Penn State head coach James Franklin
and his two top recruiting coordinators
on offense and defense, Josh Gattis and
Terry Smith, respectively, met with re-
porters Wednesday aBernoon to talk in
detail about the Nittany Lions' Class of
2016 recruiting efforts.
Currently rated the No. 20 team in the
country by Rivals.com, Penn State en-
dured a hectic finish to the recruiting
season. Franklin addressed the chal-
lenges that the Nittany Lions faced while
highlighting all of the major positives to
come out of the class.
By the end of signing day, the Lions had
welcomed 20 new players, with the pos-
sibility remaining that they will add one
or two more. They landed 16 players who
were team captains this past season, six
prospects with state championships to
their names, four Under Armour All-
Americans, six Semper Fidelis All-
Americans, a pair of Gatorade Players of
the Year, and an Army All-American.
So, even though Franklin stated from the
start of his news conference that he prefers
as much as possible to avoid "the recruit-
ing game" of "scrambling and selling" that
occurs in the final weeks of the process,
the program is overwhelmingly proud of
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A WILD RIDE
Dramatic recruiting season yields a second consecutive top-20 class
ON
CALL
Franklin
was
on
the
phone
all
morning
as
Penn
State's
Class
of
2016
came
together
with
the
arrival
of
16
signed
letters
of
in-
tent.
(Four
members
of
PSU's
20-
player
class
had
already
enrolled.)
Photo
by
Tim
Owen