Penn State wrestling adds Michigan transfer Kurt McHenry: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for May 29 include a new wrestling transfer and much more on the Nittany Lions.
It’s time to dive into Monday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with wrestling. Penn State picked up another transfer portal addition on Sunday night. The Lions have added former Michigan wrestler and two-time Cadet world champ Kurt McHenry to their roster. The Leesburg, Va., native wrestles at 125 pounds and has two years of eligibility remaining. This will be his fifth college wrestling season. He is 12-6 all-time, according to WrestleStat. Penn State will have an interesting competition for the starting spot at the lightest weight class. Besides McHenry, the Lions hope to have Robbie Howard back from injury and Gary Steen returns, as well.
“McHenry was a Cadet World champ in both 2016 and 2017 and was one of the top lightweight recruits in his class,” David Bray writes for Flo Wrestling. “Despite having spent five years at the University of Michigan, he still has two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting during the 2019-20 season and participating in the 2020-21 season that didn’t count due to COVID-19 exemption.
“Penn State has won team titles on a regular basis over the last decade and a half, but they haven’t had an All-American at 125 lbs since Nico Megaludas won an NCAA title in 2016. Now, Penn State’s starting role at 125 lbs may come down to 2x Cadet World Champ McHenry and 3x Cadet World teamer Robert Howard.”
Headlines of the day
Dallastown’s Kenny Johnson hauls in game-winning touchdown, Pa. escapes Maryland in PSFCA Big 33 Classic: Epler, PennLive
Which Penn State player does PFF think could start in the NFL this year?: Pickel, BWI
A Future Penn State Receiver Is Pennsylvania’s Fastest Sprinter: Wogenrich, SI
Penn State sorting its options for kick return in 2023: Fitz, BWI
Potential trap games for Penn State football in 2023: Haas, Daily Collegian
James Franklin: Penn State running backs ready for next step: Bauer, BWI
Quote of the day
“Based on what those two were able to do as true freshmen, and behind an offensive line and a tight end group that we think are going to be better, obviously there’s a lot of excitement for those two to be able to take the next step and have a big impact. That’s not only on our program, but also I think there’ll be a lot of people talking about those two this year.”
—PSU coach James Franklin to BWI about his running back group in 2023.
