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Questions surround Penn State’s quarterback position

With all the movement in college football — especially at the quarterback position — there was suspicion as the 2025 season unfolded that Penn State’s starter for 2026 was not on its roster. Ethan Grunkemeyer accounted himself well during his six-game window that included a three-game win streak heading into Saturday’s Pinstripe Bowl against Clemson (noon, ABC). He completed 100 of 144 passes (69.4%) for 1,079 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions. Grunk said during Pinstripe Bowl preparation that he — like all the Nittany Lions — has met individually with new ...

Penn State adds QB coach

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has announced the addition of a new quarterbacks coach for the 2026 season. Jake Waters will handle the position. Waters joins the Nittany Lions following six years on the Iowa State staff under Matt Campbell, including the last two seasons as quarterbacks ...

Duke wins freshman wrestling award

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State wrestling’s PJ Duke was named Big Ten Wrestling Freshman of the Week on Thursday. Duke picked up Penn State’s first weekly honor of the year. He pinned No. 23 Jared Hill of Wyoming at the 4:09 mark in the second period of their 157-pound match-up last weekend. Duke, a true freshman, pinned the Cowboy graduate student after taking him down four times. Duke’s fall was one of four for Penn State in the Nittany Lions’ 40-7 victory at Wyoming. Duke improved to 6-0 on the year with five pins and an injury default ...

Brief stint with PSU football still left imprint on DC

Just a year removed from Penn State’s program, Clemson defensive coordinator Tom Allen will be coaching against his former team. After being the head coach at Indiana two years ago, Allen was the defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions for a year before moving on to Clemson in the same ...

Penn State hires Noah Pauley as new WR coach

Penn State’s new receivers coach is coming with Matt Campbell from Iowa State. On3.com reported on Tuesday that Noah Pauley will handle the position for the Nittany Lions. Pauley replaces Marques Hagans. FootballScoop’s wide receiver coach of the year in 2024, Pauley helped develop Jayden Higgins (second round, 2025, Houston) and Jaylin Noel (third round, 2025, also Houston) at Iowa State. He previously coached Green Bay’s Christian Watson at North Dakota State. Pauley was a four-year starting receiver at Minnesota-Duluth, where he started his coaching career in 2011.

Nittany Lion wrestlers cruise past Cowboys

LARAMIE, WY — The Penn State wrestling team improved to 4-0 Saturday night, thanks to a 40-7 win over Wyoming in collegiate action. The Cowboys fell to 2-3. The Nittany Lions tallied four pins in the victory. A Wyoming wrestling all-time record crowd of 4,686 watched the Nittany Lions add two technical falls to its four pins and won the first eight bouts of the dual meet. The falls went to Marcus Blaze (133), Shayne Van Ness (149), P.J. Duke (157) and Mitchell Mesenbrink (165). Penn State posted a 20-8 takedown edge over Wyoming. The Nittany Lions tallied 16 bonus points off four ...