to weekend visit list: Snyder, BWI
Beaver Stadium Renovation and the Winter Classic: ‘If The NHL Called Me Today, I’d Be Like, Yep, Let’s Go,’ Says AD Pat Kraft: Jones, Statecollege.com
Penn State Lift for Life: 5 takeaways from the 20th annual event: Pickel, BWI
New York Giants, Saquon Barkley talks are ‘back on,’ Ian Rapoport says: On3
Who will be the top prospects at Penn State’s Lion Strong 7-on-7 & Big Man Challenge?: Snyder, BWI
Quote of the day
“If the NHL called me today, I’d be like, Yep, let’s go. I think number one, it would be very cool, I think it’d be great for the NHL, I think it’d be great happy valley and for our fans. I think there’s ways to figure out how our teams could play out there, our hockey culture is really strong. But from a Penn State perspective, we’re all in. We’re still trying to get our arms around what all that entails, right? You’ve got to have all the amenities to do that and winterization will help but yeah, we we’d be very excited to do that with the NHL.”
–Penn State AD Pat Kraft to Statecollege.com about the idea of one day hosting the NHL’s Winter Classic at Beaver Stadium.
