Blue White Illustrated

August 2018

Penn State Sports Magazine

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P enn State's 2019 recruiting class got a lot bigger in the late spring, with six players committing to the Nittany Lions in May and early June. But there's still a lot of work to be done. Even though this is expected to be the smallest class of James Franklin's tenure at Penn State, most likely numbering approximately 20 players, the Lions still are only about halfway 9nished. What follows is a position-by-position look at the players Penn State is target- ing and an assessment of its chances. QUARTERBACK COMMITTED Taquan Roberson PLAYERS TO WATCH Jayden Daniels, Michael Johnson Jr. WHERE PSU STANDS The Nittany Lions always planned to take two quarterbacks in 2019. They managed to land Roberson fairly early in the process, but it hasn't been smooth sailing since then, as two of their other top targets, Taisun Phom- machanh and Garrett Shrader, commit- ted elsewhere. That's to be expected given the way that recruiting works these days; top prospects o

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