Two weeks ago, at an alumni event in northeastern Pennsylvania, James Franklin admitted that even he couldn't have predicted the blistering recruiting run his program went on in late May, earning five 2019 commits in a five-day span.
"Somebody asked me the other day, 'Did you plan this out this way?' No, no," Franklin told The Times Leader. "There's momentum in football games, there's momentum in recruiting." And Penn State clearly has the latter.
After a relatively slow start on the 2019 trail, the Nittany Lions have come roaring back. Just one player committed on Blue-White weekend, when the expectation was three, four, maybe even five verbals.