Rebuilding the base

[rigi19041]

PSU lost most of it's 2026 recruiting class and finished ranked 64th. The 2027 class looks better but is still very weak by PSU standards. So where do we go from here? Who do we hope to keep to develop a base before hitting the portal?

The players I can come up with that we need to keep to develop a base
QB: ??
RB: Two of Peoples, Martin, Wallace
WR: Howard, Robinson
TE: Rapp
OL: Three of Goodman, Donkoh, Alcience, Cousins
DE: Granville, Kemajou, Arrington,
DT:
DB: Four of Dixon, Zayas, Joseph, Neal, Toure
K: Barker

That's 16 players worth prioritizing IMO.

Add: 2026 recruits: Ford & Reeder (DEs)
Add 2027 recruits: Tarawallie & Montgomery (DL) and Telfair (CB)

That's only 21 players out of a roster of 85+ so we've got a long way to go.

Most important portal priorities:
1 QB
1 WR
1 TE
2 OL
1 DE
3 DT
3 LB

PSU needs a top QB and a total rebuild at DT & LB. That might get us to 7 or 8 wins at best.

15 of 18 are Franklin guys. Neal should not make the list which makes it 15 of 17.

 

[rigi19041]

This 2026 roster is so talent deprived across the board, Campbell now has a full blown 2-3 year rebuild project.

Our DEs are just terrible. The LBs are collectively a disaster. The RBs are worse than the infamous 2021 RB room. None of the current RBs are B1G caliber.

Top 4 priorities should be:
1. LB (3)
2. RB (2)
3. DE (2)
4. Safety (2)

5. DT
6. WR
7. OL


Where has thnew football GM been hiding?


This team.stinks

 

[Steelers1]

Playing Hansen over Peoples, Martin and Wallace isn't going to help recruiting with PA kids nor will it help bring in transfers seeing how Peoples transferred in and wasn't being used as he should, and Campbell isn't a great recruiter. You wanted this coaching upgrade Penn State savants you got it!! Penn State Nebraska'd themself.

Actually looks way worse than Nebraska

 

[Steelers1]

You could plausibly say we were already irrelevant before Campbell came on. Ask OSU how relevant we were.

Any team that makes the final four and is one or two plays from the title game is anything but irrelevant. If being relevant means beating OSU, then almost no one is relevant.

 

[Steelers1]

Sure I get what you’re saying, but I think we were very fortunate to get the draw we did in the ‘24 CFP and don’t think we had any shot of winning the title game. And that’s the definition I’m using for relevant.

Mostly I’m pushing back against the idea we should have stuck with Franklin.

We should have stuck with Franklin for one reason, there was only about a 5 percent chance of finding anyone better than him. There was a 95 percent chance of finding someone worse, we are now seeing that come to fruition.

 

[BobPSU92]

We should have stuck with Franklin for one reason, there was only about a 5 percent chance of finding anyone better than him. There was a 95 percent chance of finding someone worse, we are now seeing that come to fruition.

Franklin had to go. It wasn’t just about the team on the field (although last year’s team was a mess and Franklin lost big games). The constant contract extension crap and going around Kraft was the last straw.

 

[BUFFALO LION]

Sure I get what you’re saying, but I think we were very fortunate to get the draw we did in the ‘24 CFP and don’t think we had any shot of winning the title game. And that’s the definition I’m using for relevant.

Mostly I’m pushing back against the idea we should have stuck with Franklin.

You kidding me?? We had had a great shot at winning the Championship game. Ohio State only beat us by 7 earlier in the year. Playing a team twice in one year and winning both times is a tough thing to do.