The generous Phil Steele has been optimistic about the Nittany Lions already this offseason when he named nine players to his Preseason All-Big Ten team, but he's going all-in on Penn State in his Preseason Top 40. Penn State is ranked fourth out of six Big Ten teams.
Penn State Athletics announced the Nittany Lions home opener on Sept. 12 against Buffalo will kick at noon. The last time the teams met in 2007 the Nittany Lions won 45-24.
Michael Menet is Penn State's first five-star commit since Christian Hackenberg in 2013.
Backflip catches are the newest craze in the football world, and the Nittany Lion decided to show off his skills.
Anthony Zettel, DaeSean Hamilton, Jordan Lucas, Austin Johnson, Nyeem Wartman-White, Christian Hackenberg, Akeel Lynch, Kyle Carter, and Angelo Mangiro found themselves on Phil Steele’s College Football Preview across four preseason All-Big Ten teams.
Rutgers will see the greatest spectacle in college football in its first visit to Beaver Stadium since 1994.