Penn State Recruiting Blitz Begins Ahead of White Out Weekend

The Penn State Nittany Lions Football team has a bye week, but that doesn’t mean the team is idle. Today on the BWI Live Recruiting Show, we’ll discuss what the team is up to this weekend, and more importantly, what the coaches will be doing on the recruiting front. With a massive number of recruits coming to Happy Valley for the White Out Game next weekend, the recruiting blitz is on for Penn State. Join the show as we give fans an early preview of who is coming to the biggest home game of the season. We’ll also discuss the coaches’ recruiting schedule for this week and the latest update in the On300.

Join the BWI Live Recruiting Show today at 10 a.m. on YouTube to discuss the latest news with recruiting reporters Ryan Snyder and Sean Fitz. If you can’t make it to the live show, you can always check out the show on replay either on the site or on the Blue White Illustrated YouTube channel. And of course, you can listen to it on demand anywhere you get your podcasts.

Penn State recruiting news update

It was a black week for several schools, as Virginia Tech head coach and former Penn State defensive coordiantor Brent Pry and UCLA head coach Deshaun Foster were fired by their schools. With the changes in NCAA rules, the gates are now open for the players on those rosters to enter the transfer portal. What does this mean for Penn State and its roster? Fitz and Snyder will discuss the potential opportunities for adding players and how that process works in the current landscape.

Next, we’ll discuss the most important visitor from last weekend’s win over Villanova. Five-star running back Kemon Spell was supposed to join the program for the game against FIU the week before but an ankle injury prevented him from making the trip. Instead, Spell made the trip to Happy Valley last weekend. We’ll discuss what it means for the team to get its top recruit for 2027 back on campus two weekends in a row.

Nonconference recruiting recap

After that, we’ll transition into discussing how the first three games of the season went for the team’s recruiting efforts. Snyder has been tracking who is showing up on campus for the team’s non-conference games and gives us a broad look at what Penn State accomplished in the last month.

We’ll follow that up with a White Out preview and what fans should expect about one week from the biggest home game of the recruiting calendar for this cycle.

Coaches on the road and the Rivals 300 update

Finally, we’ll discuss the recruiting plan for the team this weekend. With the extra time to recruit, Penn State’s coaches will be out on the road seeing commits and prospects. How has this changed over the previous years? We’ll hear from head coach James Franklin on his schedule over the next few days.

Finally, we’ll finish the show by discussing the latest recruiting rankings update for the Class of 2026. After roughly a month of high school games, which players are moving up and down the Rivals 300? Snyder outlines the biggest movers on the list.