Trio of Penn State Class of 2023 summer enrollees standing out to strength coach Chuck Losey
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State welcomed 13 newcomers to campus for the start of the summer semester last month. Five were transfers from other colleges, and the rest were Class of 2023 high school signees. According to head strength coach Chuck Losey, all are integrating into the Lions program nicely.
The group, along with their new teammates, started summer workouts back on Monday. Before long, June and July will be gone, and August and preseason camp will be here. Before then, though, all members of the roster must take advantage of the days of drills ahead, both with the strength staff and with each other. The hard work to do so is now underway.
“We got the summer enrollees who are here,” Losey said Thursday during a media event at the Lasch Building. “Most of them arrived in May. So they’ve got about three and a half weeks under their belt. And they’re in the system. So new personnel, a couple of new faces, but for the most part, everybody’s doing a great job.”
Losey was pleased with how all of the newcomers have acclimated into the program he and his staff have designed for each. But, three of the new high school arrivals have caught his eye.
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Two play defense, and one is on offense. The first is safety King Mack. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound former four-star recruit from Florida who will be No. 9 in your program this fall has plenty of speed,and that and other abilities have been on display since coming to Penn State.
“King Mack is wildly explosive,” Losey said. “He’s got a lot of athletic traits that you love to have at the defensive back position. King jumps out.”
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The next defender Losey mentioned was Oakdale, Conn., four-star end Joseph Mupoyi. It will take time for his technique to be developed, but his 6-foot-5, 240-pound frame that will sport the No. 56 jersey carries plenty of potential.
“Mupoyi, he looks like an NFL player right now,” Losey said. “We got a ways to go in a lot of different areas. But just as far as getting off the bus and walking in the locker room, he’s pretty impressive to look at.”
While those two “jump off the map” on defense, 5-foot-9, 175-pound three-star running back Cameron Wallace, who hails from Georgia and will wear the No. 26 uniform, does that on offense.
“I give a little bit love to Cam Wallace,” Losey said. “Cam has done a good job coming, and he is a worker. He’s got a great work ethic. I think he’s gained a lot of respect early on, just off his tempo and the way he approaches his workouts.”
