James Franklin had a list of positives
that he took away from his second sign-
ing day as head coach at Penn State.
The Nittany Lions signed seven of the
top 10 players in Pennsylvania. They
signed three Under Armour All-Ameri-
cans and two players from the U.S. Army
All-American Bowl. Eleven of the players
who committed to Penn State earned
four stars from Rivals.com, and the re-
mainder were three-star prospects.
All in all, it was a highly successful ef-
fort by Franklin and his staff, their first
full recruiting class since arriving last
January and finishing work on the 2014
class that Bill O'Brien had been assem-
bling.
Except for one thing.
Although theirs was a consensus top-
15 class, the Nittany Lions were also a
consensus No. 2 behind Ohio State in the
Big Ten.
"We finished second in the Big Ten,
which I'm not happy about," Franklin
said.
Reiterating his motivation to always be
better, the Nittany Lions' second-year
head coach still overwhelmingly felt sat-
isfaction from the year's effort.
"I think it's exciting, because there are
so many things right now that are falling
into place," he said. "You look at the re-
cruiting class, you look at the length and
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With 2015 recruiting class, PSU lays foundation for future success
REASON
TO
CELEBRATE
Franklin
looks
on
as
letters
of
intent
arrive
in
the
Lasch
Building.
"I
love
the
guys
we
got,"
he
said.
Photo
by
Tim
Owen