Top Penn State practice takeaways; spring portal window starts today: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for April 16 include takeaways from practice No. 10 as the spring transfer portal window opens.
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The Nittany Lions are officially in the home stretch of spring practice. The team has just four more days of drills to go before the Blue-White game on April 16. On Tuesday, the team did its usual position-specific work on the practice field while reporters were on hand. Afterward, head coach James Franklin’s top updates included how his team is preparing to handle the opening of the spring transfer portal window (more on that below) and his preference for college football to have just one portal window.
“I think from my board meetings with the AFCA and what most coaches across the country are speaking on, I want to be careful not speaking for all coaches, but I think a good majority of them would like one window. I think that’s in everybody’s best interest,” Franklin said. “The players know who’s on the roster. The coaches know who’s on the roster. Even if you made it after spring ball and then even maybe got rid of spring football, and went to like a summer OTAs or did it then, I think there needs to be one window. Right now, there’s no rules.
“You could have 50 guys go in the portal at this time of year, and it’s a problem. There’s also protection already for if there’s a coaching change and things like that that we’ve seen. Right now, there’s just no rules, and I don’t really think it’s in anybody’s best interest.”
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In other news, as noted above, the spring transfer portal window opens today for football players who are undergraduates. It lasts for 10 days, closing at 11:59 p.m. ET on April 26. As of Wednesday morning, only one Penn State player is in the portal. Offensive lineman JB Nelson is officially in after leaving the team last week.
Headlines of the day
Penn State’s Abdul Carter is attending the NFL draft. Will he go No. 1?: McGonigal, PennLive
DeMatha safety Darrell Carey details weekend trip to Penn State and where his recruitment stands: Snyder, BWI
How Penn State Views the ‘New World’ of NIL: Wogenrich, SI
Penn State receiver Tyseer Denmark pushing to show ‘pure dominance’ in 2025 as spring practice continues: Pickel, BWI
Penn State’s Championship and Final Four Coaches: What Makes Them Great: Poorman, Statecollege.com
Spring transfer portal primer: Dates to know, numbers by position, and more: Pickel, BWI
4-star CB Dorian Barney has a great first visit to Penn State: ‘I’m a big priority to them’: Simmons, On3
Quote of the day
“He’s doing a really nice job. Birch’s doing a really nice job. T.J. [Shanahan] is doing a really nice job. There is a lot of competition there. A lot of competition at those positions. Traut has done a really good job of recruiting and developing guys, so we have depth. That creates some of that as well. It’s all of them. But it’ll be really good competition with Cooper being one of those guys that’s heavily involved in it.”
James Franklin on PSU second-year guard Cooper Cousins.
