Episode Details

The Penn State Nittany Lions football team is now in the second half of spring practice. The team will open up camp to the media tomorrow for the second time this year as part of this second-half push. Today, we’re discussing the players we have yet to learn about this spring and what we want to learn about them. We’ll go position by position to discuss the underrated or untalked-about names so far in camp. Join us as we discuss that, plus the latest recruiting news and information that has come from the Penn State football team in recent days. We’ll discuss some of the players visiting today and this week, plus give more context about the recruits we’ve scouted so far. 

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 Penn State football recruiting and transfer portal news

The biggest news out of Penn State sports this week is that men’s basketball standout Kayden Mingo has entered the NCAA Transfer portal. We’ll discuss the impact of this move on the program and the hard reset that the team is experiencing this offseason after a disastrous year in 2025-2026. 

There’s also been plenty of good news for Penn State with football recruiting heating up over the last few days. Both Rivals national reporters and our own Ryan Snyder and Sean Fitz have had multiple stories on the site about the reaction to players visiting the program this past week. We’ll highlight the biggest news items, including quarterback Peter Bourque’s visit today. 

Players we want to learn more about

We’ve had a handful of interactions with the Penn State players and staff in the first weeks of spring practice. However, we’ll get our next biggest chance to learn about the program on Thursday when we visit the team for open practice. Today, we’re discussing which players we haven’t learned as much about so far that we’ll be looking for this week. 

We’ll also preview the people we’re getting to speak with tomorrow after practice and what we want to learn. 

Recruiting impressions from recent visits

Finally, we’ll discuss what we’ve learned about specific players who have visited Penn State as recruits in recent days. Specifically, we’ll discuss Bourque’s skills under center, Landon Blum’s abilities, and some other players who have visited or will visit in the coming days. 

0:00 Intro — Spring Camp Second Half Begins

0:29 Peter Bourque Visiting Today — QB Recruiting Update

9:36 Penn State Basketball — Kayden Mingo Enters Transfer Portal

14:54 The Spring Camp Mysteries Segment — Who Haven't We Seen?

16:06 QB Mystery — Casey Evans and Peyton Falzone

18:38 Running Back Mystery — James Peoples

20:51 Receiver Mystery — Karon Brookins

24:28 Receiver Mystery — Keith Jones Jr., Grambling Transfer

25:43 Tight End Mystery — Cooper Alexander and Brian Kortovich

31:31 Offensive Line Mystery — Malachi Goodman

33:56 Interior O-Line Depth 

40:05 D-Line Mystery — Yvan Kemajou and Ike Ezeogu

43:14 Defensive Tackle Mystery — Alijah Carnell

44:25 Linebacker Mystery — Cam Smith and Cael Brezina

46:41 Corner Mystery — Jahmir Joseph

47:43 Safety Picture — Jamison Patton, Zion Tracy and Jeremiah Cooper

50:53 Penn State recruiting film recap, Bourque, Blake Betton, Landon Blum and Jonathan Galette

59:21 Best Bets — Masters Week on BetMGM

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