
RB Saquon Barkley, QB Trace McSorley, and TE Mike Gesicki were ranked as the 5th, 41st, and 81st best players in college football, respectively, coming off of the breakout 2016 season for the Nittany Lions.

The games against Pitt, the first edition of the in-state matchup at Beaver Stadium since 1999, and Michigan, the 2017 White Out game, will not be available available during the public sale beginning July 11.

Keaton Ellis is the first State College prospect since 2010 signee Alex Kenney to earn a scholarship offer from the Nittany Lions.

"With the history and traditions that we have, we don't have to reinvent ourselves," James Franklin said. "It's elements from our past, but done in a current way."