You can’t win them all when it comes to college football recruiting. Each program issues tons of offers during their recruiting process, but not everybody is going to accept. And sometimes when they do seem to agree with a verbal commitment, it must be taken with a grain of salt.
Penn State football found that out this past summer as they suffered their fair share of losses with commits this offseason. For a brief moment, Penn State had multiple prospects pulling away from their commitments before new ones were coming in. That called for some concern, as James Franklin received tons of criticism from the Nittany Lions’ fan base.